Education is an extraordinarily conservative sector, making it a prime target for disruption – many have observed that in many places, aside from upgraded technology, today's classroom doesn't look or operate all that differently from 50 years ago. The challenge is less with tools and technology than with classroom strategies stubbornly rooted in a mindset of knowledge transfer from teacher to student and "coverage"of a curriculum driven by competing interests, rather than educational research. Having spent 20 years in formal education – as a teacher and school administrator – followed by 15 years in informal education (youth STEM promotion and engagement), I have seen the truly remarkable results that are possible when kids are enabled and empowered by learning how to learn and engaging with real-world questions and problems that matter to them. With so much information at students' fingertips – and in their pocket – schools run the risk of becoming the educational equivalent of Kodak during the transition to digital photography – inventors of the technology, but steadfast in their commitment to the traditional approach (film) until it was too late.