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2026.01.05
Learning of Tomorrow News

・AI Skills Needed for Employment: The Gap Between Corporate Expectations and School Education (Forbes JAPAN)

・AGI Isn’t Coming, the Bubble Won’t Last—Stanford University’s HAI Institute Outlines the State of AI in 2026: The Era of Overhype Is Over, and We’re Entering an Evaluation Phase (Ledge.ai)

・Why Are 130 Million People Around the World Hooked on It? “Duolingo,” the King of Language Learning Apps, Begins Full-Scale Rollout of the “DET” English Proficiency Test in the Japanese Market → A Powerful <Experience of Educational Inequality> Lies Behind Its Development (Toyo Keizai ONLINE)

・"Browser-Based AI Summarization" Gains Ground in Elementary and Middle Schools; 38.5% of Students Use It Outside of Teacher Guidance (Children and IT)

・The True Value of STEM Education That Remains Unchanged Even in the Age of AI (WIRED)

・As School Refusal Rates Rise for the “12th Consecutive Year,” “Non-Traditional Learning Environments”—Such as Free Schools, Alternative Schools, and Diversified Learning Programs—Are on the Rise. What Are These Schools Really Like? (Toyo Keizai ONLINE)

・"Generative AI Literacy Teaching Materials" for All Tokyo Metropolitan Schools Now Available for Free (ReseEd)

・[Op-Ed] Toward the Next Generation of Curriculum Guidelines: Grounding Digital Inquiry in the Real World—Professor Tadashi Inagaki, Department of Education, Faculty of Letters, Tohoku Gakuin University (Kyoiku Katei Shimbun)

・"Grok," an AI with its share of issues, is coming to El Salvador's schools (Forbes JAPAN)

・Public Elementary School: A Partnership with the “UNIQLO of Cram Schools” Radically Transforms Learning; Children Who Lacked Confidence in Their Studies Say, “I’ve Come to Like Math” and “I Got a Perfect Score”… How Did Teachers Change Their Teaching Methods? (Toyo Keizai ONLINE)

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    Professor, Keio University; Ph.D. (Policy and Media)
    Director, B Lab
    Chairperson, Learning of Tomorrow (General Incorporated Association)
    Chairperson, CANVAS

    After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo, he served as a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab before founding the NPO CANVAS and the Learning of Tomorrow Association, a General Incorporated Association, and assuming the role of representative. He serves as an outside director for Matsuya Co., Ltd., Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., and Digital Garage, Inc.
    He has served on various government committees, including the Information and Communications Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, as well as the NHK Central Broadcasting Program Council. He also serves as a director of the Digital Signage Consortium, among other roles. He holds a Ph.D. in Policy and Media.
    His publications include *Turning On Children’s Creativity!*, *What Are Smart Kids Doing on Their Smartphones?*, *The Forefront of Online Education in Japan: Considering Learning in the Post-COVID Era*,“What Is Programming Education? 45 Questions Parents Want to Know,” and “Declaration on Digital Education.” He has also provided supervision for numerous works, including “Ah, I See! Programming Education for Parents and Children Through Manga.”