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Aylon Samouha is the cofounder and CEO of Transcend, a national nonprofit in the US that helps school communities create and maintain extraordinary and equitable learning environments. With a lifelong commitment to ensuring that all students receive the education they deserve, Aylon has dedicated his career to driving change in American schooling and bringing it into the 21st century. Before cofounding Transcend in 2015, Aylon served as the Chief Schools Officer at Rocketship Public Schools, leading the highest-performing network of low-income schools in California. Aylon also spent several years as a Senior Vice President at Teach For America, directing pre-service institutes to train college graduates and professionals entering the program and designing and improving development for teachers. He is also on the board of Leading Educators, a strategic advising and professional learning provider.
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December 9, 2025
TED
Schools urgently need a redesign. Here's how
When kids say school is "fine," that's the sound of potential fading, says education innovator Aylon Samouha. He introduces Transcend, the nonprofit engaging communities across the US to redesign their schools and connect learning to the world kids are growing into. Check out what school looks like when students are solving real-world problems and building things that matter, not just studying what's on the test. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)





