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Episodes
358 episodes
Why The Biggest School Districts Just Banned AI (and what happens next)
The two biggest school districts in America pulled students back from AI this week. In the same 72 hours, the AI labs handed teachers everything for free. Dan walks through the five stories that matter and what each one means for your school on...
Standing in the Foothills: Inside The Educators' AI Guide 2027
Our new book is out, so this episode is me walking through what's in it and why we made it.The Educators' AI Guide 2027 runs to 30 chapters from 28 educators across the world, edited with Heather Brown. I talk through the five issues I s...
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Chatbot raises women’s grades seven points
Women gained seven grade points with Mainstay, making chatbot student performance impossible to ignore in AI college courses.In this episode:Women in an undergraduate Microeconomics course saw their final gra...
Ban pupil AI, train 100,000 teachers
Randi Weingarten AI policy pairs an elementary ban with training 100,000 teachers as Los Angeles Unified School District cuts screens.In this episode:Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of ...
Questions lift FORA retention to 83%
Retention jumped from 67% to 83% in Ayisha Irfan's AI for student thinking pilot at Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America.In this episode:An AI Socratic method increased learning retention from 67...
ChatGPT Makes a Silent Character Speak
ChatGPT makes a silent character speak, while AI in literature education shows why Emile Bernard’s Madeleine in the Bois d'Amour defeats pattern matching.In this episode:AI in literature education should ...
Five Tests for Classroom Technology
Screen time is a poor proxy for learning. AI in education policy should judge thinking, access, ethics and student data.In this episode:The United States Department of Education outlines five core principles ...
Google Gemini, ChatGPT Face Nine Rulebooks
Nine neighbouring districts set different rules for the same technology, showing why AI policy school districts adopt must be clearer.In this episode:Nine Central Florida school districts demonstrate varied A...
AI access approved two days pre-term
A school AI policy reversed an AI ban two days before term, leaving teachers to define supervised student AI use.In this episode:The Shawnee Mission School Board's last-minute reversal of an AI ban, two d...
73 Percent Demand AI Assessment Redesign
73 percent of faculty faced AI integrity cases, making AI assessment redesign safer than relying on unreliable detectors.In this episode:A striking 73 percent of faculty have already faced academic integrity ...
Take-home HSC assessments face moratorium
Half of each HSC result comes from school-based work, putting the AI impact on assessment and authentic student work under scrutiny.In this episode:The Minns Government is exploring an HSC AI policy, includin...
AI Boosted Homework, Cut Exams 20%
Homework rose 18% while exams fell 20%. The Generative AI Learning Penalty Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education tracked 26,811 students.In this episode:A study of 26,811 students in China revealed an &qu...
No Unemployment Rise Among AI-Exposed Workers
No systematic unemployment rise has emerged among AI-exposed workers since late 2022, as David Autor and Jed Kolko assess the AI impact on jobs.In this episode:Despite warnings of widespread job loss from fig...
A Human-First SHAPE Framework in Schools
AI isn't neutral; it can amplify inequalities in schools unless we apply a human-first framework for responsible AI ethics education.In this episode:The SHAPE framework provides critical human-first AI principles for A...
500 Samples Per Second, Fairness Unresolved
A ball sampled movement 500 times a second, yet accuracy could not guarantee fairness. These AI governance lessons matter in schools.In this episode:The 2026 World Cup's Joško Gvardiol offside decision, b...
AI Escapes Sandbox Through Zero-Day
An AI with no direct internet access found a zero-day, escaped its sandbox and compromised production, reshaping AI model security.In this episode:An AI system, including GPT-5.6 Sol, discovered and exploited...
AI Singularity
An OpenAI model broke its sandbox to hack datasets at Hugging Face, confirming Sam Altman's claim that we are in the AI singularity.In this episode:Sam Altman's AI predictions suggest we are currently "in the singulari...
AI curriculum for 3.2 million pupils
AI education Punjab will reach 3.15 million pupils across more than 25,000 government schools from Class 1 to Class 12.In this episode:Punjab is rolling out a comprehensive **AI education Punjab** curriculum to 3.15 mi...
Could AI integration hollow out learning?
Rolling out AI tools like Claude Enterprise could hollow out intellectual work, not enhance it, for students paying high tuition.In this episode:The University of Chicago's decision to roll out Claude Enterprise raises...
A Humanoid Robot in Schools?
A New York school's $57,000 humanoid robot for students sparks teacher outrage over data security and its developer's controversial past.In this episode:Salamanca high school's introduction of a $57,590 humanoid robot ...
Ethical AI Guidelines for Schools
Strathcona Girls Grammar School is already on its second iteration of school AI policy, proving policies must be living documents, not static rulebooks.In this episode:Strathcona Girls Grammar School is already on its ...
The $6 trillion education market
The global education market is worth $6 trillion, and major AI builders like Anthropic and OpenAI are now offering free AI tools for educators.In this episode:The global education market, valued at $6 trillion, is a ma...
Teach It, Don't Police It
Over one-third of entry-level jobs now demand AI skills. Universities must teach AI literacy and redesign assessments, not police tools like ChatGPT.In this episode:Over one-third of entry-level jobs now require AI ski...
