Discovery Education Appoints First-Ever Chief Information Security Officer, Kara Schlageter 


Appointment expands leadership team to advance secure-by-design innovation and reinforce district trust as digital learning evolves with AI. Charlotte, NC (Tuesday, March 3, 2026) — Discovery Education today announced the appointment of Kara Schlageter as the organization’s first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), marking a significant milestone in its ongoing investment in secure, responsible AI innovation that protects educator and student privacy.  Schlageter brings […]

Actually, Doug Ford, basket-weaving is innovative and in-demand


Salish Nlaka'pamux basket made of cedar or spruce root, cedar wood and hide. (McCord Museum) The Ontario government recently announced massive cuts to Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding, decreasing the maximum funding from 85 per cent to 25 per cent. Student response to this has been largely negative. Speaking to the media, Ontario Premier […]

Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?


Technological innovation has always relied on experts collaborating across time and geography. EtiAmmos/iStock via Getty Images In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a door frame that a bolt slides into – in a slab of sandstone by pecking at it with a […]