Aylon Samouha

Students who experience engaging high-quality learning have higher grades, stronger attendance, fewer behavior issues.

But the magic isn't in the numbers.

It's in the spark you see when a student realizes, I belong here.

I can do this.

I'm learning with purpose.

I can make something that matters.

I know I want that for my own kids.

And of course, I'm not alone.

Every parent, educator, every community wants schools that keep growing with the world around them.

School cannot be something we redesign once a century.

We need community-based design as a muscle, not a program or an initiative, something built in, not bolted on.

A continuous way of evolving how we do school together.

So when we ask, and how are the children?

Let's make sure the answer isn't fine.

Let it be they're engaged, they're thriving, and they're transforming the world.

Thank you.