Media — Matt Callison

§01 Featured In

The 'Who, Not How' Blueprint for Educational Innovation HeroX Innovation Leadership Speaker Series Feature on building innovation culture without unlimited budgets, the "Who, Not How" principle, and the three-part strategic filter — Future-Focused, Student-Centered, Innovation-Driven — South Fayette uses for every program decision.
April 2026
College of Ag Sciences course supports outdoor learning for South Fayette pupils Penn State University News Coverage of the Penn State Sustainable Communities Collaborative partnership in which undergraduates facilitated a workshop with South Fayette high schoolers to design outdoor learning spaces — adventure corridors, a wetlands and environmental science hub, agriculture and culinary expansion, and a wellness landscape.
January 2026
South Fayette unveils new mobile classroom Observer-Reporter Local newspaper feature on the Freight to Plate mobile classroom — concept created and grant written by Callison and Assistant Superintendent Kristin Deichler, funded by a Remake Learning Moonshot Grant from the Grable and Benedum Foundations, with the exterior designed by six high school graphic design students.
August 2025
Growing produce — and partnerships — in the South Fayette Township School District Kidsburgh · AASA Learning 2025 series AASA Learning 2025 Alliance feature on South Fayette's solar-powered Freight Farm, the Stanford/youcubed data science partnership, the cybersecurity pathway with Digital Promise, Fly Like a Girl drone academy, CAVERN, and the Terrible Workers card game co-developed with CMU.
June 2024
Personalized Learning: eSN Innovation Roundtable eSchool News Roundtable with Content Director Kevin Hogan and Diego Ochoa (Superintendent, San Mateo-Foster City School District) on building personalized learning that keeps the human at the center while creating authentic and powerful learning experiences relevant to students' futures.
May 2024

§02 Writing

Innovation in Education Starts with Changing Conditions Education Technology Insights · CXO Insights Argues that innovation in schools isn't about better programs layered on top — it's about changing the conditions under which kids learn. Names two patterns that kill most efforts: leaders who mistake buying technology for doing something, and the lone-champion model that's really a countdown to burnout.
April 2026

§03 Podcasts

§04 Video

The 'Who, Not How' Blueprint — Full Video Interview HeroX Innovation Leadership Speaker Series 23-minute video companion to the HeroX written feature above. Goes deeper on the three-part strategic filter, why most district innovations fail in the gap between idea and execution, and how to build innovation culture without unlimited budgets.
April 2026

§05 Scholarship