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Summaread: A Massachusetts Experiment of AI in the Classroom | Della Ando & Christine Hwang [EdTech AI] Jun 09, 2025

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Della Ando and Christine Hwang discuss the AI experiment they ran in a Massachusetts classroom. "Summaread" uses a ChatGPT app to teach students how to summarize passages they read.

Della and Christine are both recent graduates from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and have experience teaching in Boston and Baltimore, respectively. If you would like to get in contact with them, email them at christine_hwang@gse.harvard.edu & dellaando@gmail.com.

This episode is Part 4 of 5 in my capstone project as a ⁠Y-Lab Fellow⁠ at the Harvard Law School Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab. This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

This podcast isn't financial, legal, or medical advice, but we do discuss how we might invest our resources in systems and policies for a healthier society. If you'd like to learn more about today's topic and other public policy issues, check out the website: ⁠⁠⁠TheJusticePodcast.com⁠

QALYs Query AI's Learning Yield | Leah Rand [EdTech AI] Jun 04, 2025

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Leah Rand discusses metrics used to evaluate healthcare access. These ideas are then cross-applied to the issue of resource allocation in Massachusetts for Artificial Intelligence EdTech.

Dr. Rand is a Research Scientist with the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and Law (PORTAL) at Brigham and Women's Hospital and instructor at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics.

This episode is Part 4 of 5 in my capstone project as a Y-Lab Fellow at the Harvard Law School Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab. This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

Legislating Data Privacy | Steve Owens [EdTech AI] May 29, 2025

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Representative Steve Owens discusses the Massachusetts Legislature's April 9 Data Privacy hearing and explains how he thinks about policymaking related to the future of information technology.

This episode is Part 3 of 5 in my capstone project as a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab). This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

Teaching Tech | Mark McDonough [EdTech AI] May 25, 2025

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Mark McDonough speaks about his role as an Instructional Technology Specialist at Lincoln Public Schools in Lincoln, Massachusetts. We discuss AI in the classroom, student privacy policies, and what the future might hold for educators incorporating technology into their curriculum.

This episode is Part 2 of 5 in my capstone project as a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab). This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

Data Privacy for Youth | Leah Plunkett [EdTech AI] May 19, 2025

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Leah Plunkett describes how parents and educators should think about privacy policies as a new wave of generative AI technologies emerge in student spaces.

Leah is the Executive Director of Harvard Law School Online, Associate Dean of Learning Experience and Innovation at Harvard Law School, Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, and author of Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online.

This episode is Part 1 of 5 in my capstone project as a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Youth Advocacy & Policy Lab (Y-Lab). This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

From Pastor to Policy Advocate | Neil Hubacker [Church & State] Apr 29, 2025

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Neil Hubacker, former pastor of Antioch Community Church in Beverly and former director of the Church Ambassador Network of New Hampshire, describes his experiences planting a church and pastoring legislators.

This episode is Part 3 of 3 in my capstone project as a Daniel Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

Pediatrics & Pastoral Ministries | Gloria White-Hammond [Church & State] Apr 29, 2025

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Gloria White-Hammond discusses her ministry of healing and how lessons learned in Sudanese advocacy translate to needs faced in the United States.

This episode is Part 2 of 3 in my capstone project as a ⁠Daniel Fellow⁠ at the Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

From Prosecutor to Pastor | Sam Acevedo [Church & State] Apr 29, 2025

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Sam Acevedo, the Pastor for Social Transformation at the Congregación León de Judá , narrates his journey from a Florida childhood to a New York prosecutorial career to Boston pastoral service.

This episode is Part 1 of 3 in my capstone project as a ⁠Daniel Fellow⁠ at the Harvard Law School Program on Biblical Law and Christian Legal Studies. This podcast is not affiliated with Harvard University or Harvard Law School.

Scale of Harm—Human Trafficking to Produce CSEM in the Philippines | Sally Frank, IJM [CJS] Nov 24, 2023

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WARNING: This episode contains sensitive material on the issue of sex crimes.

Sally Frank joins The Justice Podcast for a discussion on IJM's ⁠Scale of Harm study⁠ (October 2023) regarding the prevalence of human trafficking to produce Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) in the Philippines. Sally is a criminal analyst at the International Justice Mission (IJM), and has extensive experience in working to combat child exploitation around the world.

As part of this conversation, Sally discusses how IJM collaborates with both governments and corporations to address this problem. She also talks about how to succeed when working with organizations who might have different priorities than your own.

Other Related Resources:

NCMEC CyberTipline (report child sexual exploitation): https://report.cybertip.org/
Take It Down (NCMEC-run platform to help members of the public remove online nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photos and videos taken before they were 18): https://takeitdown.ncmec.org/
SafeToWatch (livestream detection technology): https://safetonet.com/safetowatch/
To contact IJM’s Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children: endosec@ijm.org

Decriminalizing Developmental Disabilities | Brian Kelmar [CJS] Nov 12, 2023

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WARNING: This episode contains sensitive material on the issue of sex crimes.

In this episode Brian Kelmar answers the question, how should the criminal justice system treat those with developmental disabilities, and more specifically, defendants with autism?

Brian Kelmar is the President and Co-Founder of Decriminalizing Developmental Disabilities, or DThree (formerly known as Legal Reform for the Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled). Brian’s journey of criminal justice reform began when his autistic son was convicted of having sex with a minor. Brian now advocates for policy change to allow sentencing judges to account for developmental disabilities and for others to be educated on this issue.

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