Send us Fan Mail Only 47% of parents would recommend hands-on careers to their kids, despite experts saying these are the most AI proof career paths. In this episode: Only 47% of parents recommend hands-on careers, despite experts identifying them as AI resistant jobs due to their reliance on irreplaceable human connection and nuanced judgment.The core of an AI proof teaching career lies in human elements like empathy, bespoke care, and relationship-building, which AI cannot replicate, making...
Jul 17
10 min
Send us Fan Mail 100% of one bank department uses generative AI daily, proving AI isn't replacing expertise, but drastically raising the bar for it. In this episode: A Harvard Business Review study by Jim Doucette and Vishal Gaur found that 100% of a bank department now uses generative AI daily, highlighting rapid AI hiring changes.The AI impact on jobs is not about replacing expertise but significantly raising the bar for it, demanding enhanced human judgment and critical thinking.Educators ...
Jul 16
6 min
Send us Fan Mail A new study reveals a statistically significant drop in adolescent math scores after using an AI tutor for exam prep, despite students' good intentions. In this episode: A study from the University of Tübingen revealed a significant 10-point drop in adolescent math scores after using an AI tutor for exam prep, indicating challenges in self-regulated learning with AI.The research identified a large gap between students' good intentions for learning and their actual, often supe...
Jul 15
10 min
Send us Fan Mail Students have mixed feelings about trusting AI decisions in the classroom, but teachers overestimate student trust in AI systems. In this episode: A "trust gap" exists in K-12 AI education: students trust human teachers over AI, while teachers fear students will trust AI more than them, impacting AI trust K-12.Students and teachers both highlight AI's inability to understand social dynamics and emotional aspects crucial for group work and learning in the classroom.Concerns ab...
Jul 14
15 min
Send us Fan Mail The UN General Assembly's Global Dialogue on AI Governance offers a blueprint for how schools can approach AI policy and AI governance education. In this episode: The UN General Assembly's Global Dialogue on AI Governance demonstrates a global effort to define AI ethics for educators and policymakers, gathering 1,500+ submissions.A key divergence in the UN AI recommendations shows governments prioritizing 'capacity-building' while other stakeholders prioritize 'safety,' highl...
Jul 13
8 min
Send us Fan Mail As AI automates more tasks, employers like Anthropic now actively seek recruits with excellent emotional intelligence and people skills. In this episode: Anthropic's co-founder states that as AI advances, "excellent emotional intelligence and people skills" are becoming crucial for employment, highlighting the need for an emotional intelligence curriculum in schools.Jean Gross argues for a curriculum re-evaluation to integrate strong communication skills and social emotional ...
Jul 10
10 min
Send us Fan Mail An AI system built software in 14 hours for $251, a task normally taking a human team months. This is AI agents in education. In this episode: An AI system, Opus 4.7, accomplished a complex software development task in 14 hours that typically requires human teams months, showcasing dramatic AI capability gains.The way we interact with AI is evolving from co-intelligence chatbots to autonomous AI agents that complete complex tasks with minimal human oversight, shifting the foc...
Jul 9
11 min
Send us Fan Mail Only 2% of secondary schools in England have a comprehensive AI strategy, despite AI already being embedded in teaching and learning. In this episode: A new report reveals only 2% of secondary schools in England have a comprehensive AI strategy, despite widespread informal adoption for tasks like lesson planning.The primary barrier to implementing AI strategy schools England is a lack of staff confidence and skills (63%), not financial cost.School leaders who actively engage ...
Jul 8
10 min
Send us Fan Mail The most capable AI model ever released was shut down by the US government then returned, a wild saga with vital lessons for AI policy for schools. In this episode: Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, the "most capable AI model ever released," experienced a rapid launch, government-mandated shutdown, and return, offering a blueprint for future AI model reliability challenges.The 22-day saga of Claude Fable 5 underscores that a robust AI policy for schools must include contingency pla...
Jul 7
14 min
Send us Fan Mail An AI tutor in Sierra Leone reportedly helped students gain a year of schooling in eight weeks, a claim even Google DeepMind cautions us to take with a grain of salt. In this episode: Google DeepMind's AI tutor education trial in Sierra Leone estimated students gained a year's learning in eight weeks, using a re-engineered Gemini model.The AI learning tool, Guided Learning, was designed not to give direct answers, fostering productive struggle crucial for learning outcomes.Ea...
Jul 6
14 min
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