From the editor – February 2026

ON A RECENT TRIP to visit my parents, I pointed out the car window and showed my sons the building where I went to elementary school. We’ve passed by dozens of times, but this time, my oldest (a third grader) seemed to pay more attention. 

At his age, I hadn’t heard of the internet. I practiced multiplication tables on paper and not on an app on my computer. When I wanted to research a topic, I flipped through the encyclopedia; today, he can find endless information in one Google search. 

By high school, the internet and computers played a much bigger part in my education, but we’ve come a long way even since then. 

Today’s generation has more to consider than ever before when it comes to their learning, and we dive into that here. 

Though it makes me feel my age, I still enjoy taking my kids for a stroll down memory lane. And that’s something a computer can’t do for them—at least not yet. 

SHANNON BROCK, EDITOR