Better Future Conversations
Better Future Conversations
In collaboration with education stakeholders around the world, we are working to foster global learning about what it takes to transform classrooms and systems towards a new purpose for education.
Better Future Conversations brings together thought leaders from around the world whose experiences and perspectives can help catalyze and deepen our collective thinking about what it will take to reshape education systems so that all students are prepared to shape a better future for themselves and all of us.
Upcoming Conversations:
AI and the Future of Education
Sal Khan with Wendy Kopp
September 18, 2025 at 4PM UTC
As AI becomes more common in our classrooms, shaping how we learn and teach, it presents new opportunities and significant challenges. How can we navigate this change to ensure we are preparing young people to thrive in a complex world? For the second episode of Better Future Conversations, join host Wendy Kopp (CEO & Co-founder, Teach For All) for a discussion with Sal Khan (Founder & CEO, Khan Academy) about the promise and challenges of AI in education. They’ll discuss the role of teachers, the skills young people will need to thrive, and how we can reimagine learning to cultivate agency, equity, and leadership in the age of artificial intelligence.
Past Conversations:
How to Build Leaders Who Do Hard Things
Fred Swaniker with Wendy Kopp
In this first conversation, Fred Swaniker, founder of African Leadership Academy, African Leadership University, and ALX, joined Wendy Kopp, Co-founder and CEO of Teach For All, to explore what it takes to prepare young people to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Topics they explored include:
- Why students should choose a mission, not a major
- How education systems can build agency and resilience
- Why doing hard things is not optional in a world of privilege and complexity
- What the 70-20-10 rule means for learning in the age of AI