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TeachLab with Justin Reich

MIT Teaching Systems Lab

TeachLab is a podcast that investigates the art and craft of teaching. There are 3.5 million K-12 teachers in America, and we want to explore how they can become even better at what they do. Hosted by Justin Reich, MIT Professor and director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab.

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February 25 · 55 min
Jesse Dukes on Teaching Through Emotions
Teaching Through Emotions interviews Jesse Dukes about The Homework Machine.
#96
February 6 · 55 min
AI Literacy Part II "What We Talk About When We Talk About AI Literacy"
Teachers face a dilemma. They know we may not know the best way to teach students about how to prepare for AI, but many feel we have to do something.
#95
January 29 · 32 min
AI Literacy Part 1 "Where Angels Fear to Tread" with Sam Wineburg
Schools and teachers are being directed to teach and learn "AI Literacy" but do we know enough to do that responsibly?
#94
Nov 26, 2025 · 35 min
Click Here: Silencing a Kindergarten
In a small classroom in western China, children once learned to sing and count in the language of their ancestors — Uyghur. Then the doors were locked, and founder Abduweli Ayup went from teacher to enemy of the state.
#93
Oct 2, 2025 · 38 min
The Homework Machine Ep 7: Break the Teacher
Generative AI has added more strain to an already frayed education system.
Sep 26, 2025 · 35 min
Close All Tabs: Teens Under the Influence (Of Chatbots)
AI Companions are becoming a part of teenager's lives.
#92
Sep 18, 2025 · 41 min
The Homework Machine Ep 6 "Inviting AI to the Party"
Teachers and students find ways for AI to support learning.
#91
Sep 9, 2025 · 43 min
The Homework Machine Ep 5 "Winterset"
One school system in Iowa goes all in on AI.
Sep 4, 2025 · 26 min
The Homework Machine Interlude: Justin Goes Back to School
Our host reckons with AI as he returns to the classroom after a one year break.
Aug 27, 2025 · 26 min
Mindshift: Why Poetry Is Making a Comeback in Schools
Teaching contemporary poets to engage students.
#90
Aug 18, 2025 · 36 min
The Homework Machine Ep 4 "Busted!"
Students tell us why they turn to AI to get their schoolwork done.
#89
Aug 12, 2025 · 32 min
The Homework Machine Ep 3 "The Duplicitous Nature of Humanity"
Teachers share how they’re dealing with cheating in the age of AI.
#88
Aug 5, 2025 · 32 min
The Homework Machine Ep 2 "The Jagged Frontier"
LLMs are weird. They can perform very well and very poorly, often unpredictably, and that creates unique challenges for education.
#87
Jul 29, 2025 · 32 min
The Homework Machine Ep 1 "Buckle Up, Here it Comes!"
Most education technologies are invited into school. Generative AI crashed the party.
Jul 25, 2025 · 3 min
Coming Soon: The Homework Machine
Most education technologies are invited in by schools. But generative AI crashed the party.
#86
Dec 16, 2024 · 33 min
Maybe We Should be a Little Worried About AI + Cheating?
A study published a year ago suggests that ChatGPT and other generative AI hasn't led to increased cheating in K-12 schools. But maybe there's more going on than we realize.
#85
Dec 3, 2024 · 26 min
AI Summarizes Our Paper About AI
Justin Reich and Jesse Dukes discuss their new preprint "Toward a New Theory of Arrival Technologies: The Case of ChatGPT and the Future of Education Technology after Adoption" and let AI do the hard work of summarizing it.
#84
Aug 22, 2024 · 45 min
Back to School with AI: Are Teachers Getting the Training They Need?
We visit a school district offering two days of training to help teachers adapt to the arrival of AI in the classroom. It's GREAT, but that district is an exception.
#83
Jul 2, 2024 · 48 min
Bot Fun in the Summertime: Teachers Adapting to AI
Our research team shares inspiring examples of teachers adapting to the arrival of generative AI in the classroom.
#82
May 13, 2024 · 36 min
Dispatches From the Integrity Trenches
The Arrival of AI powered tools like ChatGPT (now GPT4) in schools has generated concerns that students would use the tool to bypass cognition, or, “cheat” as we colloquially call it. And, it appears many students are doing just that.

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