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title: "Catching Up: Ambient AI, Alpha School, and The Educator of the Future"
description: INCubatoredu student team 'Boosties' of McAllen, Texas, is featured in the Getting Smart podcast about how Ambient AI and Alpha School are shifting education
---

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# [Catching Up: Ambient AI, Alpha School, and The Educator of the Future](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/catching-up-ambient-ai-alpha-school-and-the-educator-of-the-future)

 Written by [Mason Pashia, Nate McClennen](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/author/mason-pashia-nate-mcclennen) | 10.07.25

### Shownotes:

**Mason Pashia:**  ... "We both love good news, and we think that’s core to what [Getting Smart](https://www.gettingsmart.com/) does—we’re sharing good news from around the ecosystem.

This one comes to us from our friends at Uncharted Learning, who have a really cool INCubatoredu program that is in a number of high schools across the country. It empowers young people to do entrepreneurial pursuits—everything from writing a book to creating board games to starting a nonprofit. It’s kind of all over the map. They sent me this press release recently from a group of students in McAllen ISD in Texas."

[View full post](https://www.unchartedlearning.org/newsroom/catching-up-ambient-ai-alpha-school-and-the-educator-of-the-future)

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