What does it mean to be a parent in the age of AI?

On this episode of Voices for Excellence, Dr. Michael Conner is joined by Kunal Dalal, a visionary educator, founder of AI Parentology, and one of today’s most important thinkers shaping the intersection of artificial intelligence and learning. With roots in both classroom teaching and education innovation, Kunal is not just exploring how AI can transform education—he’s modeling it in deeply human and personal ways.

From building micro-schools inspired by his own child’s learning to facilitating rich, AI-infused family experiences that teach solidarity, creativity, and agency, Kunal is rewriting the narrative of what education—at home and in schools—can be. Dr. Conner and Kunal unpack how AI can serve not as a replacement for human connection, but as a mirror and catalyst for more meaningful, culturally responsive, and student-centered learning.

This expansive, joyful conversation looks beyond compliance-driven systems to explore how schools can reimagine themselves as laboratories of self-efficacy, equity, and innovation—while also holding space for the very real fears and complexities this moment brings.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Bold leadership isn’t top-down—it’s about followership and listening to the true architects of the future: students.
• Why embracing AI means leaning into uncertainty, creativity, and co-agency—not replicating factory models of the past.
• How micro-schools can ignite community-based innovation that’s student-designed, culturally grounded, and deeply personal.
• How algorithmic reflections force us to confront the systemic gaps, silences, and prejudices embedded in our society—and how we must respond.
• The power of AI to co-create with children—using dreams, art, questions, and storytelling to spark curiosity, identity, and connection.
• What developers and education leaders must consider now to ensure AI tools are trained on diverse, humanizing data that truly reflects Generation Alpha & Beta.

Kunal’s concept of the “AI Parentologist” isn’t just a title—it’s an evolving framework for how families, educators, and developers can intentionally design a more just, joyful future. And it’s a future Dr. Conner continues to lead toward through bold inquiry, system-level transformation, and equity-centered design.

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