Inside Higher EdOp-ed
We Have Never Taught Critical Thinking
“AI's real threat is to the illusion that we were teaching critical thinking all along.”
About · Events & News
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Recent podcast appearances, conference presentations, and news mentions.
Speaking inquiries: team@pedagogyfutures.org
Podcasts
Conversations about ethics, burnout, homework, and what AI is actually for.
The Authority Podcast
Ethical Ed Tech with Priten Soundar-Shah: How Educators Can Lead on AI and Digital Safety
June 18, 2026
Spirit Gym with Paul Chek
Teaching Kids How to Think — Not What to Think — in the Age of AI
June 16, 2026
Move 37 Podcast
Getting Control of AI in Schools
June 14, 2026
The Early Edition
AI Chatbots in BC Classrooms
May 29, 2026
ChicagoNow
Helping Parents & Schools With AI & Well-Being
May 25, 2026
THRIVEinEDU
ThriveinEDU Live with guest Priten Soundar-Shah, Educator, Author, Entrepreneur
May 21, 2026
Quantum Leap
The Philosophy of Education in the Age of AI
May 13, 2026
Reading With Your Kids Podcast
Ethical Ed Tech: Putting Students Before Screens
May 12, 2026Ethics and AI with Priten Shah
Ethics and AI with Priten Shah
Apr 22, 2025Co-Occurrence #12 – Empathy and Algorithms: AI’s Role in Social-Emotional Learning (EP.35)
Co-Occurrence #12 – Empathy and Algorithms: AI’s Role in Social-Emotional Learning (EP.35)
Sep 3, 2024Generative AI Opportunities And Caveats in Academia With Priten Shah
Generative AI Opportunities And Caveats in Academia With Priten Shah
Sep 3, 2024Episode #313: Priten Shah
Episode #313: Priten Shah
Aug 26, 2024Events
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Authority MagazineFeature
5 Things That Should Be Done To Improve The US Educational System
“Teaching is fundamentally a human endeavor, and it is about good relationships.”
eSchool News
Op-ed
We need to start giving agency to educators instead of edtech vendors
“The current choice to use vendor-provided frameworks is a kind of cognitive outsourcing. The fix is putting the people closest to the classroom at the front of the process, before any vendor is in the room.”
ParentMapFeature
The Push to Hit Pause on AI in Schools, Before It's Too Late
“Feedback is skewed based on perceptions of the child's race or gender. Especially if it's being used in high-stakes contexts, we should make sure that parents are being informed of it.”
N2N ServicesFeature
A Season of Endings
“You can't decide what is ethical without deciding whom you're acting ethically towards.”
The TyeeFeature
AI Chatbots Are Coming to BC Classrooms
“Even something you might have taught a senior in high school in 2023 for how to use AI is completely irrelevant for 2026.”
NewsweekFeature
How China's Kids are Getting an Edge With AI
“Beijing can kind of set out the agenda for what tools are going to be used, what curricula are going to be established. We don't really have an equivalent of that here, besides funding priorities or maybe some executive orders that kind of establish the importance of something.”
AI + Education = SimplifiedFeature
"...have real-world relevance without importing the outside world directly into every course."
“Nobody who is currently a leader in the field learned about AI in college. Not a single one of them.”
CloudTweaksFeature
Why AI Guardrails in Education Must Be Built In, Not Bolted On
“Safety standards can't be negotiable.”
