AI in Education Podcast

What happens when you make an entire curriculum AI-ready? What if the biggest opportunity for AI in education isn't a better AI model, but making our national curricula accessible to AI in the first place? In this episode, Ray and Dan talk with John Roberts, CEO of

What if giving students access to AI tutors actually makes them learn less?

This week, Ray and Dan examine two new randomised trials that challenge some of the assumptions about AI in education. One found that AI tutoring was as effective as expert human tutoring, but students covered less material and saw no improvement in final test scores. Another found that student...

What happens to maths education when AI becomes better at mathematics than the mathematicians themselves?

In this episode of the AI in Education Podcast, Ray and Dan are joined by Rita Bateson, founder of Eblana Learning and an expert in curriculum, assessm...

Is AI actually improving learning, or are we making things easier without making students better learners? This week we explore five research studies challenging assumptions about AI in education. From AI-assisted grading and student motivation to the surprising finding that Socratic AI tutors can leave students more frustrated and performing worse, the evidence raises important...

What if AI could help us build schools that don't just prepare students for the future, but fundamentally rethink what education should look like?

In this episode, Ray and Dan ...