Innovation in Education builds scalable learning systems that convert schooling into demonstrable capability. By integrating AI, blockchain, and systems thinking, we help students produce verifiable work, develop durable skills, and signal readiness for complex, fast-changing futures.
Founded by Rich Baxter, a Toronto public school teacher with 30+ years of international experience, the organization focuses on learner-owned outcomes rather than content delivery—aligning education with employability, entrepreneurship, and emerging credential markets.
Our approach combines:
- AI as cognitive amplification, supporting inquiry and creativity without replacing thinking
- Blockchain-verified portfolios (Lern2ern), giving students permanent ownership of their work and clear skill signaling
- Systems and entrepreneurial learning, where students create real solutions through Innovation Sprints (QS Reimagine Education Bronze Award, 2021)
Validated in diverse public-school and international contexts, our model is designed for scalability, low-resource environments, and measurable impact.
Bottom line: We don’t optimize education for efficiency—we build infrastructure for learner-owned, future-ready outcomes.
About Rich Baxter
Rich Baxter is an award-winning educator, systems designer, and founder of Lern2ern, with over 30 years of experience across Toronto, Hong Kong, and international education contexts. His work focuses on re-imagining education through the integration of AI, quantum thinking, and blockchain to cultivate global competencies for sustainability and planetary well-being.
A QS Reimagine Education Bronze Award winner and 2025 finalist in Nurturing Employability, Rich also serves as a long-standing judge and speaker for the QS Reimagine Education Awards, evaluating transformative education initiatives worldwide. As a Grade 7 teacher with the Toronto District School Board, he treats the classroom as an innovation lab, developing student-owned, blockchain-verified portfolios and arts-integrated approaches that turn climate anxiety into creative agency.
Rich is co-author of The Quantum Kids Library – Book 6 and creator of Lern2ern Innovation Sprints, a student-as-entrepreneur framework empowering learners to design sustainable solutions to real-world challenges. His work bridges policy, practice, and possibility—positioning education as a pathway to hope in an age of complexity.
Thank you!
Rich Baxter, Principal
Innovation in Education 
Great resource. So important to retain innovation and creativity in education.
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Thanks so much for the kind words Harvey , much appreciated, Rich
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