Honest conversations with educators, researchers, and school leaders who are asking better questions about AI in education. No hype. No fear. Real practitioners working through what it actually means to teach and lead in an AI-powered world.
Kinwise Conversations in AI:
3: AI in Schools: Beyond Substitution to Redefinition
North Carolina’s Vera Cubero helped craft some of the nation’s first K-12 AI guidelines. She joins Lydia to share why project-based learning, durable skills, and ongoing teacher PD are essential for human-centered AI adoption, especially in rural and underserved schools.
12. Trailblazing AI Literacy: Connor Mulvaney’s Rural Classroom Revolution
Montana teacher Connor Mulvaney shares how AI literacy lessons and the aiEDU Trailblazers Fellowship ($875 stipend) help rural educators teach with large-language models.
3: Redefining Education with AI: Vera Cubero on Project-Based Learning and Human Connection
North Carolina’s Vera Cubero helped craft some of the nation’s first K-12 AI guidelines. She joins Lydia to share why project-based learning, durable skills, and ongoing teacher PD are essential for human-centered AI adoption, especially in rural and underserved schools.

