Just Get on the Train
India has just made AI a compulsory part of education for every child from the age of five.In the final episode of the season, James, Darren and Garland open there and land on an uncomfortable estimat...
5 Kesä 48min
Sir Ken Robinson Was Right
In June 2006, a Liverpudlian educator walked onto a TED stage and said something the audience was not ready to hear. All kids have tremendous talent and we squander them pretty ruthlessly.Twenty years...
29 Touko 43min
You Bought an Attention Economy
A mother in Wichita checks her seventh grader's screen time. Thirteen thousand YouTube videos in three months. During school hours.In Episode 20 of The Dark Side of the Moon, the conversation starts w...
22 Touko 36min
Locked Up and Learning Nothing
Five thousand schools. Yondr pouches in every classroom. Phones locked away for the entire day.In Episode 19 of The Dark Side of the Moon, James, Darren and Garland sit with the first serious study on...
15 Touko 42min
The Wrong Fight
The New York Times says American districts are pulling the plug. Sweden has done a full about-turn. The BBC, the podcasts, the parents at the school gate, all pointing the same direction. Take it out....
8 Touko 49min
The End of the Learning Management System (LMS)
A new UK report finds over a million young people, educated and trained, sitting outside the workforce.In Episode 17 of The Dark Side of the Moon, Darren and James open with that number and ask the qu...
1 Touko 32min
Put the Phone Down
Europe is rolling out a new age verification app. Australia has already banned social media for under-sixteens. Spain is next. The mood is the same everywhere. Take it away from them.In Episode 16 of ...
24 Huhti 39min
When Claude Feels the Pressure
In Episode 15 of The Dark Side of the Moon, Darren, James and Garland dig into new Anthropic research with an uncomfortable implication. Language models do not feel, but something that looks a lot lik...
17 Huhti 45min
