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Dacia Toll | Coursemojo
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- Sep 12, 2025
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Transforming Education: AI in the Classroom with Dacia Toll In this episode of The Education Equation, host Jeremy Singer talks with Dacia Toll, the co-founder and co-CEO of Coursemojo, an AI-powered teaching assistant platform. Dacia is also the co-founder of Achievement First, a prominent charter school network with around 40 schools across the Northeast. The discussion focuses on how Coursemojo addresses two critical challenges in education: reading achievement and teacher retention. Toll explains that the reading data for eighth graders is at a 30-year low, which she describes as a "national emergency." She also emphasizes the urgent need to make teaching a profession that more people want to join and remain in. Coursemojo tackles these issues by making the core English Language Arts (ELA) instruction that teachers are already doing more effective, engaging, and easier. Unlike many other EdTech products, Coursemojo is not a supplemental tool; it integrates directly with schools' existing instructional materials. Coursemojo’s research referenced in the conversation is available here: https://coursemojo.com/research/ Dacia’s favorite education book is Know Better, Do Better by Meredith and David Liben Key Takeaways: > A New Approach to EdTech: Coursemojo is an AI-powered teaching assistant platform that integrates with a school's existing curriculum rather than being a supplemental product. This approach helps teachers do what they already do more efficiently. > The Power of AI: The AI frees educators from the limitations of multiple-choice questions, allowing for open-ended questions and the instant analysis of vast amounts of unstructured data. The AI is used to categorize student responses and develop criteria for each question. > Real-Time Data for Teachers: The…