Chris Meehan

Chris Meehan

Making AIactually work in schools.

Fifteen years across classrooms, nonprofits, and global EdTech programs. Most recently, a master’s in Technology Leadership at Brown. Now I run academic technology at Berkshire School and share what I’m learning and building along the way.

Curriculum · Policy · Practice

The toolkit

Tools and frameworks for teachers and school leaders

Each tool started as a real problem at a real school, built from research and classroom practice and tested with teachers and leaders.

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Teachers & Curriculum Leaders

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Framework

The Assignment Design System

Start here when you need a research-backed approach to assignment design before picking tools or writing prompts.

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Diagnostic

School Leaders & Administrators

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Leadership

School AI Readiness Quiz

Use this to diagnose what is actually blocking implementation before you invest in another policy cycle.

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Free

Teachers

Open resource

AI Lesson Remixes for High School

Use attribution-friendly remixes when you want classroom-ready examples with a lower prep burden.

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What I'm publishing

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March 2026

4 min read

ResearchTeachers + Leaders

My Brown Capstone: High School Writing Assignments in the Age of AI

A look at the Critical Challenge Project behind the Assignment Design System - what 358 students taught us about AI use, and the three prototypes that came out of it.

February 2026

4 min read

FrameworkTeachers + Leaders

Why I Built the Assignment Design System

Most AI-in-education conversations start with the tool. This framework starts with the kind of thinking a secondary classroom is actually trying to protect.

Chris Meehan

Fifteen years in education, now building for teachers and schools

From Teach for America in South LA to one of China's first 1:1 iPad programs to directing 50+ global projects at Team4Tech, my career has always been about making technology work inside schools. Today I run academic technology at Berkshire School and teach AP Environmental Science. Everything on this site comes from what I've seen work in real classrooms, including my own.

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For the classroom

For Teachers

Design lessons and assignments that still demand thinking when AI is in every backpack.

  • Analyze a lesson before students do
  • Borrow AI-resilient assignment patterns
  • Use the framework to redesign faster
Start with the design frameworkRead: The Essay Isn’t Dying — It’s Evolving

Systems and rollout

For School Leaders

Move from scattered AI conversations to a coherent rollout: policy, readiness benchmarks, and implementation steps that survive contact with real classrooms.

  • Assess where your school actually is
  • Turn policy language into teacher-facing artifacts
  • See what implementation maturity looks like
Start with the readiness quizRead: Why AI Bans Almost Always Backfire

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Questions about tools, research, workshops, or speaking? I'd love to hear from you.

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