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Stephen Jull is the Global Head of AI and Educational Technology at Teach For All, leading efforts to connect educators with frontier AI labs. He’s joined by Maruf Hasan, a Bangladesh-based educator building AI tools in low-resource settings, and Sean McWeeney, a UK teacher focused on AI’s impact in high-need schools.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

1.  How teachers are moving from AI users to AI builders 
2.  Why the most impactful AI innovation is happening in classrooms, not companies 
3.  How global educator communities accelerate learning and innovation 
4.  The role of AI in supporting underserved students and closing learning gaps 
5.  Why teacher ownership is critical to the future of edtech 

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:01:20] Introduction to Teach For All’s AI initiative and global educator community
[00:05:22] Stephen Jull on building partnerships between teachers and frontier AI labs
[00:08:16] Sean McWeeney on creating AI tools for marking and real classroom needs
[00:11:59] Maruf Hasan on using AI to support underserved students in low-resource settings
[00:14:51] How the AI community operates without centralized control and why it works
[00:18:30] Global collaboration: shared challenges across classrooms worldwide
[00:22:35] The power of community in turning non-technical educators into builders

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