LearnerStudio Presents:
The Brief But Spectacular
Learning Series
Big Ideas, Brief Encounters
This series is designed to cut through complexity and deliver essential insights from some of the entrepreneurs who inspire us. LearnerStudio and the Brief But Spectacular team believe in the power of showcasing big ideas in brief, powerful ways.
For this series, we’ve partnered with a stellar group of leaders who are driving toward future-ready learning. Explore powerful perspectives challenging the status quo and redefining what it means to learn, teach, and connect in the Age of AI.
Belonging and Connection as Drivers of Learning
Cultivating Agency, Relevance, & Purpose
Harnessing AI Toward Human Flourishing
Episodes
How we transform the way we do school
Featuring: Aylon Samouha, Transcend
Rebuilding young people’s trust in adults
Featuring: Shereen El Mallah
How young people can transform communities
Featuring: Beverly Leon, Local Civics
What’s possible when education begins with who we are
Featuring: Kara Bobroff, NACA Inspired Schools Network
Episodes
The power of public schools
Featuring: Alan Cheng
Rethinking how we measure human potential
Featuring: Andrea Purcell, Big Picture Learning
Reimagining public education to center engagement
Featuring: Andy Calkins, LEAP Innovations
Co-creating the next generation of education systems
Featuring: Doannie Tran, Center for Innovation in Education
Episodes
Building transformative experiences that center human development
Featuring: Peggy Yin
Building teamwork and collaboration as essential future-ready competencies
Featuring: Matt Miller, OKO Labs
Taking risks for a better future
Featuring: Hannah Gross, Mashiko Lortkipanidze, Odist Powell, Jr., and Peggy Yin
Belonging and Connection as Drivers of Learning
Episodes
How we transform the way we do school
Featuring: Aylon Samouha, Transcend
Rebuilding young people’s trust in adults
Featuring: Shereen El Mallah
How young people can transform communities
Featuring: Beverly Leon, Local Civics
What’s possible when education begins with who we are
Featuring: Kara Bobroff, NACA Inspired Schools Network
Cultivating Agency, Relevance, & Purpose
Episodes
The power of public schools
Featuring: Alan Cheng
Rethinking how we measure human potential
Featuring: Andrea Purcell, Big Picture Learning
Reimagining public education to center engagement
Featuring: Andy Calkins, LEAP Innovations
Co-creating the next generation of education systems
Featuring: Doannie Tran, Center for Innovation in Education
Harnessing AI Toward Human Flourishing
Episodes
Building transformative experiences that center human development
Featuring: Peggy Yin
Building teamwork and collaboration as essential future-ready competencies
Featuring: Matt Miller, OKO Labs
Taking risks for a better future
Featuring: Hannah Gross, Mashiko Lortkipanidze, Odist Powell, Jr., and Peggy Yin
Featured Conversations
Alan Cheng: The power of public schools
Student Roundtable: Taking risks for a better future
¹These episodes were created in part of a series funded by XQ Institute, in collaboration with PBS NewsHour