For adult English language learners working to improve their English skills and confidence for professional reasons, how effective is one-on-one online language tutoring? This question was central to a 2025 research partnership between Leanlab Education and Preply, a global language learning platform.

The most powerful innovations in education emerge when researchers, developers, and educators work side by side. That's why Leanlab Education is partnering with NewSchools Venture Fund on an ambitious research initiative exploring how generative AI can transform math tutoring for K-12 students.

Seismic shifts in the federal policy landscape and the progression of AI have left our education research and edtech communities bobbing, weaving, and strategy-refreshing our way through 2025. It’s within this context that Leanlab CEO Katie Boody Adorno returns to this 2023 piece. She reflects on how much has changed in the education landscape since then, how prescient some of her predictions proved to be, and how urgent others have become.