How 15 projects are redefining education and engagement for people of all ages

Among the 2026 crop of World Changing Ideas, education—rightly—concerns a lot of honorees, and all of them show that education touches people at all stages of life. More than that, they show that there is no one approach to education—that both using cutting-edge tech and going old-school teaching skills in a hands-on way can address the world’s learning needs. For example, there’s TrustCircle, which uses AI to help students monitor their mental health, and then there’s Hot Bread Kitchen, which i