1st Edition
Leading the Next Era of Public Education A Roadmap for Personalized, Student-Centered, and Equitable Schools
Introduction: It Begins Here
Section 1: The Need for Change
Chapter 1: Legacy Without Progress: The Weight of Yesterday on Today’s Schools
Chapter 2: Familiarity Over Function: How Inertia Undermines Innovation
Chapter 3: The Great Pivot: Rethinking Education After COVID-19
Section 2: Equity by Design: Building Personalized Pathways for All Learners
Chapter 4: Defining Personalized Learning: Foundations for the Future
Chapter 5: Beyond Smart: How AI and XR Are Reshaping the Architecture of Learning
Chapter 6: From Instructor to Architect: Transforming the Role of Educators
Section 3: The Architecture of Resistance: Systems, Structures, and the Challenge of Reform
Chapter 7: From Instructor to Architect: Transforming the Role of Educators
Chapter 8: Modernizing Infrastructure and Governance
Chapter 9: Advancing Equity in the Age of AI
Section 4: Redrawing the Boundaries: The Evolving Institutional Function of Public Schools
Chapter 10: The Institutional Anchor: Rethinking the Purpose of Public Schools
Chapter 11: Overextended: The Operational Burden of Dual Mandates in Education
Chapter 12: Reimagining Support Systems through Innovation and Partnership
Section 5: The Screen Time Paradox: Public Anxiety and Pedagogical Potential
Chapter 13: The Anti-Screen Narrative
Chapter 14: Prioritizing Relationships in the Digital Age
Chapter 15: Technology That Listens
Section 6: A Roadmap for Transformation: From Vision to Systemic Change
Chapter 16: Beyond Readiness: Designing the Foundations of Transformational Education
Chapter 17: Transformation by Design: Rethinking How Change Begins
Chapter 18: Embedding Innovation: From Initial Change to Systemwide Transformation
Chapter 19: A New Policy Blueprint: Creating Conditions for Scalable Transformation
Conclusion: The Vision for the Future
Appendix 1: Vocabulary and Terms
Appendix 2: System & Reform Tools
Appendix 3: Illustrative / Emerging Models
Biography
Taylor P. Wrye, Ed.D., is Director of Technology and Innovation for Nauset Public Schools, MA, and a National Certified Educational Technology Leader. He earned his doctorate from Drexel University, where his research focused on equity in digital learning. A former middle-school principal, Dr Wrye applies restorative principles of trust and equity to guide systems-level change in education. His work focuses on AI and XR integration, digital equity, and student data privacy. He serves on national committees like the Consortium for School Networking Innovative Technology Committee and advises policymakers on the future of K–12 educational technology.
