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457 - AI, Jobs, and What Comes Next with Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy

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457 - AI, Jobs, and What Comes Next with Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy

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Week in Edtech 4/8/26: Anthropic’s Mythos Sparks AI Security Concerns, EdTech Efficacy Debate Intensifies, Screen Time Backlash Grows, OpenAI Faces Pressure, AI Reshapes Entry-Level Jobs, Higher Ed Adapts, and More! Feat. Yoon Yang of Pensive

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Week in Edtech 02/04/26: Brisk’s AI Curriculum Launch, Kira 2.0 LMS Expansion, Texas ESA Surge, UK $23M AI Pilot for SEND, Microsoft’s Teacher AI Push, Data Battles in Schools, and More! Feat. Karl Rectanus of Really Great Reading & Dan Meyer of Amplify

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Week in Edtech 1/28/26: SchoolAI in Classrooms, ChatGPT Blocked, OpenAI’s $30B Bet, Gemini vs Anthropic, China’s AI Literacy Push, Phone Bans Rise, Higher Ed Retention Challenges, and More! Feat. Jeremy Smith of pega6 & Stewart Brown of Code4Kids

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Week in Edtech 12/10/25: OpenAI’s Teacher Certifications, Kids’ Online Safety Bills, Early Literacy Declines, College Admissions Shakeups, and More! Feat. Maya Bialik of QuestionWell, Peter Nilsson of Athena Lab & Emily Gill of LEVRA

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Week in EdTech 12/03/25: PhysicsWallah IPO Shakes Indian EdTech, Google & OpenAI Escalate AI Race, Higher Ed Adopts AI, New AI Leaderboard Launches, and More! Feat. Andrew Carlins of Songscription and Eric Tao & Austin Levinson of MegaMinds

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Week in Edtech 11/12/2025: Google DeepMind AI Forum Recap, Duolingo Crash, Parents Turn to Screen-Free EdTech, AI Companions in Schools, and More! Feat. Michelle Culver (The Rithm Project), Erin Mote (InnovateEDU), & Ben Caulfield (Eedi)

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Episodios

AI, Jobs, and What Comes Next with Kumar Garg of Renaissance Philanthropy

Teachers as Builders: Insights from Stephen Jull, Maruf Hasan & Sean McWeeney of Teach For All

Kira 2.0: Real Voices from the Launch Event

The Math We Teach vs. The Math We Need with Ted Dintersmith

Steve Tapp of ACT on Bridging Academic Assessment and Workforce Readiness

Why Graduation Is Higher Ed’s Most Overlooked Growth Lever with Chase Rigby of Tassel

Week in Edtech 4/8/26: Anthropic’s Mythos Sparks AI Security Concerns, EdTech Efficacy Debate Intensifies, Screen Time Backlash Grows, OpenAI Faces Pressure, AI Reshapes Entry-Level Jobs, Higher Ed Adapts, and More! Feat. Yoon Yang of Pensive

AI Without the “Slop” with Brandon Cardet-Hernandez of Medley Learning

AI Doesn’t Learn Alone: Dr. Magdalena H. Gross of Mercor on Human Intelligence

Week in Edtech 3/18/26: NVIDIA’s Agentic AI Land Grab, ASU’s AI Playbook, AI Literacy vs Screen Bans, School Choice Expansion, Edtech Funding Shifts, and More! Feat. Aaron Cuny of AI for Equity & Joshua Broggi of Woolf

Keeping Tutoring Human in the Age of AI with Mindy Sjoblom and Catherine Tierney of OnYourMark

Week in EdTech 3/11/26: OpenAI Launches Interactive Learning Tools, Stanford AI Education Meta-Study Raises Questions, AI Backlash Grows, K–12 Cybersecurity Risks Rise, and More! Feat. Oliver Page of CyberNut

Designing AI to Support Teachers with Dr. Rachel Book and Charlie Thayer of Lincoln Learning Solutions

Josh Jones of QuantHub on Teaching AI Skills That Outlast the Tools

Managing AI by Default: Dean Celaj of GoTeacher on the Future of K–12 Data Privacy

Week in EdTech 2/25/26: FBI Raids LAUSD, Screen Time Backlash Grows, Google Trains 6M Teachers in AI, Southern States Post Gains, NationGraph Raises Funding, and More! Feat. Ariella Racco of CoLab Education

Greg Hart of Coursera on Why Skills Are the New Atomic Unit of Education

Week in Edtech 2/18/26: Student AI Walkouts, 26 States Push Phone Bans, Khan India Lessons, Utah Math Shakeup, Higher Ed Under Pressure, and More! Feat. Brandon Smith of Integrity Advocate

Accessibility at Scale: How Priyank Chodisetti and Workback.ai Cut Compliance from Months to Days

Week in Edtech 02/04/26: Brisk’s AI Curriculum Launch, Kira 2.0 LMS Expansion, Texas ESA Surge, UK $23M AI Pilot for SEND, Microsoft’s Teacher AI Push, Data Battles in Schools, and More! Feat. Karl Rectanus of Really Great Reading & Dan Meyer of Amplify

Why Parents Are the Most Powerful Force in Education: Dr. Kathy Weston of Tooled Up Education

What It Really Means to Be an AI-Ready Graduate with Richard Culatta of ISTE+ASCD

Week in Edtech 1/28/26: SchoolAI in Classrooms, ChatGPT Blocked, OpenAI’s $30B Bet, Gemini vs Anthropic, China’s AI Literacy Push, Phone Bans Rise, Higher Ed Retention Challenges, and More! Feat. Jeremy Smith of pega6 & Stewart Brown of Code4Kids

Designing Learning That Feels Like Play with Shangyup Kim and Jangwoo Bae of ZEP QUIZ

John Gamba on What EdTech Needs to Get Right About AI, Scale, and Learning Outcomes at Catalyst @ Penn GSE

Why Education Is in an Imagination Crisis and How 4.0 Schools Is Responding with Nicole Jarbo

Coding in the Age of AI: How imagi Is Rethinking Computer Science Education with Dora Palfi

Week in Edtech 1/7/26: Tech Backlash, PowerSchool Layoffs, Consumer AI Learning, Screen Time Scrutiny, AI’s Role in Schools, and More! Feat. Eli Luberoff of Desmos Studio & Rebecca Winthrop of the Brookings Institution

The Fintech Behind School Choice: How ClassWallet Moves $1.5B to Families and Schools with Jamie Rosenberg

Behind the Scenes of Global Tutoring: How EDGE Tutor Powers 50+ EdTech Companies with Henry Motte de la Motte

Year-End Special Part 2: 2026 AI & EdTech Predictions from Google, YouTube, Reach Capital, Owl Ventures & More!

What If School Worked Like a Video Game? Nolan Bushnell and Dr. Leah Hanes of ExoDexa Explain

Week in Edtech 12/17/25: Coursera–Udemy Merger Shakes Online Learning, AI Platform Wars Heat Up, Purdue Mandates AI Skills, Higher Ed Faces Consolidation, and More! Feat. Isabelle Hau of Stanford Accelerator for Learning!

Year-End Special Part 1: Reviewing 2025 + 2026 AI & EdTech Predictions from Reach Capital, HMH, Brisk & More!

Teaching AI to Teach: The National Tutoring Observatory’s Bold Mission with Rene Kizilcec

Week in Edtech 12/10/25: OpenAI’s Teacher Certifications, Kids’ Online Safety Bills, Early Literacy Declines, College Admissions Shakeups, and More! Feat. Maya Bialik of QuestionWell, Peter Nilsson of Athena Lab & Emily Gill of LEVRA

Announcing the Global EdTech Prize Winners — Live at the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi

Charlie Hopkins-Brinicombe on Why Most Gamification Fails and How Trophy.so Does It Better

Week in EdTech 12/03/25: PhysicsWallah IPO Shakes Indian EdTech, Google & OpenAI Escalate AI Race, Higher Ed Adopts AI, New AI Leaderboard Launches, and More! Feat. Andrew Carlins of Songscription and Eric Tao & Austin Levinson of MegaMinds

Turning Trusted Books into Personal Learning Agents with Aibrary

The Rise of AI Companions: What Parents and Educators Need to Know with Dr. Sonia Tiwari

Teaching Lab Studio: Co-Designing AI Tools with Educators

Week in EdTech 11/19/25: OpenAI Launches ChatGPT for K–12, Google Deepens AI Push, Edtech Tools Face New Classroom Backlash, and More! Feat. Janos Perczel of Polygence & Dr. Stephen Hodges of Efekta Education

Inside the Google AI for Learning Forum: How Google Is Building the Future of Learning

How Higher Ed Can Actually Prepare Students for Work with Brandon Busteed of Edconic

Week in Edtech 11/12/2025: Google DeepMind AI Forum Recap, Duolingo Crash, Parents Turn to Screen-Free EdTech, AI Companions in Schools, and More! Feat. Michelle Culver (The Rithm Project), Erin Mote (InnovateEDU), & Ben Caulfield (Eedi)

EDTECH WEEK Shark Tank Champions: AI, XR, and The Future of Learning

Pokémon to Prodigy: How Game-Based Learning Captivated 20 Million Students with Rohan Mahimker

Teaching the AI Generation with Mireia Torello of Aikreate

Inside the First VR Homeschool: Meta-Backed Optima Ed and the Next Era of Learning with Adam Mangana