We're on our way to 500 subscribers! When I started publishing weekly essays about AI and education not that long ago, I had no idea it would turn into this: a genuine community of educators and technologists rethinking what learning can be. Your comments, emails, and shared stories have transformed what began as me thinking out loud into actual conversations that matter.
Which brings me to the big news: I'm releasing a book.
The Book Project
Within the next couple of days, I'll be publishing "The Ghost in the Machine in Your Classroom: Navigating the Future of Education in the Age of AI." The book will be a collection of essays from this newsletter that explores how AI is reshaping education. This project is especially meaningful to me because it's also serving as a testing ground for another, more traditional non-fiction book I'm currently co-authoring with two PhD students (coming this fall).
Speaking of collaboration, I'm thrilled that this Tuesday's essay will feature one of my PhD students as guest writer. Darya Ramezani will bring a fresh voice and perspective into our conversation about AI and education. I couldn't be more excited to share her ideas with you.
Supporting The Augmented Educator
To mark this milestone, I will be introducing paid subscriptions to the Substack alongside the release of the book. But here's my promise: every essay will always be free to read. I believe deeply in open access to ideas.
Paid subscribers are really joining as supporters and early readers. You'll get access to content 1-2 weeks before everyone else, plus a free PDF of the book when it launches. If you've found value in these essays, it's a way to help keep them coming, with some bonuses included.
Why This Matters Now
This brings me to why I'm so excited about what we're building here. Something incredibly special is happening in education right now. We're not just adapting to new tools. We're fundamentally reimagining how humans and machines can work together to transform learning. Every week, your responses show me that educators aren't just consuming these ideas; you're wrestling with them, testing them, improving them.
That's what makes this community different. That's what makes this work worth doing.
Details about the paid tier and book launch coming in the next few days. For now, just know that whether you've been here since essay #1 or just joined yesterday, you're part of something that's growing into more than I had expected.
Here's to the next 500 and to wherever this experiment takes us.