What if your fear of AI is louder than your love for your students?

In this episode of AmpED to 11, we go deep with two bold trailblazers reshaping what it means to lead in education right now: Tia Morris, Executive Director of Teach for America New York, and Eldridge Gilbert III, SVP at SEO Scholars + Co-Founder of Legit Leader. Grounded in decades of experience and driven by fierce urgency, both are asking the right questions—and refusing to accept systems that leave kids behind.

Tia’s a self-proclaimed “Gen X-er afraid of AI” who realized fear wasn’t an option when equity was on the line. Elle’s a former principal firing on all cylinders to make leadership more sustainable and radically human. Together, they challenge the status quo: Is AI cheating—or is it exactly the kind of tool we need to differentiate learning, expand access, and lighten the cognitive load on exhausted educators?

This episode doesn't just graze the buzzwords. We press into deep tensions—like student agency in the age of chatbots, ethical guardrails for AI, and why leadership needs to walk the talk before teachers ever will. You’ll walk away feeling informed, fired up, and ready to ask better questions.

What you’ll learn:

• Bold truth: Is fear of AI standing in the way of justice in education?
• Revolutionizing rigor: How AI can sharpen—not replace—critical thinking
• Beyond writing emails: The untapped potential of agentic AI in schools
• The ethical minefield: Privacy, bias & protecting the hearts of our kids
• Leadership first: Why the AI shift succeeds or fails at the top of the org chart
• Pedagogy meets innovation: How teachers can model AI literacy through metacognition

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