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In this special crossover episode, Edtech Insiders host Ben Kornell joins Allison Salisbury, author of The Humanist, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, education, workforce development, and the future of learning. Together, they explore how AI could reshape assessment, personalized learning, school design, and the skills students will need to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

💡 5 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

Why AI should be used to redesign education and not just make existing systems more efficient.
How assessment could shift from annual testing to continuous, actionable feedback.
The durable skills students need to succeed in a world of constant technological change.
What the personalized learning movement got right and wrong.
How AI, school choice, and new funding models could reshape the future of K-12 education.

✨ Episode Highlights
[00:02:31] Ben shares why he's changed his view on AI-native companies and the future of edtech entrepreneurship.
[00:07:15] Why optimizing today's education system may be aiming too low
[00:09:00] The case for preparing students for 2076 instead of 1926.
[00:11:10] The enduring importance of critical thinking, collaboration, and learning how to learn.
[00:15:27] How AI could transform assessment and provide real-time insight into student learning.
[00:18:09] The biggest barriers to competency-based education at scale.
[00:22:43] Lessons from the first wave of personalized learning and what AI changes now.
[00:27:43] What an AI-native high school could look like.
[00:30:19] The opportunities and risks of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs).
[00:39:42] Ben's $200 million vision for rebuilding educational assessment
[00:41:48] Why teenagers may be the most overlooked innovators of the AI era.

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Preparing Students for 2076: Ben Kornell on AI, Assessment, and the Future of Learning

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Preparing Students for 2076: Ben Kornell on AI, Assessment, and the Future of Learning