<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[InflectionED]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elevating Education Through Strategic Insight]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:29:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.inflectioned.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[What Should AI Do for the Learner? A Conceptual Framework for Education and EdTech]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of the country's largest school systems have recently moved to restrict students' use of generative AI. The decisions in New York City and Los Angeles reflect an understandable concern: AI can now perform much of the work students have traditionally been asked to do. But as schools move from reacting to that capability toward deciding what comes next, I think we may need to change the question. Much of the conversation has focused on how to keep AI from doing students' work, prevent...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/what-should-ai-do-for-the-learner-a-conceptual-framework-for-education-and-edtech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a9abc42f0d4752585080eba</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_d4b7bcb59d9a49a8847d634dffba3c1b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of School May Be Defined by What It Coordinates]]></title><description><![CDATA[For generations, schools have been expected to do nearly everything. Teach academic content. Provide meals. Offer athletics. Support students with disabilities. Prepare young people for college and careers. Create community. Credential learning. Care for children while parents work. We bundled all of those responsibilities into one institution, operating in one building, five days a week. During my recent conversation with Dr. Eric Wearne, director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, he...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/the-future-of-school-may-be-defined-by-what-it-coordinates</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8d9afa520283fd898cfe36</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:52:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_5fd516cdc1f84414bb6ed878a2684655~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education Is Entering the Age of Preservation]]></title><description><![CDATA[For much of the last few decades, the story of innovation in education has been a story of possibility. How can we reach more students? How can we personalize learning? How can we remove barriers of time and place? How can we make feedback faster, content more accessible, instruction more flexible, and schools more responsive to individual needs? Those remain important questions. But after several recent conversations on Education Talk Radio, I've started wondering whether education is...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/education-is-entering-the-age-of-preservation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a845f8cc3f728e21a293e4e</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:52:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_a269a7db36d749c8bc7bfc897dc284bb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Changes When Students Need to Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[Few questions are more familiar to teachers than this one: Why do I have to learn this? I taught high school math, so I heard some version of it plenty of times. And like most teachers, I had answers: You’ll need this next year. It will help you understand something later. You might need it in college. There are careers where people use this every day. Sometimes those answers worked. Often, I suspect, they didn’t. Lately I've been wondering whether we've been thinking about the question the...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/what-changes-when-students-need-to-know</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a79d71034f2dd6f02ac3f80</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:55:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_9ab0ae0bb48f48f8ad5b69a2cbb42400~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_959,h_633,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real-World Experiences Make AI Literacy Meaningful]]></title><description><![CDATA[Schools are moving quickly to define AI literacy. Students need to understand how AI works. They need to know how to write better prompts, evaluate outputs, recognize bias, protect privacy, and use these tools responsibly. All of that matters. But after my recent conversation with Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles, I’m beginning to think AI literacy may require something deeper. Students do not simply need to learn how to use AI. They need to learn how to direct it. AI Literacy Requires...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/real-world-experiences-make-ai-literacy-meaningful</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a74937622f2ed6db24536be</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:33:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_84dcec8b684e4b5a86c7e25eb395e02b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_681,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Today's School Safety Challenges Are Really Telling Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[One moment from my recent conversation with Tom McDermott has stayed with me. Tom works with school districts across the country on safety and security. His company develops detection technologies used everywhere from NFL stadiums and airports to correctional facilities and even the Secret Service. Increasingly, schools are turning to those same technologies as they wrestle with student vaping, weapons, and other safety concerns. That fact alone should give us pause. Not because schools are...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/what-today-s-school-safety-challenges-are-really-telling-us</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a720f654c43b9b2d4c874ed</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:14:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_f8cc27a585064f13adb9213c6ff62d6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Teachers Stop Teaching, What Do We Lose?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I sat down with philosopher Troy Jollimore on Education Talk Radio, I expected to spend most of our time talking about students. Instead, I left thinking about teachers. One line from our conversation has stayed with me ever since. Troy reflected on a time when he believed that he and his students were "engaged in a shared intellectual pursuit." That phrase stopped me. Because teaching has never been simply about delivering information. Teachers don't just show up to transfer knowledge...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/if-teachers-stop-teaching-what-do-we-lose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a720ee44c43b9b2d4c873ce</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:11:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_c416cb6e3e7a4d2c95db13417ffece4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why EdTech So Often Becomes a Band-Aid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Educational technology rarely enters schools on its best day. It usually arrives because something isn't working. Reading scores need to improve. Graduation rates have stalled. A group of students is falling behind. Credit recovery numbers are growing. Schools don't typically wake up and ask, "How can we create a richer learning experience?" They ask, "How do we fix this problem?" After my recent conversation with Harvard's Chris Dede, I'm beginning to wonder if that simple observation...]]></description><link>https://www.inflectioned.com/post/why-edtech-so-often-becomes-a-band-aid</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a720e39277d47c355d064ae</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:08:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e4e72_c170eaeab5f24f7193df61b196d0d126~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_612,h_408,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Cicero</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>