# Jill Barshay

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Eastern Standard: October 16th, 2025

Exploring the puzzles of autism.(Shutterstock / Shutterstock) This week on Eastern Standard: Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental condition that can affect social skills, communication, and behavior. Because it’s a spectrum, experiences vary widely — some people are nonverbal and need dai…

2025 in Review

We are now coming to the end of another year. What were the biggest stories in education this year? What stories didn’t get as much attention as they should have? And what can we expect in the coming year? On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus discusses these questions, and more, with thre…

Mike gives easy A’s a big ole F | Episode 1006 of The Education Gadfly Show

This week on The Education Gadfly Show, Mike Petrilli goes solo to talk about grade inflation—what it means, how it’s changed over time, and why tougher grading standards help students learn more. He argues that easier grades don’t serve students well—and explores what states can do about it. Then,…

Teaching the Machine to Teach: The Quest for a K-12 AI Tutor

Recorded live at the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego, this session featured Caleb Hicks, CEO & Co-Founder at schoolai; Jon Woodard, Executive Director, Emerging Technology Initiatives at Wolfram Research; Karttikeya Mangalam, CEO & Founder at SigIQ.ai; Maureen Heymans, VP, Learning & Education at …

Episode 973: Arnie Arnesen Attitude May 5 2026

Part 1:We talk with Peter Greene, education writer and reporter.We discuss cases in which teachers and educators have been assailed for free speech in the classroom. We also discuss the group "Schools for America", which has begun a campaign to further the use of charter and private schools that fi…

Higher Ed’s Deflate-gate

Harvard faculty have approved a controversial plan to overhaul the college’s grading system, including new limits on how many A’s professors can award. The goal: make an A mean something again. But the debate goes beyond transcripts and GPAs. At a moment of deep skepticism toward elite higher educa…

The Challenges Facing Teachers

On this episode of The Middle, we ask: what are the biggest challenges facing teachers today?From burnout and budget cuts to the rise of AI in the classroom and the persistent threat of school shootings, educators are navigating a growing list of complex issues that can make it harder to help ever…

DEEP DIVE: Are Our Kids Overscheduled?

This "Deep Dive" series revisits a few of our past episodes on back-to-school challenges such as the morning rush, school projects which require lots of parental oversight, and how to help our kids navigate intensifying academic pressure. So many of us spend hours chauffeuring our kids back and f…

How AI Is Changing Learning, Childhood and Human Connection

What do educators and parents need to know about AI in schools and at home? How can adults have conversations with children about the use of AI? What policies should schools have when it comes to AI use? And what do you do when a child uses AI to cheat? Journalist Jill Barshay of the Hechinger Repo…

AI is everywhere. NYC schools want to keep it away from young kids

New York City is putting a one-year moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence for its youngest students in the city’s public schools. Kids won’t be allowed to use the technology until they enter high school. The Hechinger Report's Jill Barshay joins us to discuss. Then, plastic industry grou…