Key points: AI has a role to play in math learning if integrated thoughtfully and correctly When AI means something different in every classroom Three ways school districts can build a sustainable AI framework For more…

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Getting Smart·edtech

The Ozempic Problem: The Generative AI Norms Forming in Silence, and How Youth and Adults Can Shape Them

By: Shereen El Mallah, Jenny Poon, and youth authors Alex Matthew, and Adora Olise This year, Ms. Chen started using AI to provide feedback on student writing. It saved her two hours a week and ensured that the last…

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Ed Next·higher-ed

Can Banning Cellphones Save Student Learning?

A 9th grader at Delta High School in rural Utah places his cellphone into the pocket of a phone holder before entering class in early 2024. Utah is one of almost two dozen states that have legislated bell-to-bell bans…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with light

Using a new technique that can create vacancies at any site across a material and then shrink it to about 1/2,000 of its original volume, MIT researchers have designed nanotechnology devices that could be used for…

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MIT News·research

Improving the reliability of circuits for quantum computers

Quantum computers could someday solve pressing problems that are too convoluted for classical computers, such as modeling complex molecular interactions to streamline drug discovery and materials development. But to…

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K-12 Dive Technology·edtech

Most districts now have 1:1 device programs. Pushback, finances could change that.

Dive Brief: At a time when schools face growing questions about instructional screen time in classrooms, a national survey of district ed tech leaders released last week by the Consortium for School Networking found…

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Reason·policy

Brickbat: What Is Crime?

An internal investigation of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department found that at least 15 high-ranking officials may have helped manipulate statistics to make crime in the city appear lower than it really…

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Center on Reinventing Public Education·policy

Getting Beyond the Lightbulb Stage: Why AI Is Not Yet Transforming Education

New AI tools are entering the ed tech market every day. But how are they actually playing out in schools and classrooms? Drawing on semi-structured interviews with more than 50 stakeholders across ed tech, philanthropy,…

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Inside Higher Ed·higher-ed

Half of Campus Tech Leaders Question AI’s ROI

Half of Campus Tech Leaders Question AI’s ROI kathryn.palmer… Tue, 05/12/2026 - 03:00 AM Our annual survey of CTOs found growing institutional reliance on artificial intelligence, coupled with concerns about value,…

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The Hechinger Report·policy

As school districts cut budgets, DEI work may be first to go

BROOKLINE, Mass. — Claire Galloway-Jones stepped up to lead the Brookline school district’s Office of Educational Equity in July 2023 at a time when families, staff and students were losing trust. The wealthy, coveted…

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MIT News·higher-ed

For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings

Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric vehicles generate less greenhouse gas emissions and do not cost more than…

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MIT News·higher-ed

Solving hard problems in soft electronics

A crepe cake. That’s how Camille Cunin describes the polymer-metal “sandwiches” that became a highlight of her doctoral thesis at MIT’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE). Over close to five years,…

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The College Fix·higher-ed

UC Davis festival apologizes for drum circle: ‘cultural appropriation’

‘Cultural appropriation felt by Indigenous communities because of this’ Organizers of an annual Earth festival at the University of California Davis have apologized a drum circle that materialized during the event,…

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Disability Scoop·policy

Ed Department Investigating School District Over Plan To Centralize Special Education

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into one of the nation's largest school districts over efforts to relocate many students with disabilities. The post Ed Department…

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Chalkbeat·policy

In late push, Colorado lawmakers seek limits on homeschool enrichment and group fueling its growth

Sign up for Chalkbeat Colorado’s free daily newsletter to get the latest reporting from us, plus curated news from other Colorado outlets, delivered to your inbox. Colorado lawmakers want to dramatically curtail the…

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Chalkbeat·policy

Indianapolis Public Schools announces $17 million in central office cuts for 2026-27

Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. Indianapolis Public Schools announced $17 million in…

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Chalkbeat·higher-ed

Regis University officials sound the alarm on Colorado budget that ‘punishes’ private college students

Sign up for our free monthly newsletter Beyond High School to get the latest news about college and career paths for Colorado’s high school grads. Colorado lawmakers are pausing $14.1 million in state funding that flows…

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Reason·policy

Gavin Newsom's Free Diaper Disaster

This week, editors Peter Suderman and Katherine Mangu-Ward are joined by Senior Editor Robby Soave and reporter Reem Ibrahim to discuss California Gov. Gavin Newsom's "free diapers" initiative and the political…

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Reason·higher-ed

A Modest Uptick in Supreme Court Popularity

The U.S. Supreme Court (Photo 81937138 © Steven Frame | Dreamstime.com) A recent YouGov poll , conducted in early May, finds that 38% of Americans approve of the job the Supreme Court is doing, while 45% disapprove.…

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Reason·wellbeing

The Real Lord of the Flies Story Netflix Isn't Telling

Netflix's splashy take on Lord of the Flies has renewed interest in the tale, which follows a group of British boys descending into savagery after getting stranded on a remote island. So let me repeat what the great…

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Education news for this role

In a new survey, AI scores high as a math learning tool

The Ozempic Problem: The Generative AI Norms Forming in Silence, and How Youth and Adults Can Shape Them

Can Banning Cellphones Save Student Learning?

Powerful shrinking technique could enable devices that compute with light

Improving the reliability of circuits for quantum computers

Most districts now have 1:1 device programs. Pushback, finances could change that.

Brickbat: What Is Crime?

Getting Beyond the Lightbulb Stage: Why AI Is Not Yet Transforming Education

Half of Campus Tech Leaders Question AI’s ROI

As school districts cut budgets, DEI work may be first to go

For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings

Solving hard problems in soft electronics

UC Davis festival apologizes for drum circle: ‘cultural appropriation’

Ed Department Investigating School District Over Plan To Centralize Special Education

In late push, Colorado lawmakers seek limits on homeschool enrichment and group fueling its growth

Indianapolis Public Schools announces $17 million in central office cuts for 2026-27

Regis University officials sound the alarm on Colorado budget that ‘punishes’ private college students

Gavin Newsom's Free Diaper Disaster

A Modest Uptick in Supreme Court Popularity

The Real Lord of the Flies Story Netflix Isn't Telling

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