In this issue, we share our reflections on “life-changing education,” offering a glimpse into the wide range of perspectives education experts bring to conversations about life-changing education and underscoring the depth and complexity of defining what makes education truly transformative.

In our fall issue we continue the exploration of literacy with attention to how we prepare future middle and high school teachers to support adolescent students.

This issue is the first of three on the theme of learning for meaning, learning for joy, and learning for life.

Look to Michigan for solutions to the defining challenges of our time, and for new knowledge that advances human progress.

It is reasonable to think that AI will continue to change education. We are committed to making that change be productive and healthy for both learners and educators and share a few examples with you in this edition of Michigan Education.

At the Marsal Family School of Education, our recognition that education and educators play a fundamental role in all aspects of human life leads to our commitment to provide expertise and opportunities for learning about education outside of established education institutions.

We have many accomplishments to celebrate, important milestones to mark, and momentous news to share with you in this issue.

This issue is dedicated to those who disrupt so that they may transform education systems, practice, and policies. We share some of their stories with the knowledge that hundreds—perhaps thousands—within our community have their own stories of disrupting to transform.