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Mr Barton Maths Podcast

by Craig Barton
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  • #229 AI in Education with Joe Liemandt

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

    Craig speaks to Joe Liemandt, principal of Alpha School and founder of Trilogy Software, about the model behind the school's two-hour academic day. They cover selection effects, what does and does not scale, the data the apps generate, the…

  • #228 HoD Space ep1: Praise tick sheets, Year 7 sets, first departmental meeting

    August 5, 2026 · 58 min

    Sign up for your free trial at HoD Space at hodspace.com. Access the show notes here: ⁠https://podcast.mrbartonmaths.com/228-hod-space-ep1-praise-tick-sheets-year-7-sets-first-departmental-meeting/⁠ In this episode of the podcast, Jo…

  • #227 Breaking down an example sequence with Kris Boulton

    July 8, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

    In an unscheduled episode, Kris Boulton analyses a trainee teacher's volume-of-prisms sequence. He and Craig Barton work through key design principles — simplifying the rule, stripping out the arithmetic, starting with the general case…

  • #226 AI in Education with Zach Groshell

    July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min

    Returning guest Zach Groshell, author of Just Tell Them, explains how he designs Direct Instruction maths apps for Alpha School. They cover the US school system, why most education apps fail, how atomisation and mastery work on a screen…

  • #225 AI in Education with Dylan Wiliam

    June 24, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min

    In this AI in Education episode, Craig Barton welcomes back Dylan Wiliam to discuss what generative and extractive AI mean for assessment, teaching and the purpose of schooling. Wiliam argues the evidence base is thin, urges caution about…

  • #224 AI in Education with Kris Boulton

    June 2, 2026 · 2 hr 10 min

    Kris Boulton returns for the AI in Education mini-series. He shares how Claude has become fully woven into his daily work, gives a candid first-hand account of his visit to Alpha School in New York, and digs into where AI now sits for…

  • #223 What do 10,000 teachers think about AI?

    May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min

    Grainne Hallahan, formerly an English teacher, now runs the questions at Teacher Tapp — the app that surveys more than 10,000 teachers a day. She came on with five AI-related findings from the archive, on cheating, lesson planning…

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About the show

Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/