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Every day, educators, school leaders, and brave policymakers are trying to =
keep the lights on =E2=80=94 figuratively and sometimes literally =E2=80=94=
 in a time of unrest, political stalemate, and government shutdowns. They d=
o so because they believe that amid chaos, education can still create order=
, meaning, and hope.
As author Andy Crouch reminded a new cohort of Yass Prize contenders this w=
eek, now is the time for more connection than ever before. Flourishing, he =
says, doesn=E2=80=99t come from efficiency or technology, but from relation=
ship =E2=80=94 from =E2=80=9Chouseholds=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Ccanopies of t=
rust=E2=80=9D where no one can be missing without everyone noticing.
It made me think: is this what our founders envisioned as we head toward Am=
erica=E2=80=99s 250th? How do we, as citizens and teachers and parents, com=
municate about our differences in a world that=E2=80=99s forgotten how to l=
isten?
When Marches Had Meaning
Just days ago, I walked right into a =E2=80=9CNo Kings=E2=80=9D protest in =
New York City. I stopped and watched, trying to make sense of it. If I were=
 from another planet =E2=80=94 or hadn=E2=80=99t watched the news =E2=80=94=
 I wouldn=E2=80=99t have known what they were marching for.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and thousands of Americans marched from Sel=
ma to Montgomery in 1965, it wasn=E2=80=99t chaos or catharsis =E2=80=94 it=
 was conviction. Peaceful, purposeful, and anchored in a moral vision large=
r than any one person, the Selma march embodied the very essence of human f=
lourishing: meaning and purpose, character and virtue. It was about issues,=
 not individuals; about the right to participate in democracy itself.
That same spirit surfaced decades later in another, very different march =
=E2=80=94 when students, parents, and educators crossed the Brooklyn Bridge=
 to demand the right to attend schools that served them. Twice in the past =
decade, tens of thousands of families from New York City=E2=80=99s public c=
harter schools have filled the streets wearing bright yellow shirts and car=
rying banners that read =E2=80=9CDon=E2=80=99t Steal Possible.=E2=80=9D The=
y weren=E2=80=99t attacking anyone =E2=80=94 they were defending opportunit=
y. It was a march for something, not against someone.
Both movements =E2=80=94 one for civil rights, the other for educational ri=
ghts =E2=80=94 were grounded in what the Harvard Human Flourishing Program =
defines as the pillars of a good life: meaning and purpose, happiness, char=
acter, and virtue. When those elements are missing from public protest or c=
ivic engagement, we risk losing the very thing that propels human progress.
Flourishing requires direction. It=E2=80=99s not the noise of a crowd that =
moves history, but the purpose of its steps.
The Science of Flourishing
The much-cited insights about the primacy of connection in human flourishin=
g aren=E2=80=99t just philosophical =E2=80=94 they=E2=80=99re backed by rob=
ust, global research. The Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University [=
 https://substack.com/redirect/8aedbede-cb23-404d-b018-b73e7f0f0cb3?j=3DeyJ=
1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ], founded in =
2016, unites scholars across disciplines to answer one question: What makes=
 life go well?
Their flagship Global Flourishing Study [ https://substack.com/redirect/639=
5610f-2ce3-49ab-bc51-185dc26b537d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQ=
zbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ], launched with Baylor University and the Insti=
tute for the Studies of Religion, includes over 200,000 participants in 22 =
countries =E2=80=94 the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It measures=
 six domains of well-being:
Happiness and life satisfaction
Physical and mental health
Meaning and purpose
Character and virtue
Close social relationships
Financial and material stability
The results are striking: connection =E2=80=94 to family, faith, community,=
 and purpose =E2=80=94 consistently predicts flourishing more strongly than=
 income, wealth, or academic achievement.
As researcher Tyler J. VanderWeele put it,
=E2=80=9CFlourishing is a state in which all aspects of a person=E2=80=99s =
life are good.=E2=80=9D
And as The New York Times summarized Harvard=E2=80=99s research,
=E2=80=9CGood relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.=E2=80=9D
Education, the Harvard team notes, is one of the key pathways to flourishin=
g, alongside family, work, and faith. Schools that foster belonging, meanin=
g, and joy may contribute more to lifelong well-being than those focused so=
lely on performance metrics.
Flourishing, then, is not an abstraction. It=E2=80=99s measurable, observab=
le, and deeply human.
The Canopy of Trust
That truth came to life in our recent conversation with Andy Crouch, author=
 of The Life We=E2=80=99re Looking For. Crouch argues that flourishing depe=
nds on communities where people are truly known =E2=80=94 what he calls =E2=
=80=9Ccanopies of trust.=E2=80=9D In education, that looks like schools as =
households: places =E2=80=9Cwhere no one can be missing without everyone no=
ticing.=E2=80=9D
He also reminded us that flourishing isn=E2=80=99t just about happiness; it=
=E2=80=99s about formation.
=E2=80=9CDevices get things done without forming us. Tools form us as we us=
e them.=E2=80=9D
His now-famous metaphor captured it perfectly:
=E2=80=9CUsing AI to do your work is like bringing a forklift to the gym. I=
t lifts the weight for you, but it doesn=E2=80=99t make you strong.=E2=80=
=9D
And perhaps his most powerful reminder:
=E2=80=9CIf every additional year of schooling reflects less joy, something=
=E2=80=99s wrong. We should be assessing joy.=E2=80=9D
That=E2=80=99s the challenge =E2=80=94 and the invitation =E2=80=94 for eve=
ryone working to transform education today: to restore joy, purpose, and fo=
rmation to the center of learning.
Technology, Tools, and the Human Touch
This theme runs through the work of the 2025 Yass Prize Contenders [ https:=
//substack.com/redirect/6e6ec64a-77fb-4b28-b45b-aeb080c7156c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW=
1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 23 remark=
able innovators who will vie for the $1 million prize through an intensive =
accelerator and final pitch in Miami in November. Each is advancing Sustain=
able, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education.
I am hoping they will also help us explore how to strike a balance between =
what I call Luddite learning and AI-empowered delivery.
To me, the value of AI is in expanding the reach of great content =E2=80=94=
 not replacing it. As several members of our Yass Prize community have writ=
ten in their recent Forbes [ https://substack.com/redirect/5e68fc2e-f73e-4c=
d7-a9be-57be21e3a68b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0J=
cQPFKD4xxFx0w ] essays, AI should enhance the reach of great teachers =E2=
=80=94 supplement, supplant inane tasks, help redefine their role.
Used wisely, AI helps educators meet students where they are, making instru=
ction truly competency-based, something our friends at Axio.ai [ https://su=
bstack.com/redirect/cfbf36f0-028b-4536-9466-e83d54c565d9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zcz=
B2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] work hard to make possi=
ble. It provides powerful analytics that highlight strengths and learning g=
aps, customizing instruction more efficiently than traditional models. But =
it must be built on a foundation of great human teaching, purposeful conten=
t, and relationships that make learning stick.
As Crouch argues, like the hammer or the pencil, what we do manually =E2=80=
=94 reading, writing, thinking slowly =E2=80=94 builds not just skill but c=
haracter. If we can find that balance between human formation and AI-fueled=
 delivery, we=E2=80=99ll have the best of both worlds.
These are the challenges we face =E2=80=94 and the ones I=E2=80=99m hopeful=
 we can solve as we deploy this year=E2=80=99s Yass Prize Contenders to lig=
ht up the education world with their incredible diversity of passions, appr=
oaches, and ideas.
In the News
We Can=E2=80=99t Afford to Wait to Teach Our Children How to Think [ https:=
//substack.com/redirect/afb2be47-4987-44bd-a1f6-a3397575eb4d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW=
1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 Mike Pisc=
al, College Achieve Public Charter Schools, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist
A powerful reminder that teaching thinking =E2=80=94 not compliance =E2=80=
=94 is the core of American education.
Use AI to Keep Great Teachers in the Classroom [ https://substack.com/redir=
ect/81c95e59-ec6a-41d9-b759-c3808ff29008?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0=
rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] - Keeanna Warren, Purdue Polytechnic Hi=
gh Schools, 2022 Yass Prize Semifinalist
How AI can become an ally to teachers, not a replacement.
The Economic Power of Teachers [ https://substack.com/redirect/f9817d3b-79c=
3-457b-8750-f5e44b9054af?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3Wh=
VG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 Cornell Ellis, Brothers Liberating Our Commun=
ities, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist
On the deep connection between identity, representation, and student succes=
s.
Education=E2=80=99s Special Problem: How Standardized Tests Fail Students W=
ho Learn Differently [ https://substack.com/redirect/7430d33c-6789-4054-af1=
f-98f87f74ed8a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD=
4xxFx0w ] =E2=80=94 By Yours Truly and Team
Why normalizing assessment for students with special needs misses the point=
 =E2=80=94 and how connection, not conformity, drives growth.
To Action =E2=80=94 and To Flourishing
If we=E2=80=99re to answer the question =E2=80=94 What is human flourishing=
, how do we get it, and what must we give up to reach it? =E2=80=94 the ans=
wer is as much moral as it is practical.
We must give up our fixation on systems for systems=E2=80=99 sake.
Our dependence on technology for technology=E2=80=99s sake.
Our impulse to say yes to our kids just because everyone else does.
And our habit of letting others do the hard work of thinking through these =
big questions daily.
We can do better =E2=80=94 together.
We=E2=80=99ll be delving into all of this and more at the 2025 Power of Inn=
ovation Summit,
December 4th in Washington, DC.
Look for your private invitation soon, or drop me a line to get on the list=
=2E=20
And please send along any thoughts or ideas about how to work across these =
issues I=E2=80=99ve outlined here today.
Have a great week =E2=80=94 and here=E2=80=99s to flourishing, for all of u=
s. - Jeanne

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post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa009c41b-8dc1-4d74-94b1-5b8=
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></a></td><td style=3D"text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><figc=
aption class=3D"image-caption" style=3D"box-sizing: content-box;color: #777=
777;font-size: 14px;line-height: 20px;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: -.15=
px;margin-top: 8px;width: 70%;padding-left: 15%;padding-right: 15%;text-ali=
gn: center;">Flourishing in action at Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy<=
/figcaption></figure></div><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,=
55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Every day, educators, school leader=
s, and brave policymakers are trying to keep the lights on &#8212; figurati=
vely and sometimes literally &#8212; in a time of unrest, political stalema=
te, and government shutdowns. They do so because they believe that amid cha=
os, education can still create order, meaning, and hope.</p><p style=3D"mar=
gin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><s=
pan>As author </span><strong>Andy Crouch</strong><span> reminded a new coho=
rt of Yass Prize contenders this week, </span><em>now is the time for more =
connection than ever before.</em><span> Flourishing, he says, doesn&#8217;t=
 come from efficiency or technology, but from relationship &#8212; from </s=
pan><em>&#8220;households&#8221;</em><span> and </span><em>&#8220;canopies =
of trust&#8221;</em><span> where no one can be missing without everyone not=
icing.</span></p><div class=3D"captioned-image-container-static" style=3D"f=
ont-size: 16px;line-height: 26px;margin: 32px auto;"><figure style=3D"width=
: 100%;margin: 0 auto;"><table class=3D"image-wrapper" width=3D"100%" borde=
r=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" data-component-name=3D"Image2To=
DOMStatic" style=3D"mso-padding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"=
text-align: center;"></td><td class=3D"content" align=3D"left" width=3D"668=
" style=3D"text-align: center;"><a class=3D"image-link" target=3D"_blank" h=
ref=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/c915ece0-2645-4527-84ac-b9d3990051c0?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"=
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_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpub=
lic%2Fimages%2F836904bd-fd61-4bfc-95db-ad5e47cbeee7_668x660.png" style=3D"b=
order: none !important;vertical-align: middle;display: block;-ms-interpolat=
ion-mode: bicubic;height: auto;margin-bottom: 0;width: auto !important;max-=
width: 100% !important;margin: 0 auto;"></a></td><td style=3D"text-align: c=
enter;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20=
px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>It made=
 me think: is this what our founders envisioned as we head toward </span><s=
trong>America&#8217;s 250th</strong><span>? How do we, as citizens and teac=
hers and parents, communicate about our differences in a world that&#8217;s=
 forgotten how to listen?</span></p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-heig=
ht: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #=
e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"posit=
ion: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-u=
i,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-s=
erif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bo=
ld;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased=
;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility=
;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55=
);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">When Marches Had Meaning</h2><p =
style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz=
e: 16px;"><span>Just days ago, I walked right into a &#8220;</span><strong>=
No Kings</strong><span>&#8221; protest in New York City. I stopped and watc=
hed, trying to make sense of it. If I were from another planet &#8212; or h=
adn&#8217;t watched the news &#8212; I wouldn&#8217;t have known what they =
were marching </span><em>for.</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color:=
 rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>When </span><stron=
g>Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.</strong><span> and thousands of Americans marc=
hed from </span><strong>Selma to Montgomery</strong><span> in 1965, it wasn=
&#8217;t chaos or catharsis &#8212; it was conviction. Peaceful, purposeful=
, and anchored in a moral vision larger than any one person, the Selma marc=
h embodied the very essence of human flourishing: </span><em>meaning and pu=
rpose, character and virtue.</em><span> It was about issues, not individual=
s; about the right to participate in democracy itself.</span></p><div class=
=3D"captioned-image-container-static" style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height:=
 26px;margin: 32px auto;"><figure style=3D"width: 100%;margin: 0 auto;"><ta=
ble class=3D"image-wrapper" width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" c=
ellpadding=3D"0" data-component-name=3D"Image2ToDOMStatic" style=3D"mso-pad=
ding-alt: 1em 0 1.6em;"><tbody><tr><td style=3D"text-align: center;"></td><=
td class=3D"content" align=3D"left" width=3D"1456" style=3D"text-align: cen=
ter;"><a class=3D"image-link" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://substack.co=
m/redirect/016b3104-e240-4d72-8bd6-ea3f7f373341?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPO=
BgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"position: relat=
ive;flex-direction: column;align-items: center;padding: 0;width: auto;heigh=
t: auto;border: none;text-decoration: none;display: block;margin: 0;"><img =
class=3D"wide-image" data-attrs=3D"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-=
post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52584d47-0e63-4e8f-81ba-8182aa1c6=
912_1490x1066.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&qu=
ot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1042,&quot;width&quo=
t;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3367468,&quot;alt&qu=
ot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quo=
t;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/09/18/charter-adv=
ocates-march-for-school-choicefunding-mamdani/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quo=
t;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https=
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90x1066.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&qu=
ot;offset&quot;:false}" alt=3D"" width=3D"550" height=3D"393.6126373626374"=
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,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz=
onaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52584d47-0e63-4e8f-81ba-8182aa1c6912_1490x106=
6.png" style=3D"border: none !important;vertical-align: middle;display: blo=
ck;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;height: auto;margin-bottom: 0;width: aut=
o !important;max-width: 100% !important;margin: 0 auto;"></a></td><td style=
=3D"text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></figure></div><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16=
px;"><span>That same spirit surfaced decades later in another, very differe=
nt march &#8212; when </span><strong>students, parents, and educators cross=
ed the Brooklyn Bridge</strong><span> to demand the right to attend schools=
 that served them. Twice in the past decade, tens of thousands of families =
from New York City&#8217;s public charter schools have filled the streets w=
earing bright yellow shirts and carrying banners that read </span><em>&#822=
0;Don&#8217;t Steal Possible.&#8221;</em><span> They weren&#8217;t attackin=
g anyone &#8212; they were defending opportunity. It was a march </span><em=
>for</em><span> something, not </span><em>against</em><span> someone.</span=
></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;=
font-size: 16px;"><span>Both movements &#8212; one for civil rights, the ot=
her for educational rights &#8212; were grounded in what the </span><strong=
>Harvard Human Flourishing Program</strong><span> defines as the pillars of=
 a good life: </span><em>meaning and purpose, happiness, character, and vir=
tue.</em><span> When those elements are missing from public protest or civi=
c engagement, we risk losing the very thing that propels human progress.</s=
pan></p><div class=3D"pullquote" style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px=
;border-top: 1px solid #e6e6e6;border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e6e6;margin: 32p=
x auto;text-align: center;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 2=
6px;font-size: 16px;margin: 32px 0;text-align: center;font-weight: 500;font=
-style: italic;"><em><strong>Flourishing requires direction. It&#8217;s not=
 the noise of a crowd that moves history, but the purpose of its steps.</st=
rong></em></p></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: rel=
ative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple=
-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Ap=
ple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webk=
it-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit=
-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appeara=
nce: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-h=
eight: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">The Science of Flourishing</h2><p style=
=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16=
px;"><span>The much-cited insights about the primacy of </span><em>connecti=
on</em><span> in human flourishing aren&#8217;t just philosophical &#8212; =
they&#8217;re backed by robust, global research. The </span><strong><a href=
=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/8aedbede-cb23-404d-b018-b73e7f0f0cb3?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" s=
tyle=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Human Flourishing Program at=
 Harvard University</a></strong><span>, founded in 2016, unites scholars ac=
ross disciplines to answer one question: </span><em>What makes life go well=
?</em></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: =
26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>Their flagship </span><strong><a href=3D"https=
://substack.com/redirect/6395610f-2ce3-49ab-bc51-185dc26b537d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM=
W1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"c=
olor: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Global Flourishing Study</a></strong>=
<span>, launched with Baylor University and the Institute for the Studies o=
f Religion, includes over </span><strong>200,000 participants in 22 countri=
es</strong><span> &#8212; the largest longitudinal study of its kind. It me=
asures six domains of well-being:</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top: 0;padd=
ing: 0;"><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p =
style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing=
: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Happiness and li=
fe satisfaction</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-forma=
t: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-botto=
m: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;">P=
hysical and mental health</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-spe=
cial-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;ma=
rgin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;mar=
gin: 0;">Meaning and purpose</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-=
special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px=
;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;=
margin: 0;">Character and virtue</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;=
mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: =
26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 1=
6px;margin: 0;">Close social relationships</p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px=
 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);lin=
e-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;fo=
nt-size: 16px;margin: 0;">Financial and material stability</p></li></ul><p =
style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz=
e: 16px;"><span>The results are striking: </span><em>connection</em><span> =
&#8212; to family, faith, community, and purpose &#8212; consistently predi=
cts flourishing more strongly than income, wealth, or academic achievement.=
</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height:=
 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>As researcher </span><strong>Tyler J. VanderW=
eele</strong><span> put it,</span></p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px=
 solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;c=
olor: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><=
em>&#8220;Flourishing is a state in which all aspects of a person&#8217;s l=
ife are good.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;co=
lor: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>And as </span>=
<em>The New York Times</em><span> summarized Harvard&#8217;s research,</spa=
n></p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;pa=
dding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left:=
 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>&#8220;</span><em>Good rela=
tionships keep us happier and healthier. Period.&#8221;</em></p></blockquot=
e><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fon=
t-size: 16px;"><span>Education, the Harvard team notes, is one of the key <=
/span><em>pathways</em><span> to flourishing, alongside family, work, and f=
aith. Schools that foster belonging, meaning, and joy may contribute more t=
o lifelong well-being than those focused solely on performance metrics.</sp=
an></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26p=
x;font-size: 16px;">Flourishing, then, is not an abstraction. It&#8217;s me=
asurable, observable, and deeply human.</p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;li=
ne-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;backgr=
ound: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=
=3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline=
,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Ari=
al,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-w=
eight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: an=
tialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizel=
egibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb=
(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">The Canopy of Trust</h2=
><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font=
-size: 16px;"><span>That truth came to life in our recent conversation with=
 </span><strong>Andy Crouch</strong><span>, author of </span><em>The Life W=
e&#8217;re Looking For</em><span>. Crouch argues that flourishing depends o=
n communities where people are truly known &#8212; what he calls </span><em=
>&#8220;canopies of trust.&#8221;</em><span> In education, that looks like =
schools as </span><em>households</em><span>: places &#8220;where no one can=
 be missing without everyone noticing.&#8221;</span></p><p style=3D"margin:=
 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">He als=
o reminded us that flourishing isn&#8217;t just about happiness; it&#8217;s=
 about formation.</p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;ma=
rgin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,5=
5);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>&#8220;</spa=
n><em>Devices get things done without forming us. Tools form us as we use t=
hem.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(=
54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">His now-famous metaphor captu=
red it perfectly:</p><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;ma=
rgin: 20px 0;padding: 0;"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,5=
5);margin-left: 20px;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>&#8220;</spa=
n><em>Using AI to do your work is like bringing a forklift to the gym. It l=
ifts the weight for you, but it doesn&#8217;t make you strong.&#8221;</em><=
/p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-he=
ight: 26px;font-size: 16px;">And perhaps his most powerful reminder:</p><bl=
ockquote style=3D"border-left: 4px solid #5abb71;margin: 20px 0;padding: 0;=
"><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);margin-left: 20px;lin=
e-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>&#8220;</span><em>If every additiona=
l year of schooling reflects less joy, something&#8217;s wrong. We should b=
e assessing joy.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0=
;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>That&#8217;=
s the challenge &#8212; and the invitation &#8212; for everyone working to =
transform education today: to restore </span><em>joy, purpose, and formatio=
n</em><span> to the center of learning.</span></p><div style=3D"font-size: =
16px;line-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px=
;background: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" =
style=3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-hea=
dline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetic=
a,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';f=
ont-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothin=
g: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: opti=
mizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color=
: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">Technology, Tools,=
 and the Human Touch</h2><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55=
);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>This theme runs through the wor=
k of the </span><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/6e6ec64a-7=
7fb-4b28-b45b-aeb080c7156c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3=
WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none=
;">2025 Yass Prize Contenders</a></strong><span> &#8212; 23 remarkable inno=
vators who will vie for the $1 million prize through an intensive accelerat=
or and final pitch in Miami in November. Each is advancing </span><em>Susta=
inable, Transformational, Outstanding,</em><span> and </span><em>Permission=
less</em><span> education.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: =
rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>I am hoping they wi=
ll also help us explore how to strike a balance between what I call </span>=
<em>Luddite learning</em><span> and </span><em>AI-empowered delivery.</em><=
/p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;fo=
nt-size: 16px;"><span>To me, </span><strong>the value of AI is in expanding=
 the reach of great content &#8212; not replacing it. </strong><span>As sev=
eral members of our Yass Prize community have written in their recent </spa=
n><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/5e68fc2e-f73e-4cd7-a9be-57be21e3=
a68b?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" r=
el=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Forbes</a><span> es=
says, AI should enhance the reach of great teachers &#8212; supplement, sup=
plant inane tasks, help redefine their role.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: =
0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>U=
sed wisely, AI helps educators meet students where they are, making instruc=
tion truly competency-based, something our friends at </span><a href=3D"htt=
ps://substack.com/redirect/cfbf36f0-028b-4536-9466-e83d54c565d9?j=3DeyJ1Ijo=
iMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D=
"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none;">Axio.ai</a><span> work hard to make=
 possible. It provides powerful analytics that highlight strengths and lear=
ning gaps, customizing instruction more efficiently than traditional models=
=2E But it must be built on a foundatio=
n of great human teaching, purposeful=20=
content, and relationships that make learning </span><em>stick.</em></p><p =
style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-siz=
e: 16px;"><span>As Crouch argues, like the hammer or the pencil, what we do=
 manually &#8212; reading, writing, thinking slowly &#8212; builds not just=
 skill but </span><em>character.</em><span> If we can find that balance bet=
ween human formation and AI-fueled delivery, we&#8217;ll have the best of b=
oth worlds.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);l=
ine-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>These are the challenges we face &=
#8212; </span><strong>and the ones I&#8217;m hopeful we can solve as we dep=
loy this year&#8217;s Yass Prize Contenders to light up the education world=
 with their incredible diversity of passions, approaches, and ideas.</stron=
g></p><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: 26px;"><hr style=3D"margin=
: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #e6e6e6;border: none;"></div><h=
2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position: relative;font-family: 'SF=
 Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystem=
Font,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Sego=
e UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-webkit-font-smoothing: ant=
ialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-webkit-appearance: optimizel=
egibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;appearance: optimizelegibilit=
y;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 1.16em;font-siz=
e: 1.625em;">In the News</h2><ul style=3D"margin-top: 0;padding: 0;"><li st=
yle=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color:=
 rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;pa=
dding-left: 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://subs=
tack.com/redirect/afb2be47-4987-44bd-a1f6-a3397575eb4d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2=
In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #=
5abb71;text-decoration: none;">We Can&#8217;t Afford to Wait to Teach Our C=
hildren How to Think</a></strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>Mike Piscal, Col=
lege Achieve Public Charter Schools, 2023 Yass Prize Semifinalist</em><br><=
strong>A powerful reminder that teaching thinking &#8212; not compliance &#=
8212; is the core of American education.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"marg=
in: 8px 0 0 32px;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,=
55);line-height: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left:=
 4px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/re=
direct/81c95e59-ec6a-41d9-b759-c3808ff29008?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCs=
OK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text=
-decoration: none;">Use AI to Keep Great Teachers in the Classroom</a><span=
> - </span></strong><em>Keeanna Warren, Purdue Polytechnic High Schools, 20=
22 Yass Prize Semifinalist</em><br><strong>How AI can become an ally to tea=
chers, not a replacement.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32p=
x;mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height=
: 26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size:=
 16px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/f9817d3b=
-79c3-457b-8750-f5e44b9054af?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Z=
f3WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: no=
ne;">The Economic Power of Teachers</a></strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>C=
ornell Ellis, Brothers Liberating Our Communities, 2023 Yass Prize Semifina=
list</em><br><strong>On the deep connection between identity, representatio=
n, and student success.</strong></p></li><li style=3D"margin: 8px 0 0 32px;=
mso-special-format: bullet;"><p style=3D"color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: =
26px;margin-bottom: 0;box-sizing: border-box;padding-left: 4px;font-size: 1=
6px;margin: 0;"><strong><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/7430d33c-6=
789-4054-af1f-98f87f74ed8a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW1zczB2In0.mPOBgCsOK0rV8K8EQzbj-Zf3=
WhVG0JcQPFKD4xxFx0w" rel=3D"" style=3D"color: #5abb71;text-decoration: none=
;">Education&#8217;s Special Problem: How Standardized Tests Fail Students =
Who Learn Differently</a></strong><span> &#8212; </span><em>By Yours Truly =
and Team</em><br><strong>Why normalizing assessment for students with speci=
al needs misses the point &#8212; and how connection, not conformity, drive=
s growth.</strong></p></li></ul><div style=3D"font-size: 16px;line-height: =
26px;"><hr style=3D"margin: 32px 0;padding: 0;height: 1px;background: #e6e6=
e6;border: none;"></div><h2 class=3D"header-anchor-post" style=3D"position:=
 relative;font-family: 'SF Pro Display',-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-a=
pple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif=
,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight: bold;-=
webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;-moz-osx-font-smoothing: antialiased;-we=
bkit-appearance: optimizelegibility;-moz-appearance: optimizelegibility;app=
earance: optimizelegibility;margin: 1em 0 0.625em 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);li=
ne-height: 1.16em;font-size: 1.625em;">To Action &#8212; and To Flourishing=
</h2><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;=
font-size: 16px;"><span>If we&#8217;re to answer the question &#8212; </spa=
n><em>What is human flourishing, how do we get it, and what must we give up=
 to reach it?</em><span> &#8212; the answer is as much moral as it is pract=
ical.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-he=
ight: 26px;font-size: 16px;"><span>We must give up our fixation on </span><=
strong>systems for systems&#8217; sake.</strong><br><span>Our dependence on=
 </span><strong>technology for technology&#8217;s sake.</strong><br><span>O=
ur impulse to </span><strong>say yes to our kids</strong><span> just becaus=
e everyone else does.</span><br><span>And our habit of </span><strong>letti=
ng others do the hard work of thinking</strong><span> through these big que=
stions daily.</span></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55)=
;line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">We can do better &#8212; together.</p>=
<p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-=
size: 16px;"><span>We&#8217;ll be delving into all of this and more at the =
</span><strong>2025 Power of Innovation Summit</strong><span>,</span><br><s=
trong>December 4th in Washington, DC.</strong></p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 2=
0px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;">Look for you=
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 these issues I&#8217;ve outlined here today.</p><p style=3D"margin: 0 0 20=
px 0;color: rgb(54,55,55);line-height: 26px;font-size: 16px;margin-bottom: =
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