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Today we explore the philosophy of education from global perspectives. My guest is Liz Jackson.

Liz Jackson is the Karen Lo Eugene Chuang Professor in Diversity and Equity and Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. She has a forthcoming book entitled Understanding Philosophy of Education, which will be published by Edward Elgar early in 2027.

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Today we explore the research base that tries to answer if Generative AI improves student learning. My guest, Alyssa Lawson, recently co-wrote an article that critically analysed two meta analyses of ChatGPT that found it did indeed improve learning. Alyssa and her colleagues aren’t so sure.

Alyssa Lawson is a lecturer in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Together with Amedee Martella, Joshua Weidlick, Miriam Mulders and Josef Buchner, Alyssa co-wrote the new article “Color me confounded: a critical analysis of media comparisons on ChaptGPT in education” which was published in Computers & Education.

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Today we explore the experiences of Black Caribbean youth in the United Kingdom and the United States. My guest is Derron Wallace, an assistant professor of sociology and education at Brandeis University.

Derron Wallace’s new book is The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth.

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Today we explore the adoption and scaling of education technology across South and Southeast Asia. My guests are Molly Wyss and Brad Olsen.

Molly Wyss is an assistant project director at the Centre for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development Program at Brookings, where Brad Olsen is a Senior Fellow. There new report is entitled From Access to Impact: Government Decisionmaking and Scaling of EdTech in South and Southeast Asia.

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Today we unpack various sources of distortion when calculating standardised effect sizes in education evaluations. This might seem technical, but understanding how measures of effectiveness are calculated can help us temper the confidence we place in claims about "what works." My guest is Jack Rossiter.

Jack Rossiter is an independent researcher and non-resident fellow at the Centre for Global Development. Together with David Evans, Susannah Hares, and Catherine Henny, he recently co-wrote the working paper entitled “The Illusion of Comparability Among Standardised Effect Sizes: Why Education Evaluations Should Report Raw Effects.”

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