E14-Whitney McKinley (World Savvy)

December 10, 2025 Podcast

This afternoon, we were pleased to have Whitney McKinley from World Savvy to join us. Whitney did such a great job of explaining the pillars of what World Savvy works on with schools. In a sense, we all want to work on them, but it is a coaching aspect that most of our high schools don't have access to. Thank you Whitney for sharing about your beliefs and your organization! 

Whitney McKinley, World Savvy

Learner-Centered Update

Learner-Centered Collaborative believes it starts with reimagining how we give learners the agency to joyfully, purposefully drive their own learning.

Let go of standardization. Embrace learner agency. When students “think freely and move freely,” stressful schools become joyful learning communities.

More than 30 public school districts and over 250,000 learners have begun to center learners by design.

In this final episode in this fall’s learning series, Devin Vodicka and Katie Martin share their Brief But Spectacular take on what happens when we truly center learners: 👇

Learner-Centered Video: https://lnkd.in/ghA4DXMV

AI Tutors in Schools? 

An AI-powered tutor, paired with a human helper and individual-level data on a student’s proficiency, can outperform a human alone, with near-flawless results, a new study suggests. The results could open a new front in the evolving discussion over how to use AI in schools — and how closely humans must watch it when it’s interacting with kids.

I came across this article last week and wanted to share it with you. Clearly, we know AI will impact what we do, but how? and when? This is a bit of progress from UK that you may be interested in. 

This article comes from the 74million.org, which is a very interesting site for you futurists. Take a look at their tab, The Future of High School. This is something that should be on your regular reading rotation! 

Take care, Patrick