From molecular biology to child-centered education

Can AI actually help children learn better – or are schools still too slow, too scared, and too locked into the old system?

Neeru Khosla, co-founder of CK-12 Foundation, believes this moment could become a turning point for education. After nearly two decades building free learning tools for students and teachers, she argues that AI is our chance to finally understand how students think, where they get stuck, and how to help each child learn in a way that works for them.

*In this episode of Inference, we get into:*

- Why prompting is not cheating, but a real learning skill

- Why textbooks alone were never enough for deep understanding

- What C means in CK-12 (it’s important!)

- What Neeru learned from launching Flexi, CK-12’s AI tutor, now used by millions of students

- Why standardized testing misses the most important part of learning

- Why teachers need support, visibility, and confidence – not fear

- Why AI literacy may become as fundamental as reading, writing, and math

- How curiosity, mentorship, and community shape better learning outcomes

- Why “attention is all you need” is no longer enough – and what we need now

We also talk about public school inertia, philanthropy, core values when raising kids, and why Neeru believes AI should be used as augmented intelligence – not something to fear, but something to help humans grow.

This is a conversation about education, equity, curiosity, and what it would really take to build a learning system that works for every child. Watch it. I’m really passionate about this topic and think that everyone should think and talk more about it.

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*Guest:*

Neeru Khosla, co-founder and executive director of CK-12 Foundation

https://info.ck12.org/neeru-khosla

https://www.ck12.org/flexi/

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*Chapters*

0:00 Why Education Is the Greatest Gift to Society

0:27 Meet Neeru Khosla & the Mission of CK-12

1:32 How Technology Changed Learning Over the Years

3:20 Why AI Became a Turning Point in Education

5:52 Flexi: CK-12’s AI Tutor Used by Millions

8:26 Does AI Require Rethinking the Education System?

11:12 What Teachers Need From AI Right Now

12:56 Essential Skills for Kids and Teachers in the AI Era

18:13 From Molecular Biology to Building CK-12

23:27 Why Education Is a Human Right — and What Comes Next

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