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Robin Lake

Driving past Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, I noticed a billboard that reads something like, “We treat your cancer like it’s YOUR cancer.” The message is more than a slogan. It captures a growing conviction that generic approaches are no match for serious threats to human health. What distinguishes places like Fred Hutch is not just advanced science, but disciplined systems: shared clinical protocols, team-based decision-making and constant feedback between research and practice.

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Maddy Sims

Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how we work, communicate, and create. In education, however, the conversation is stuck. Sensational headlines make it seem like AI will either save public education (“AI will magically give teachers back hours in their day!”) or destroy it completely (“Students only use AI to cheat!” “AI will replace teachers!”).

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Precision Learning Has the Potential to Do What Personalized Learning Could Not

Robin Lake

Driving past Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, I noticed a billboard that reads something like, “We treat your cancer like it’s YOUR cancer.” The message is more than a slogan.

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Special Education Identification: What We Learned from the Unlocking Potential Data Sprint

Ashley Jochim

Fifty years ago, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) promised to bridge the gap between what students with disabilities need and what the public education system was designed to provide.

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Special Education Is Broken. Our New Database Can Help Spark Way to Fix It

Ashley Jochim, Alexander Kurz

Advocates who have fought hard battles to preserve the right of children with disabilities to attend public schools have never faced a fight like this one.

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The “Big Blur”: A Renewed Call to Merge High School, College, and Career

Joel Vargas

Imagine a world where every high school junior has walked a factory floor, sat in a boardroom, taken college courses, and earned credentials valued by employers before graduation.

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