Tom Rogers

Already plenty of debate and commentary around our extended show this morning on @TTRadioOfficial which delved into the central points covered in the Channel 4 ADHD documentary aired earlier this week.

If you are interested in ADHD, then I really recommend this one to you. Personally, I think this was a more balanced piece than C4 put together!

Many thanks to Chris Benson, Philip Asherson, Lucy Johnstone, @naomicfisher and @joannamoncrieff for coming on this. There was discussion of Katya Rubia and Caroline Williams recent comments in here.

Long form clip: lnkd.in/eQhyNmkY
Whole show in full: lnkd.in/epgzDU_P

Had such a great time on Monday talking about creativity in schools. Thanks to my epic co host for this one Pat Link and the brilliant guests Jessie Soohyun Park and Rachel Bronstein who shared so many golden nuggets! Make sure you catch up on this one in full here via Teachers Talk Radio: youtube.com/watch?v=kAY6aq…

The Alpha learning scientist team celebrate as the only education influencer who hasn’t already joined them finally raises their hand to say ‘yes’.

It would appear those either working directly for Alpha School or 'on their roster' is creeping higher than those who aren't - amongst the group of cog-sci education ppl who you would have bet wouldn't have gone anywhere near them. Which I find interesting!

Pick one of the names of those supporting it/working with them on the learning team and imagine what they'd have said to someone saying: "We are starting an AI school that believes in personalised learning, use of apps instead of teachers and is 75K a year" = I can't imagine many would have been keen. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've seen a lot of them come out against similar ideas and projects in the past. My question is "why"? I think many out there would argue its only because of the eye watering sums of money and opportunity on offer. But I know those involved are unlikely to say that.

I think i've said before, I am fundamentally a 'general' fan of edtech and its possibilities, so this isn't necessarily a comment on some of the ideas themselves. Its more a comment on the purposeful strategy of Alpha which I think is a very smart strategy from their perspective as you are recruiting powerful voices who may have come out batting against them pretty strong.

Its certainly an interesting story and thing to observe!

This is a good point IMO. x.com/TTRadioOfficia…