Rooftops, Rubber Trees, and the Limits of AI

By Allison Ruda, LEAN Lab Co-Founding Director | Northeastern College of Professional Studies March 2026 In 2023, Kerri Lamprey, Director of English Learner Education in Burlington Public Schools, noticed a troubling pattern: students were leaving the district. In a single year, eight students dropped out—and all had emigrated from the same rural region of Guatemala. … Continue reading Rooftops, Rubber Trees, and the Limits of AI