Edtech Insiders
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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!
26 Dec 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin, Ben Kornell, Michael Horn and Dhawal Shah as they break down major moves in online learning, AI, and higher educ...
Year-End Special Part 1: Reviewing 2025 + 2026 AI & EdTech Predictions from Reach Capital, HMH, Brisk & More!
24 Dec 2025
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Send us a text2025 was a defining year for AI in education. From rapid adoption to rising educator confidence and growing questions about what comes n...
Teaching AI to Teach: The National Tutoring Observatory’s Bold Mission with Rene Kizilcec
22 Dec 2025
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Send us a textRene Kizilcec is an Associate Professor at Cornell University, where he directs the Cornell Future of Learning Lab and leads the Nationa...
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
19 Dec 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin, Ben Wallerstein, and Matt Tower for Week in Edtech, exploring OpenAI’s teacher certifications, kids’ online ...
Announcing the Global EdTech Prize Winners — Live at the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi
16 Dec 2025
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Send us a textThis special EdTech Insiders episode, recorded live at the World Schools Summit in Abu Dhabi, spotlights the Global EdTech Prize winners...
Charlie Hopkins-Brinicombe on Why Most Gamification Fails and How Trophy.so Does It Better
15 Dec 2025
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Send us a textCharlie Hopkins-Brinicombe is the co-founder of Trophy.so, a gamification infrastructure platform helping EdTech and wellness companies ...
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
12 Dec 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down the biggest shifts in global edtech. From PhysicsWallah’s major IPO to Googl...
Turning Trusted Books into Personal Learning Agents with Aibrary
10 Dec 2025
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Send us a textFrank Wu is the Co-founder of Aibrary and a Harvard Kennedy School MPP graduate. He led 20+ edtech and AI investments at TAL, helped bui...
The Rise of AI Companions: What Parents and Educators Need to Know with Dr. Sonia Tiwari
08 Dec 2025
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Send us a textDr. Sonia Tiwari is a Children's Media Researcher focused on how characters shape learning experiences. With a background spanning ...
Teaching Lab Studio: Co-Designing AI Tools with Educators
01 Dec 2025
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Send us a textDr. Sarah Johnson is the CEO and President of Teaching Lab and Relay Graduate School of Education, leading their AI-enabled product inno...
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!
28 Nov 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down OpenAI’s unexpected launch of ChatGPT for K–12, Google’s accelerating AI...
Inside the Google AI for Learning Forum: How Google Is Building the Future of Learning
27 Nov 2025
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Send us a textThis special on-site episode of Edtech Insiders was recorded live at the Google AI for Learning Forum in London on November 14, 2024, wh...
How Higher Ed Can Actually Prepare Students for Work with Brandon Busteed of Edconic
24 Nov 2025
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Send us a textBrandon Busteed is the CEO of Edconic and a nationally recognized leader in work-integrated learning. Formerly President of Kaplan Unive...
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)
21 Nov 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they unpack the breakthroughs and backlash following the Google DeepMind AI for Learning Forum...
EDTECH WEEK Shark Tank Champions: AI, XR, and The Future of Learning
20 Nov 2025
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Send us a textThis special EdTech Insiders episode features the four Shark Tank winners from EdTech Week. Each founder shares how their breakthrough a...
Pokémon to Prodigy: How Game-Based Learning Captivated 20 Million Students with Rohan Mahimker
17 Nov 2025
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Send us a textRohan Mahimker is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Prodigy Education, a global leader in digital game-based learning.Rohan launched Prodigy alon...
Teaching the AI Generation with Mireia Torello of Aikreate
13 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMireia Torello is the CEO and co-founder of Aikreate, an EdTech company revolutionizing AI Literacy for students and educators worldwide...
Inside the First VR Homeschool: Meta-Backed Optima Ed and the Next Era of Learning with Adam Mangana
10 Nov 2025
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Send us a textAdam Mangana is the Co-Founder and CEO of Optima Ed, the first full-time VR homeschool backed by Meta. With over 15 years in edtech lead...
Week in EdTech 10/29/25: Alpha School's Backlash, Chegg Layoffs, Kaplan’s AI Pivot, Mem0’s “Memory Layer,” Big Tech vs. Higher Ed, and More! Feat. Rebecca Winthrop & Jenny Anderson, Authors of The Disengaged Teen and Justin Reich, MIT Teaching Systems Lab
07 Nov 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they recap a post–New York EdTech Week full of highs and hard truths.✨ Episode Highlights:...
Inside ECMC Group’s $250M Education Impact Fund with Joe Watt and Atin Batra
03 Nov 2025
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Send us a textJoe Watt co-founded ECMC Group’s Education Impact Fund to back bold ideas expanding equity and opportunity in education. Today, he lea...
GESAwards: Breaking Barriers with Innovation in AI, Music, and Prison Ed
27 Oct 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we spotlight the GESAwards, often called the “United Nations of EdTech,” with founder Avi Warshavsky of Min...
Week in EdTech 10/15/25: AI Adoption in Classroom Now Hits 85%, India’s EdTech Rebounds, Campus Acquires Sizzle AI, Learning Avatars, and More! Feat. Joy Chen of HeyGen & Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, Author of Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist
24 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology leading into NY EDTECH WEEK, from...
Week in EdTech 10/8/25: Cell Phone Bans Sweep Schools, Federal Shutdown Hits Education, Higher Ed Faces Enrollment Crisis, ChatGPT Integrates Coursera, and More! Feat. Jim & Maurie Beasley of AIEDPro, and Stacey Brook of College Essay Advisors
17 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell with guest Anna Edwards of Whiteboard Advisors as they unpack a packed week in education technolo...
The Future of Museum Learning with Deborah Howes
14 Oct 2025
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Send us a textDeborah Howes is the President of Howes Studio and a pioneer in digital museum education. With over three decades leading EdTech program...
Week in EdTech 10/1/25: OpenAI’s Sora 2 Transforms Learning, Anthology Files for Bankruptcy, Code.org Launches, LingoKids & Outsmart Funding, and More! Feat. Sari Factor & Jason Fournier of Imagine Learning and Caleb Hicks of SchoolAI
10 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Matt Tower as they break down the biggest headlines shaping the future of education technology. From OpenAI’...
Building Belonging Through Games: Social Cipher’s Mission for Neurodivergent Youth with Lucy Stevens and Vanessa Castañeda Gill
08 Oct 2025
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Send us a textVanessa Castañeda Gill, CEO and Co-Founder of Social Cipher and Lucy Stevens, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Social Cipher, lead a...
Inside CoGuide: Built by 11-Year-Old and 19-Year-Old Innovators Transforming Classrooms with AI
06 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJanak Panchal and Rishan Dutia are cofounders of CoGuide, an AI classroom assistant that plans lessons and runs live discussions in 30+ ...
Week in Edtech 9/24/25: AI Tutors Under Scrutiny, Gallup Shows K-12 Trust Collapse, CZI Launches Learning Commons, Phone Bans Rise, Higher Ed Struggles, and More! Feat. Jamie Candee of Edmentum & Nick Chen of PlayMath.org
03 Oct 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they dive into the latest headlines shaping the future of education technology, from AI tutors...
Global EdTech Prize 2025: What the World’s Most Promising Solutions Teach Us
01 Oct 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we spotlight the Global EdTech Prize 2025 with founder Vikas Pota of T4 Education and six inspiring finalists f...
Transforming Screen Time into Learning Time with Nurture
30 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJulie Stewart and Scott Stewart, award-winning creators behind global children’s shows for Disney, Netflix, and Sesame Workshop, co-fo...
Future-Proofing Education: AI, Quantum Tech, and Career Pathways with Digital Promise CEO, Jean-Claude Brizard
29 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJean-Claude Brizard is President and CEO of Digital Promise, a global, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused on accelerating innov...
Week in Edtech 9/17/25: OpenAI Study Shows Teaching is ChatGPT’s Top Use, Google Launches “Learn Your Way”, Indian EdTech Funding Rebounds Post-BYJU’s, and More! Feat. Christine Cruzvergara of Handshake
26 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they dive into the biggest stories shaping education technology this week:✨ Episode Highligh...
Microsoft Elevate and the Rise of Credentialed AI Talent Worldwide with Naria Santa Lucia
25 Sep 2025
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Send us a textNaria Santa Lucia is the General Manager of Elevate at Microsoft, where she leads global education, workforce, and skilling programs tha...
Google’s Vision of a Personal Tutor for Every Student: Dave Messer on Guided Learning
23 Sep 2025
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Send us a textDave Messer is a Product Manager on Google's Learning & Education team, leads product for emerging learning initiatives, includ...
From Course Hero to QuillBot: Andrew Grauer on Building the Alphabet of EdTech
22 Sep 2025
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Send us a textAndrew Grauer is the co-founder and CEO of Learneo Inc., a leading productivity and learning platform that includes QuillBot, Course Her...
Week in EdTech 9/10/25: Apple Integrates OpenAI & Gemini to Siri, NAEP Scores Show Continued Learning Loss, EdTech Funding Slows, Alpha Schools’ 2-hour AI Model Sparks Debate, and More! Feat. Chris Walsh of PBLWorks
19 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and guest co-hosts Matt Tower of Whiteboard Advisors, & Kate Eberle Walker, CEO of Presence as they brea...
GED at 80: Reinventing Adult Learning for a Skills-First Future with CT Turner
16 Sep 2025
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Send us a textCT Turner is President of GED Testing Service and VP at Pearson’s Enterprise Learning and Skills division. A recognized leader in work...
How Buddy.ai Became the Leading AI Tutors for Kids Worldwide with Co‑Founder Ivan Crewkov
15 Sep 2025
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Send us a textIvan Crewkov is the CEO and Co-Founder of Buddy.ai, the leading AI tutor for kids under 12, reaching over 20 million students annually f...
Week in Edtech 9/3/25: Google’s AI Surge Hits Duolingo, Parents Push Back on Student Data in AI, Early Childhood Enrollment Struggles, Oak National Academy API, University of Phoenix IPO, and More! Feat. Karim Meghji of Code.org
12 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down the latest shifts in education technology, from Google’s aggressive AI push ...
How EdTech Leaders Earn Trust Through Responsible AI and Data-Privacy Best Practices
10 Sep 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we speak with Daphne Li, CEO of Common Sense Privacy, alongside leaders from Prodigy Education, AI for Equity, ...
How Abhay Gupta and Frizzle Are Saving Teachers 20 Hours a Week
09 Sep 2025
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Send us a textAbhay Gupta is the Co-Founder and CEO of Frizzle. He was Previously a Product Manager at Coinbase, where he drove $50M of incremental re...
Building AI School Teams: How Leading Educators is Rethinking Teacher Support with CEO Chong-Hao Fu
08 Sep 2025
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Send us a textChong-Hao Fu is the CEO of Leading Educators, a national nonprofit specializing in comprehensive instructional improvement. Over the pa...
Week in Edtech 8/27/25: Teen Suicide Linked to ChatGPT, Bill Ackman’s Alpha School Debate, OpenAI Expands in India and Eyes UK Deal, Anthropic’s Higher Ed Report on Augmentation vs. Automation, and More!
05 Sep 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they navigate a week of heavy headlines in education technology—from AI risks and teen safet...
Reimagining Math Education in the Age of AI with Ted Dintersmith
01 Sep 2025
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Send us a textWhile you spent thousands of hours studying math in high school, odds are you never use any of it. There is math that really matters –...
Week in EdTech 8/20/25: GPT-5 Fallout & GPT-6 Memory, Blackstone Exits $6B Cognita Deal, Pearson AI Study Prep & More! Feat. Brittany Miller of Center for Outcomes-Based Contracting, Jahque Bryan-Gooden of My CRE Buddy & Jim Marggraff of Kibeam Learning
29 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they dive into the biggest headlines shaping the future of education technology, from AI break...
AI + No-Code: How Thunkable Supercharges Student Creativity and Problem-Solving with Arun Saigal
25 Aug 2025
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Send us a textArun Saigal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Thunkable, the no-code platform where anyone — from students to startups to enterprise teams ...
Week in EdTech 8/13/25: Back-to-School Uncertainty, B2B vs B2C Learning, GPT-5 Backlash, School Choice Surge, Google’s Gemini Power Play, and More! Feat. Evan Harris of Pathos Consulting Group, Becky Keene of AI Optimism & Max Spero of Pangram Labs
22 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin, Ben Kornell, and guest co-host Matt Tower from Whiteboard Advisors for a back-to-school edition of Week in EdTec...
Claude for Education: How Anthropic is Shaping AI’s Role in Learning with Drew Bent
21 Aug 2025
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Send us a textDrew Bent leads Education as part of Anthropic's Beneficial Deployments. He also co-founded the tutoring non-profit Schoolhouse.wor...
How AI Agents Are Transforming Learning at Scale with Uplimit’s Julia Stiglitz
18 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJulia Stiglitz is the CEO and Co-Founder of Uplimit, an AI learning platform helping companies equip their talent with the skills of tom...
Week in Edtech 8/6/25: Google's Guided Learning vs OpenAI's Study Mode, GSV Summit x BETT Merger, VR/AI Breakthroughs, Cambiar’s $100K Thrive Grants, and More! Feat. Derwin Sisnett of Cambiar Education, Dr. Alan Bekker of eSelf & Andrea Pasinetti of Kira
15 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and guest host Claire Zau of GSV Ventures as they unpack a huge week for AI in education, major edtech mergers, a...
Why Personalized Education Hasn’t Happened and How Outschool Aims to Fix It with Amir Nathoo & Justin Dent
11 Aug 2025
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Send us a textAmir Nathoo is CEO of Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes for K-12 learners, and an advocate for expanding education access...
Why AI Literacy Alone Isn’t Enough and What We Can Do About It with Katy Knight of Siegel Family Endowment & Dr. Allison Scott of Kapor Foundation
04 Aug 2025
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Send us a textKaty Knight is President and Executive Director of Siegel Family Endowment, where she leads bold, systems-focused philanthropy at the in...
Week in EdTech 7/23/25: Quizlet AI Usage Hits 85%, AI Outsmarts Math Olympiad, Roblox’s Learning Hub, Pearson’s AI/XR Lab, Federal AI Funding Priorities, and More! Feat. Brad Carson of Americans for Responsible Innovation & Ryan Trattner of StudyFetch
01 Aug 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down a pivotal week in EdTech, from AI breakthroughs to Roblox’s education push a...
Exploring Science in Virtual Reality with FotonVR’s Vijay Thakkar & Nisha Panchal
28 Jul 2025
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Send us a textVijay Thakkar is a visionary entrepreneur, educator, and the CEO & Co-founder of FotonVR. He’s transforming the way children learn...
Week in EdTech 7/16/2025: ChatGPT Agents, AI Companions for Teens, Google’s Gemini Push, Windsurf Talent Wars, Scale AI Layoffs and More! Feat. Writer Matthew Gasda & Marc Graham of Spark Education AI
25 Jul 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Claire Zau, a Partner and AI Lead at GSV Ventures as they explores the latest developments in education techn...
Securly’s Vision for Safer, Smarter School Technology with CEO, Tammy Wincup
22 Jul 2025
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Send us a textTammy Wincup has served for over 25 years as a business executive at the intersection of technology and education. Tammy is currently th...
Week in Edtech 7/9/2025: OpenAI’s $28M K-12 Push, Meta’s Talent War, Higher Ground Bankruptcy, Teaching Lab + Relay Merger & More! Feat. Josh Reibel, Dreamscape Learn; Dr. Jennifer Cruz, Pendergast Elementary; & Thomas Thompson & Thomas Hummel, Eduaide.ai
18 Jul 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI showdowns to immersive l...
Celebrating Teacher Leadership with Edthena's 2025 Impact Award Winners
15 Jul 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we speak with the founder of Edthena and five outstanding educators who were honored as 2025 Teacher Leader Imp...
Why AI Education Should Start at Age Six and How to Do It Right with Sam Whitaker of Studyfetch
14 Jul 2025
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Send us a textSam Whitaker is the Senior Director of Social Impact and Institutional Development at StudyFetch, an all-encompassing AI learning platfo...
Week in Edtech 7/2/2025: Google Unveils 50 AI Tools for Schools, $6B in Federal Funding Frozen, ICE Raids Impact Attendance, 60% of Teachers Use AI, and More! Feat. Matt Dalio of Endless Studios & Anne Trumbore, Author of The Teacher in the Machine
10 Jul 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell with guest Jacob Kantor as they explore a transformative Week-in-Edtech, from Google’s AI-power...
AI as an Extra Set of Hands: Redefining Classroom Roles with Matt Miller of OKO Labs
07 Jul 2025
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Send us a textMatt Miller is the CEO and Co-Founder of OKO Labs, an innovative EdTech company developing human-centric, pro-social AI to power collabo...
Week in Edtech 6/25/25: MIT Study on AI Sparks Brain-Rot Fears, Cheating Scandal in Debate Nationals, Teachers Sound the Alarm on LLMs, and More! Feat. Sara DeWitt of PBS KIDS & José Francisco Ochoa Ordóñez of Academia del Océano
04 Jul 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell for a thought-provoking summer edition of Week in Edtech, featuring headline debates on AI in edu...
Sizzle AI and the Rise of the AI Study Companion with Jerome Pesenti
30 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJerome Pesenti is the founder of Sizzle AI, an AI-for-learning company whose mission is to make learning amazing for everyone. Jerome ha...
Week in Edtech 6/18/25 (Part 2): Featuring Special Guests Yesi Sevilla of Chalk and Ed Buckley & Marlee Strawn of Scholar Education
25 Jun 2025
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Send us a textFor this Week in EdTech Part 2, Alex Sarlin interviews two visionary founders tackling early education and classroom AI from the ground ...
Week in Edtech 6/18/25 (Part 1): Professors Battle Cheating, Students Lose Sleep, Meta Buys Scale AI, AI Use Doubles, Gallup & McKinsey Reveal AI Trends, OpenAI Faces Backlash, Handwriting Returns, Parents Drive College Choices, and More!
25 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Matt Tower as they explore the evolving edtech landscape—from rising AI use to old-school solutions for mod...
How Renaissance Learning Built a Unified Edtech Ecosystem – With Eric Swanson & Storey Sitwala
23 Jun 2025
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Send us a textEric Swanson currently holds the position of Senior Vice President of Practice and Instructional Products at Renaissance Learning. In th...
Week in Edtech 6/11/25: OpenAI’s $10B Milestone, Meta’s AI Superteam, Grammarly’s $1B Raise, Ohio State’s AI Mandate, IXL & CodeHS Acquisitions, and More! Feat. Rod Danan of Prentus & Lars-Petter Kjos of We Are Learning
17 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs to high-st...
Tuck Advisors on When to Sell, Scale, or Stay the Course in EdTech with Dr. Mike McKenna
16 Jun 2025
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Send us a textDr. Mike McKenna is the Senior Advisor at Tuck Advisors and also serves as the Chief Academic Officer for one of the largest school dist...
Why Flashy Valuations Fail in EdTech: Juan Zavala of NMVP on Sustainable Growth
09 Jun 2025
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Send us a textJuan Zavala joined New Markets Venture Partners in 2019 and is a Partner. He is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, and executing new ...
Scratch: Margaret Honey on the Platform That Makes Kids Feel Like Superheroes
02 Jun 2025
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Send us a textDr. Margaret Honey joined the Scratch Foundation as the organization’s President & CEO in January 2024. She is widely recognized f...
Week in Edtech 5/21/2025: Duolingo CEO Sparks Debate, Google I/O’s AI Tools, OpenAI’s Codex Launch, and More! Feat. Senan Khawaja of Kollegio and Rebecca Taber Staehelin & Connor Diemand-Yauman of Merit America
26 May 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs to new VC ...
Handwriting Meets High Tech: David Bleicher on Jotit's Mission to Reinvent Classroom Learning
26 May 2025
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Send us a textDavid Bleicher is the Co-Founder and CEO of Jotit, a company on a mission to bring handwriting back to the forefront of education in the...
Week in Edtech 5/14/25: AI Lawsuits in Classrooms, Utah’s EdTech Surge, Youth Unemployment Rises, Google’s Gemini Targets Students, Corporate AI Layoffs Accelerate, Personalized Tutoring at Scale, and More! Feat. Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo
22 May 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI in classrooms to workfor...
The Secret Playbook to EdTech Sales with Starbridge CEO Justin Wenig
21 May 2025
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Send us a textThis is a very special episode featuring our sponsor, Starbridge. Justin Wenig, Founder and CEO of Starbridge, joins us to discuss how s...
Why AI Alone Won’t Fix Education—MacKenzie Price Explains the Missing Ingredient
19 May 2025
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Send us a textMacKenzie Price is a Stanford grad, mom of two, and the Co-Founder of 2 Hour Learning - a revolutionary learning platform that harnesses...
Week in Edtech 5/7/2025: Columbia’s AI Cheating Scandal, Duolingo’s AI Shift, AI Education Mandate, Google’s AI Overviews Cut Clicks 34.5%, Higher Ed Under Fire, and More! Feat. Brian Malkin of Rang, John Marshall of Brainfreeze & Scott Nadzan of Panopto
14 May 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthroughs and policy...
Can Teachers Outsmart AI? Mike Yates on AI Poetry Slams and Hackathons at the Reinvention Lab
12 May 2025
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Send us a textMike Yates is a Senior Designer at Teach for America's Reinvention Lab, with over a decade of experience at the intersection of tec...
Week in Edtech 5/2/2025: Trump’s AI and Workforce Orders, Accreditation Shakeup, ESSER Fallout, Israel’s AI Tutors, Duolingo’s Language Leap, and More! Feat. Anna Iarotska of Robo Wunderkind, Julia Dixon of ESAI, and Tigran Sloyan of CodeSignal
07 May 2025
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Send us a textJoin host Alex Sarlin alongside special guest co-hosts Ben Wallerstein and Anna Kimsey Edwards, Co-Founders of Whiteboard Advisors, as t...
Future Fluent: Betsy Corcoran & Dr. Jeremy Roschelle on Redefining Literacy in the Age of AI
05 May 2025
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Send us a textBetsy Corcoran and Dr. Jeremy Roschelle co-host the Future Fluent podcast, where they explore how learning is changing in the age of AI....
The Map Makers: Inside the Edtech Insiders' GenAI K-12 Education Market Map with Alex Sarlin, Laurence Holt & Jacob Klein
30 Apr 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we go behind the scenes of the Edtech Insiders GenAI K-12 Education Market Map, a first-of-its-kind framework c...
Practical AI That Teachers Actually Love with Levi Belnap of Merlyn Mind
28 Apr 2025
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Send us a textLevi Belnap is the CEO of Merlyn Mind, where he has been instrumental in driving the company's vision and growth since joining in 2...
Week in Edtech 4/16/2025: ASU+GSV Recap, GPT-4.1 Launch, Harvard vs. DEI Mandates, Linda McMahon’s Edtech Debut, Claude’s Study Mode, Yuanfudao’s AI Tutor, Brisk Wins GSV Cup, and More! Feat. Collin Earnst of the EdTech Leadership Collective
25 Apr 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they explore the latest developments in education technology, from ASU+GSV insights to AI mode...
Inside the Global EdTech Prize: Impact, Scale, and Educator Voices with Vikas Pota of T4 Education
24 Apr 2025
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Send us a textVikas Pota is an entrepreneur and investor in education and digital businesses that seek to address some of the sector's intractabl...
How 80,000+ Teachers Are Rethinking Instruction with Robert Barnett of Modern Classrooms Project
21 Apr 2025
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Send us a textRobert Barnett co-founded the Modern Classrooms Project, which has empowered 80,000+ educators in 180+ countries to meet every learner’...
Postcards from ASU+GSV 2025: On the Ground with Google, OpenAI & EdTech Changemakers
18 Apr 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, EdTech Insiders hits the floor at ASU+GSV 2025—one of the world’s premier EdTech conferences—for rapid-fi...
Why American Public Education Reverts to the Mean And What We Can Do About It with Tom Vander Ark of Getting Smart
18 Apr 2025
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Send us a textTom Vander Ark is an advocate for innovations in learning. As CEO of Getting Smart, he advises schools, districts, networks, foundations...
What’s Next for 2U? CEO Kees Bol Talks Microcredentials, University Partnerships, and AI
14 Apr 2025
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Send us a textKees Bol is the CEO of 2U, a global leader in education technology that expands access to affordable, career-relevant learning in partne...
The New Rules of Project Management in the AI Era with Pierre Le Manh, CEO of PMI
07 Apr 2025
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Send us a textPierre Le Manh, PMP, has been serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Project Management Institute since September 2...
From Arcades to Education: Brent Bushnell of Two Bit Circus on a STEAM-Powered Learning Revolution
31 Mar 2025
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Send us a textBrent Bushnell is an entrepreneur and engineer focused on experiences for entertainment and learning. He's the founder of Two Bit C...
Week in Edtech 3/19/25: OpenAI’s Writing Model, Gemini Canvas Goes Free, Zoom’s Chain of Draft, China Adds AI to Schools, EdTech Office Closes, and More! Feat. Annie Chechitelli of Turnitin & Sara Mauskopf of Winnie
28 Mar 2025
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Send us a textJoin hosts Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell as they break down a pivotal week of AI announcements, edtech disruption, and education policy sh...
Reigniting a Love for Reading with AI and Avatars with Lawton Smith, CEO of Literal
24 Mar 2025
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Send us a textLawton Smith is a literacy advocate focused on adolescent reading engagement and the co-founder and CEO of Literal (LiteralApp.com). Pra...
The Promise and Perils of AI in Education: Stanford GSE Students Share Their Work
17 Mar 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, we sit down with three innovative Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) students who are exploring cuttin...
Week in Edtech 3/12/2025: U.S. Department of Education Massive Layoffs, AI in Schools, Cyber Attacks on K-12, Stanford’s AI Policy Shift, Duolingo’s Playbook, AI-Driven Procurement, Sanoma’s Global EdTech Expansion, and More!
14 Mar 2025
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Send us a textThis Week in Edtech, Ben Kornell and guest co-host Matthew Rascoff, Vice Provost for Digital Education at Stanford University, break dow...
Insights on AI Apprenticeships and Future Workforce Trends by Michelle Rhee of EO Ventures
10 Mar 2025
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Send us a textMichelle Rhee is currently a Venture Partner at Equal Opportunity Ventures, investing in companies driving social mobility and impact. P...
Week in Edtech 3/5/2025: ASU GSV AI Show Preview, OpenAI's Global Expansion, ChatGPT's 400M Users, Google's Co-Scientist and Career Dreamer, Chegg vs. Google Lawsuit, Anthropic's 3.7 Model, Meta's VR Push, Microsoft's Muse Model, and More!
07 Mar 2025
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Send us a textThis Week in Edtech, Alex Sarlin and guest host, Claire Zau explore the latest developments in education technology, from AI breakthro...
The MBA in 12 Weeks? How Abilitie is Changing Business Education with Bjorn Billhardt
03 Mar 2025
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Send us a textAn organizational and leadership development expert, Bjorn Billhardt has designed leadership development programs and collaborated with ...
Week in Edtech 2/19/2025: BrainPop’s Leadership Shake-Up, EdTech’s Job Market Crunch, The Decline of Gamification, AI-Powered Learning Companions Rise, Deep Reasoning Models Reshape AI, and More!
28 Feb 2025
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Send us a textThis week in EdTech, Alex and Ben break down the latest trends in AI and EdTech.✨ Episode Highlights:[00:03:27] Key takeaways from the...
The College Alternative: How OpenClassrooms is Rethinking Higher Ed with Pierre Dubuc
24 Feb 2025
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Send us a textPierre Dubuc is the co-founder and CEO of OpenClassrooms, the leading online education platform with about 300k students a month. The sc...
Week in Edtech 2/12/2025: DeepSeek AI Shake-Up, OpenAI’s Deep Research, CSU’s ChatGPT Rollout, NAEP Learning Loss, Trump’s Ed Research Cuts, FEV Tutor Shutdown, European EdTech Funding Trends, and More!
19 Feb 2025
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Send us a textThis Week in EdTech, Ben Kornell and special guest co-host Libby Hills from the Jacobs Foundation and the Ed-Technical podcast break dow...
AI That Learns From You: The Future of Teachable Agents in Education with Adam Franklin
17 Feb 2025
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Send us a textIn this special episode, Alex sits down with Adam Franklin, our very first guest on EdTech Insiders, who returns three years later with ...