Posts by Tom Vander Ark

Learning Design

Charting a New Course for Education with Foresight

Oct 14, 2025

Exploring KnowledgeWorks' latest forecast with Katherine Prince—foresight strategies, AI, climate, and the evolving future of education.

Leadership

3 Human Skills That Make You Irreplaceable in an AI World

Tom Vander Ark, Mason Pashia

Sep 16, 2025

Curiosity, curation, and connectivity are the irreplaceable human skills that foster agency, purpose, and meaning in an AI-driven world.

Ed Policy

Catalyzing the Future of Learning: How Public Seed Funding Drives EdTech Innovation and Scale

Tom Vander Ark, Eric Tucker, Guest Author

Aug 14, 2025

Explore how public seed funding like SBIR drives EdTech innovation, scaling tools to empower 130M learners while fostering AI-powered education futures.

New Pathways

Think & Make: Teen-Directed Innovation Training Scales in India

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 10, 2025

Think & Make empowers under-resourced students with innovation skills, fostering problem-solving and creativity in India and South Asia.

Competency-Based Education

Schools Alive with Transformational Learning

Tom Vander Ark

May 9, 2025

Explore ISTE+ASCD Transformational Learning Principles aligning with Getting Smart Design for whole-child educational improvements.

Center for Curriculum and Redesign: Education for the Age of AI https://curriculumredesign.org/frameworks/

Leadership

How Does Agency Shape Education? | A Conversation with Charles Fadel

Mason Pashia, Tom Vander Ark

May 8, 2025

Exploring AI's role in education, agency's importance, and school missions with insights from Charles Fadel and Tom Vander Ark.

Learning Design

How can we reimagine where learning happens? Designing schools as community hubs within a personalized ecosystem

Rebecca Midles, Tom Vander Ark, Nate McClennen

Apr 17, 2025

Exploring schools as community hubs, integrating real-world and digital resources for a personalized learning ecosystem.

Sixth-graders work together on a science project about weather disasters.

EdTech

How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 3, 2025

Exploring AI's impact on education, deeper learning, and project-based learning with insights from High Tech High and Inkwire's leaders.

Equity & Access

How AI Supports Deeper Learning: Reflections from the AI K-12 Deeper Learning Summit

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 10, 2025

AI in education empowers deeper learning by enhancing critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, transforming educational experiences.

New Pathways

Uplift Education Launches Health Pathways

Tom Vander Ark

Feb 21, 2025

Uplift Education's new health pathways program offers students career-ready skills in healthcare via work-based learning and dual enrollment.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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