About AI Edward
The rise of AI in education feels substantively different than prior ed-tech advancements. This is not a computer enabled intervention that can easily be passed to a CTO. AI is everywhere. Education leaders are confronting its use across their entire systems—from scheduling and finance to instruction and professional development. AI also stretches beyond the school walls to impact the very nature of work for which we are preparing our students. And AI has arrived closer to home—on our desktop and in our personal lives—changing how we learn, communicate and parent.
This rapid spread is both exciting and unsettling. An increasingly well-worn expression is that you shouldn’t worry about AI taking your job, you should worry about a human with AI taking your job. Education leaders can apply the same thinking to their systems—don’t worry about competing with AI, worry about competing with education systems that are effectively leveraging AI.
As you do, AI Edward can be your partner to ensure that you are navigating this constantly shifting context and mastering the
application of AI in education. We will sort through the mountains of content to deliver the most relevant and impactful news, opinions, resources, and capacity-building supports. We will also be talking with thought leaders, providers of AI-enabled products, and practitioners to share their journeys and insights with you.
It is an interesting and challenging time in education. AI Edward is here to give you the capacity and confidence to succeed in it.
About Josh Tucker
AI Edward was created by Josh Tucker, a leader with more than 25 years of experience working with top not-for-profit organizations focused on both policy and practice in education.
Prior to launching AI Edward,Tucker most recently led the National Center on Education and the Economy’s (NCEE) support of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future—arguably the most significant redesign of a state’s education system in the country today. Tucker has also led advocacy, communications, and partnership development and implementation at NCEE, the National Institute for School Leadership (then the leading provider of research-proven professional learning for school leaders) and the America’s Choice School Design (among the leaders in the school design movement).
Tucker and his three children are the product of public school education, and his wife is a first-grade teacher in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Tucker is passionate about what makes high-performing education systems successful, ensuring every student succeeds, and understanding how AI’s application in education and the workplace will impact those systems and students.