Edtech Insiders
by Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell
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At Edtech Insiders, we interview founders, investors, operators, educators, and thought leaders about the future of education technology. You’ll hear from leaders across the education technology industry and learn about all of the important edtech trends happening globally.
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- ESA Series: How Outschool Is Connecting Families, Teachers, and AI with Brian Co · 17 minBrian Co is the CEO of Outschool, an online learning platform connecting families with live, small-group classes. He brings nearly two decades of experience in education, having…
- Week in Edtech 11/4/26: Live from Google's AI for Learning Summit! Election Results, EdTech's Growing Techlash, Education Policy Shifts & More! Feat. Thoughtline and Abre · 1 h 7 minJoin hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin as they unpack the latest developments in education policy, Google's AI strategy, the growing techlash, and how AI is reshaping teaching…
- Can AI Turn Screen Time Into Learning Time? with Lionel Mora of Marble · 53 minLionel Mora is the Co-founder and CEO of Marble, a generative learning world designed for kids ages 6–12. Previously, he worked at Google and co-founded Neo Plants and AI film…
- ESA Series: How ESAs and AI Are Redefining School Choice with Jaysan Shah & William Wiltshire of Bundled · 28 minJaysan Shah and William Wiltshire are the co-founders of The Tomorrow Schools Group and Bundled. After meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, their divergent…
- Can AI Tutors Match Human Tutors? New Research from Eedi and Google DeepMind with Bibi Groot · 33 minBibi Groot designs & implements randomised controlled trials to find out whether edtech actually works. As Chief Impact Officer at Eedi, she led a collaboration with Google…
- ESA Series: How Education Savings Accounts Are Reshaping the Education Landscape with Dr. Cara Candal of ExcelinEd · 28 minDr. Cara Candal is Vice President of Policy at ExcelinEd, where she leads education policy initiatives and helps states design and implement high-impact reforms. A former teacher…
- HigherEd Series: Noah Pickus of Duke University on How Universities Can Innovate Without Losing Their Identity · 58 minNoah Pickus is Head of Global Strategy and Partnerships and Senior Advisor to the Provost at Duke University, where he is a professor and the founder of the Future Universities…
- Week in Edtech 10/27/26: Google Faces Congressional Scrutiny, Anthropic's Trillion-Dollar IPO Plans, Activate Learning Acquires Open Up Resources & More! Feat. Chase Rigby of Tassel & Sabih Bin Wasi of Stellic · 1 h 13 minJoin hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin as they cover the latest developments in edtech, from growing pushback against technology in schools and Anthropic's anticipated IPO to…
- HigherEd Series: 130 Years of Tuition-Free College and the Future of Higher Education with Cheryl Nixon of Berea College · 52 minDr. Cheryl Nixon, Berea College’s 10th and first woman President, is proud to lead a college that serves as a national model for access and affordability, operates as a work…
- Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Teachers Who Changed His Life · 30 minIn this special live episode of Edtech Insiders, Alex Sarlin and Ben Kornell sit down with Lin-Manuel Miranda at the Teach For America 35th Anniversary Summit at Caesars Forum in…
- HigherEd Series: How MIT is Rethinking AI, Assessment, and the Student Experience with Eric Klopfer & Sam Madden · 45 minSamuel Madden is a Distinguished Professor of Computing at MIT’s College of Computing. He leads MIT’s Data Systems Group and DSAIL, researching databases, distributed computing…
- HigherEd Series: Bryden Sweeney-Taylor of Outer Coast on Building Higher Education From the Ground Up · 47 minBryden Sweeney-Taylor is co-founder and Executive Director of Outer Coast, a place-based liberal arts institution in Sitka, Alaska. He co-founded Matriculate and previously led…
- HigherEd Series: What Is Higher Education For? with Michael Roth of Wesleyan University · 1 h 4 minMichael S. Roth ’78 became Wesleyan University’s 16th President in 2007. An intellectual historian, author, and curator, he continues to teach undergraduates while advancing…
- The Wow + The How: Tara Graham of CrunchLabs.org on Reimagining Science Education · 55 minTara Graham is Executive Director of the CrunchLabs.org Foundation, where she leads the development of Class CrunchLabs, a free, NGSS-aligned science curriculum for grades 3–8…
- Week in Edtech 10/21/26: ETS Data Breach, ChatGPT Teen Safety, IXL Acquires NoRedInk, AI Policy Shifts, and More! Feat. Mario Vasilescu of Readocracy, Hrag Hamalian of TGR Foundation & Sharon Don of Edtech Insiders · 1 h 43 minJoin hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin as they cover the latest developments in edtech, from a major student data breach and AI safety concerns to edtech acquisitions, education…
- Week in Edtech 10/14/26: New York EDTECH WEEK Takeaways, Students Speak Out on AI, Higher Ed Transformation, and More! Feat. Abhijeet Sethi of LearningMate, Dr. Garikai Campbell of Jaali.ai, Rahim Rajan of AQL Labs & Dr. Lance Ford of Zoom · 1 h 19 minJoin hosts Ben Kornell and Alex Sarlin on Edtech Week at Columbia Teachers College in New York City as they explore how AI is reshaping teaching, learning, student success, and…
- Who Decides What Kids Learn? with Natasha Singer of The New York Times · 42 minNatasha Singer has covered tech industry influence in schools for The New York Times for more than a decade. Her school tech reporting helped prompt California to enact a…
- HigherEd Series: Can Apprenticeships Transform Higher Education? with Mallory Dwinal-Palisch of Craft Education · 53 minMallory Dwinal-Palisch is the President of Craft Education, a nonprofit division of Western Governors University that is developing the ecosystem platform for enabling work-based…
- The Future of Edtech: AI, Interoperability & Trust with Michael Feldstein of 1EdTech · 58 minMichael Feldstein is Chief Strategy Officer at 1EdTech, where he helps shape an open, trusted, and interoperable edtech ecosystem. With more than 30 years in educational…
- Week in Edtech 10/7/26: Cambridge’s AI Teaching Report, Brighteye’s New Fund III Strategy & Raspberry Pi’s AI Literacy for All · 1 h 8 minJoin host Ben Kornell as he speaks with edtech leaders about AI in English language teaching, the future of learning and work, and expanding access to computer science and AI…
