AI in Education Dispatch

The latest on AI in education across Sub-Saharan Africa, India and other low- and middle-income countries

AI in Education Dispatch, Issue 11 The Woodspring Team AI in Education Dispatch, Issue 11 The Woodspring Team

The $11 Phone Call: How Low-Tech Human Contact Beats High-Cost AI Tutors

  • Weekly 20-minute phone calls lifted learning three times more than the average education programme across five countries, at $11 a child

  • More than 25 education ministers signed a joint commitment in Paris to keep education a public good as AI reshapes classrooms

  • A two-year trial found students reach for an AI tutor when curious and abandon it when struggling

  • Ten edtech platforms spent nine months testing whether their tools could build student relationships rather than replace them, and found it worked

Read More