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The Convergence

Why Now? The Educational Revolution

Jessica Slayback
Jessica Slayback
Director
REALM
The Convergence

The Convergence

A year from now, this moment will feel inevitable. But right now, it still feels uncertain. And that’s how you know you’re standing inside real change. Because look at what’s happening all at once:

Millions of families are actively searching for new ways to educate their children.

Public funding is expanding beyond a single system.

Nearly a quarter of office space in America sits empty waiting for a new purpose.

And billions of dollars are looking for models in education that actually work.

Need. Money. Space. Demand.

History tells us something important: When those four forces converge, systems change.

It happened with public health.

It happened with civil rights.

It happened with the internet.

And now, it’s happening in education.

But here’s the truth no one says out loud: We do not have an interest problem. We have a supply problem. Families are ready. Educators are ready. Communities are ready. What’s missing? The pipeline that makes it possible to build thousands of extraordinary learning environments, quickly, safely, and beautifully.

Because a founder shouldn’t need superpowers to open a school. A parent shouldn’t need luck to find belonging for their child. And a building shouldn’t sit empty while children sit unseen.

So the question of this decade is not “Should education change?” It already is. The real question is: Will we build the infrastructure fast enough to meet the moment? Because if we do, this won’t be a small reform. It will be the moment America remembered something essential:

That learning is human.

That belonging matters.

And that when children flourish, the future flourishes with them.

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