05 · Stories
From the journal.
Essays, dispatches, and short reads from the Center — what we’re thinking, what we’re building, and what the students are getting up to.
APR 14 · 2026
Why we don't teach coding first.
A conversation with our Design Chair on tools, taste, and the curriculum most schools are getting wrong.
8 min
APR 03 · 2026
A senior's venture, on Shark Tank Junior.
How Elias, '26, got to Austin — and what he did once the cameras turned off.
5 min
MAR 27 · 2026
On imitation, theft, and apprenticeship.
Dr. Kahn's essay on what a 700-year-old pedagogy still has to offer a 17-year-old builder.
11 min
MAR 12 · 2026
What we mean by 'redemptive impact'.
The Center's mission is to foster redemptive impact through innovative education. Here is what each of those words actually means in our hallways.
9 min