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Giving Teachers a Second Set of Eyes with Adam Geller and Peter Youngs

Everyone in education is being asked what AI can do in the classroom. But before we ask what it can change, there’s another question: what can it actually see? In thi...

AI Is Changing How We Keep Kids Safe with Nidhi Srivastava

As AI makes digital manipulation more convincing, keeping kids safe online is becoming about much more than teaching them what not to click. In this conversation, Nidh...

The Math Problems We All Bring to School with Dr. Geillan Aly

What happens when the biggest barriers to learning math aren’t mathematical? In this episode, David Cicero talks with Dr. Geillan Aly, author of Compassionate Math, ab...

Learning Should Make Your Head Hurt with John Hattie

What actually makes learning happen? And in a world where AI can increasingly do the hard work for us, which parts of that work should students still do themselves? Jo...

Schools Can't Improve If Teachers Can't Fail with Jal Mehta and Max Yurkofsky

Schools are constantly being asked to improve, innovate, and respond to new challenges. But what happens when the people closest to those challenges don't feel safe ad...

When Schools Focus on What They Do Best with Alissa Jacques Saint-Pierre

As families gain more agency over where and how their children learn, education is becoming less about choosing a single school and more about navigating an expanding ...

3,000 Tools Later, Schools Are Asking What Actually Works with Tracy Weeks

K–12 districts have accumulated access to thousands of digital tools, but many of those resources see little actual use. Dr. Tracy Weeks, Senior Director of Education ...

The STUDENTS FIRST Act of 2026: Students Set the Rules for AI in Schools

At America’s Youth AI Festival, 98 students representing all 50 states came together at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute to serve as a mock National AI Student Senate. ...

School Is Having a Napster Moment with Dr. Eric Wearne

Dr. Eric Wearne, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Director of the National Hybrid Schools Project, joins Education Talk Radio to explo...

When Convenience Comes at a Cost to Learning with Dr. Jonathan Strecker

Technology promises to make learning faster, easier, and more personalized. But what happens when convenience begins to replace the experiences students need to grow? ...

When People Struggle, the System Is Speaking with Eric Rowe and Locha Brooks

In this episode, Eric Rowe and Locha Brooks explore why many of the challenges schools attribute to students, teachers, or leaders may actually originate within the sy...

EdTech Isn't the Innovation with Chris Dede

In this episode, Dr. Chris Dede, Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, challenges one of the most common assumptions schools make when ev...

Beyond Vape Detection with Tom McDermott

In this episode, Tom McDermott, K–12 Safety and Security Coach for CEIA USA, discusses why student vaping has evolved from a discipline issue into a broader leadership...

When the Community Becomes the Classroom with Dr. Carol Birks & Rebecca Bodnar

In this episode, Dr. Carol Birks, Superintendent of the Allentown School District, and Rebecca Bodnar, Principal of Central Elementary STREAM Academy, share how a part...

Future 2: Building Human Advantage in an AI-Enabled World with Mike Miles

Artificial intelligence is changing how we think about teaching, learning, and the future of work. As schools begin introducing AI literacy and new technologies, a dee...

UDL: Accessibility by Design with CAST's Christine Fox & Niel Albero

Every classroom is filled with learner variability, yet many educational systems are still designed around the idea of an "average" student. What if we approached lear...

Chronic Absenteeism: The Relationship Behind the Absence with Jen Perry

Chronic absenteeism is often treated as an attendance problem, but is often a signal of something deeper. In this conversation, strategic learning and leadership advis...

Teaching What Matters Most in the Age of AI with Troy Jollimore

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing how we access information, complete tasks, and even create work. But what happens when the things technology can do begin t...

Seeing the Child Behind the Outcome with Alexander Kopelman

Schools are under enormous pressure to produce outcomes—test scores, graduation rates, and college readiness indicators. But what happens when those outcomes become th...

EduTalk Radio — Meet the New Host, David Cicero

Jethro Jones introduces David Cicero as the new host of EduTalk Radio, taking over from the legendary Larry Jacobs and his 4,000+ episode archive.  EduTalk is open for...