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What experiences can education technology offer to support those relationships and spur engagement and motivation to learn?

When it comes to learning and thriving during the pandemic, many students have faced one obstacle after another—including lack of access to high-speed internet and devices, disconnection from teachers and friends, and the cancellation of sports, clubs and church choirs. But where many people see obstacles, Hal Smith sees opportunity.

The disruption to schooling caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity to rethink education.

Mention innovation in America, and what comes to mind? Silicon Valley? NASA? Tech firms? Not for Jim Shelton. He thinks: education. In fact, he wonders: Why, as we learn more about the science of learning and development, shouldn’t education—like, say, the military—have a full research and development infrastructure?