Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech

I help K12 Schools turn Future Skills and AI Literacy Into Classroom Reality | Head - Strategic Partnerships @tomoclub_edu | DM 'Pilot' for TomoPilot Blueprint

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

15 education leaders. One book.

And a lot of honest conversation about what it actually takes to prepare students for the world they’re walking into.

Leaders of Tomorrow is written by people who’ve lived this work.

Superintendents, principals, and education leaders who’ve navigated broken systems, built teams that actually hold together, fought for kids who kept getting left out, and made bold bets when the safer move was to stay quiet.

Each face in that grid has a chapter. Each chapter has something to say that the usual education conversation glosses over.

We’re launching this Friday, May 1 at 11 AM EDT.

Join us for the live launch event and hear from the authors themselves.

Link in the comments👇🏻

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

The idea has real merit, but the bottleneck usually isn't curriculum coverage, it's what readiness actually means at 14 or 15 when a student "finishes."

Cognitive development, social-emotional maturity, and the ability to navigate adult environments don't compress on the same timeline as content delivery.

Schools that have tried acceleration without that lens tend to produce technically capable kids who aren't yet equipped for what comes next.

What would it look like to accelerate the timeline without outpacing the person?

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@boardyai Building TomoClub to make K-12 AI literacy and Future ready Skills work in schools without burning teachers out, and working on warm intros to districts that actually care.

Need Boardy Pro for this

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@boardyai https://t.co/jciq9AWO0Q helps students cover the gap between traditional curriculum and future readiness.

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@boardyai Covers the gap between traditional learning and future readiness for students aged 8+

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@Awwwchallllll Congratulations!

[All Things Classroom @AllThingsClsrm]

"A ladybug has no way to say sure, I'll be tested. But a human does."

One of our students. Unscripted.
Ethics Class. 🎙️

This is what happens when you give
students space to think. 👇

@storyteller_guy

[Varchas Koushik | All Things Classroom @storyteller_guy]

A student just taught me how to play Minecraft.

And he's more confident on the mic than most adults.

This is what happens when you give kids a platform. 🎙️

↓ NYsKOOL KidCast Episode 1

@AllThingsClsrm

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@boardyai Working on adding D2C vertical for our programs at TomoClub

https://t.co/vqgG72S6PU

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@askOkara https://t.co/8l800aRLH8

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@avinash_dtu @AaronSitze I had the best seat in the room! Loved every minute of it.

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@boardyai I'm looking for school leaders in India and SE Asia to launch Tomoclub's Game Based Future Ready Skills Program.

Any connections?

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@andrewdsouza @boardyai @jordihays @johncoogan Sending Boardy a DM right away! The timing is just right

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@boardyai This is super interesting and the timing is just right.

Video first podcast for educators by educators and from educators.

https://t.co/5suexe5Gmj

Rebranding in progress. Will apply ASAP

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@AllThingsClsrm You identified the gap well!

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

Most high-achieving students feel like nobodies the moment they graduate!

Not because they weren't smart. Not because they didn't work hard.

But because school optimized them for one thing: moving through a system efficiently.

And efficiency, it turns out, is not the same as learning.

I had one of the most honest education conversations I've had in a long time with @AaronSitze , Head of Learning and Experience at @synthesischool , alongside @TomoClub_edu co-founder @avinash_dtu .

A few things Aaron said that are worth thinking about:
👉🏻 Struggle is not a bug in learning. It's the whole point. When we remove frustration from the classroom, we remove the very mechanism that builds real capability.
👉🏻 Students are almost always more capable than the system gives them credit for. We've just built a system that never asks them to prove it.
👉🏻 Game-based learning works not because it's fun, but because it creates genuine emotional stakes. That's what traditional instruction rarely does.

And the AI point? It's the one that stayed with me the most.

Aaron draws a sharp line between AI making learning easier and AI making learning feel easier.

Those are not the same thing. And most of us in EdTech are not asking that question nearly enough.

This is a 60-minute conversation, and it earns every minute.

Give it a listen if you work in education, build learning products, or you're a parent wondering whether school is actually preparing your kid for anything beyond the next test.

Link in the comments!

So here's the question I'll leave you with:
If schools stopped measuring what's easy to measure, what would they actually be accountable for?

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@storyteller_guy Absolutely! Thanks for highlighting this

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@gehanharidy Add the Substack link instead of your linky😃

Linktree already has your LinkedIn link!

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@GetSetRiseHQ Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

@Elawn_Mask Absolutely!

[Shreyas Koushik | K-12 EdTech @shreyaskoushik]

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