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Chong-Hao Fu is the CEO of Leading Educators, a national nonprofit specializing in comprehensive instructional improvement.
Over the past 14 years, he’s worked to scale exceptional teaching and leadership in some of the country’s fastest-improving districts while exploring how emergent technology like AI can bring new possibilities to instruction.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

1. Why instructional coherence is the backbone of school improvement.
2. How Leading Educators is integrating AI into lesson planning and professional learning.
3. The importance of keeping teachers in the “pilot’s seat” when using new technology.
4. How schools can build authentic, future-ready skills through civic and AI projects.
5. Why scaling innovation requires both coherence and continuous improvement.

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:02:13] Leading Educators’ mission and unique research on instructional improvement.
[00:04:31] How coherence helped partner districts like Charleston achieve gains during COVID.
[00:07:47] Partnering with PlayLab and CZI to build AI tools rooted in high-quality curriculum.
[00:11:54] Redesigning school staffing and forming AI School Teams Collaborative.
[00:15:07] How teachers’ mindsets on AI shift when they get hands-on experience.
[00:30:07] Future-ready skills: pilots in Denver and Boston connecting AI, civics, and leadership.
[00:37:47] Why authentic, student-driven projects can transform both learning and teaching.

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