AI for Educators Daily with Dan Fitzpatrick

Send us Fan Mail This episode, I explore why school AI progress is being slowed not by tools or teacher capability, but by leadership, culture, and the redesign of work, drawing on Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index .

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive for educators on Judit Polgar’s warning about AI in schools, exploring passive knowledge, intuition, failure, and why students still need struggle to build real understanding.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive for educators on the retraction of a widely cited ChatGPT -in-education study, what it reveals about AI hype, and why schools need better evidence, not louder claims.

Send us Fan Mail A podcast for educators on why non-technical school leaders are building AI tools in 2026, how vibe coding changes experimentation, and what this means for leadership, assessment, and edtech.

Send us Fan Mail A conversation for educators on Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index report, exploring AI agents, human judgment, leadership, and why school culture matters more than individual tool confidence.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a GovTech article exploring AI agents in education, where universities are seeing early success in administration but still struggling with teaching and learning applications.

Send us Fan Mail ✨ Special Episode ✨ Judit Polgar is the greatest female chess player in history. She beat Gary Kasparov in his prime, and As a junior, she outranked Demis Hassabis, the man who now runs Google DeepMind. She's the star of the new Netflix documentary Queen of Chess. She watched AI tear through her profession thirty years ago and her warning to educators is one we cannot affor...

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into an ABC News report on AI deepfakes in schools, exploring student harm, policy gaps, and why safeguarding and digital literacy are now critical in education.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into an EdSource opinion piece arguing AI in schools could harm student thinking and development, and what educators must do to avoid repeating past edtech failures.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into an FE News article on “guided AI,” exploring how redesigning AI tools could reduce cheating, support thinking, and reshape teaching in universities.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a TechRadar opinion on AI in schools, exploring equity, workforce readiness, and why teaching students to think critically with AI may matter most.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a Mashable article exploring how schools are introducing AI, revealing a fragmented system where students lead adoption and education struggles to keep pace.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a Cambridge article by Lord Knight exploring how AI could reshape education by shifting focus from standardization to personalized learning, human judgment, and lifelong adaptability.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a New Yorker article questioning AI in schools, exploring cognitive risks, student development, and whether education should resist or rethink AI integration entirely.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into an FE News article arguing AI will not replace education, but increase the need for human judgment, critical thinking, and lifelong learning in a rapidly changing world.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a World Economic Forum article exploring youth perspectives on AI in education, revealing why readiness, not technology, will determine whether AI improves learning or worsens inequality.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into Pearson and AWS research on AI readiness, revealing why graduates aren’t prepared for AI work and what schools must change to bridge the gap.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into Boston University’s analysis of AI in education, exploring how teaching, learning, and assessment are already changing—and why this shift is happening faster than schools can respond.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into new AWS and Pearson research revealing a growing AI skills gap between education and work, and what it means for curriculum, assessment, and future readiness.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into Canva AI 2.0 and what it reveals about the future of work, creativity, and classrooms as AI becomes a full workflow partner for teachers and students.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into the 2026 Stanford AI Index Report , exploring explosive AI adoption, education disruption, and what accelerating capability means for how teachers teach and students learn.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into new global research on AI in higher education, revealing how “cognitive offloading” and critical thinking work together to drive deeper, transformative student learning.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into an Observer article arguing we are asking the wrong question about AI in education, and why the future is not replacement but redefining the role of teachers.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a BBC report on schools using AI to mark exams, exploring workload, bias, trust, and what this experiment reveals about the future of assessment.

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into a Forbes interview with Google’s Head of Learning, revealing why AI can improve education but cannot solve its core problem: student motivation and human connection.