On August 26, the LEARN Network concluded its summer conversation series with education leaders to discuss a vision for an evidence-based education ecosystem. As part of this visioning, team members, partners, and experts from across the country considered the entire ecosystem of actors, organizations, processes, and resources that work together to shape education, sharing important perspectives from the district, state, and national levels, and with varying expertise from edtech and AI to policy and instruction.

Part 4, “AI and the Future of Evidence-Based Education,” featured SRI’s Susan Patrick and InnovateEDU’s Erin Mote for a discussion on how AI can catalyze a transformation in how evidence is generated, accessed, and applied across schools, districts, and state systems.

Watch the conversation now, or access a transcript of the discussion here.

About the Panelists

Susan Patrick

Susan Patrick is a Principal Senior Education Researcher at SRI where she provides strategic vision and leadership on digital learning, artificial intelligence, and technology policy. Prior to her time at SRI, Patrick served as President and CEO of Aurora Institute, a non-profit organization with the mission to drive the transformation of education systems and accelerate the advancement of breakthrough policies and practices to ensure high-quality learning for all. She is the former Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior, Patrick served as legislative liaison for Governor Hull from Arizona. She served as legislative staff on Capitol Hill. She is a Pahara-Aspen Institute Fellow and an Eisenhower Fellow. She was named a 2024 Women in AI Fellow by EDSAFE AI, and was awarded the AECT System Change Leader Award 2020 for making significant contributions to the evolution of learning, demonstrating systems thinking and positive impact aligned to future-focused education.

Erin Mote

Erin Mote is the CEO and Founder of InnovateEDU. In this role, Erin leads the organization and its major projects, including its policy and strategy portfolio. She leads the organization’s work on creating uncommon alliances to create systems change – in special education, talent development, artificial intelligence, and data modernization. An enterprise architect, she created, alongside her team, two of InnovateEDU’s signature technology products – Cortex, a next-generation personalized learning platform, and Landing Zone – a cutting-edge infrastructure as a service data product. Erin is also the co-founder of Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School with her husband Dr. Eric Tucker. She is a recognized global leader in technology, mobile, and broadband and has focused much of her career on expanding access to technology in the US and abroad.

The LEARN Network is funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.  

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