How Can AI Fuel Deeper Learning? A Conversation with Kali Frederick and Aatash Parikh
It is the top of the second inning in the age of AI, and I think in the last few weeks we passed a new threshold of access to expertise. The information age, where my 40-year career was about access to data and information, has shifted. With the introduction of ChatGPT, we’ve moved into access to intelligence. The introduction of agents, operators, and reasoning engines in the last six weeks feels...[Read More]
How Open Standards Are Breaking Down Data Barriers
Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet harnessing it to drive meaningful change remains a challenge. A 2022 UCLA-MIT Press study found that higher education struggles to capture and leverage data for impact. This digital disconnect isn’t just a result of outdated systems; it’s about the compl...[Read More]
Transforming Public Education: A Blueprint for Learner-Centered Change
By Alan Cheng, High School Superintendent, NYC Public Schools Having spent two decades in New York City Public Schools, including six years leading 50 high schools in the Consortium, Internationals, NYC Outward Bound Schools portfolio, I’ve witnessed the transformative power of a personalized, student-focused pedagogy. Our schools, which cater to a diverse student body of approximately 22,000, h...[Read More]
Programming for GenAI: Role of Tech Education in Supplementing India’s Booming IT Industry
Discover how India’s tech education fuels AI growth, bridging skills gaps & empowering IT. Upskilling, startups, and policies drive innovation, positioning India as a global AI leader. The post Programming for GenAI: Role of Tech Education in Supplementing India’s Booming IT Industry first appeared on EdTechReview.
Some Childcare Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can’t They Get Relief Money?
Do you remember the last time you were on endless hold with customer service? Or in line at the DMV with no end in sight? Take those experiences and multiply them together and it might begin to explain what life’s been like for Felisa Wright since January. She lost her Altadena home, where she also ran a childcare business, in the Eaton Fire. That was just the beginning. A few dozen other lo...[Read More]
Instagram Wants Teachers to Report Cyberbullying. But How Much Will That Help?
The social media platform created a program designed to help educators report instances of potential cyberbullying.
Making the Case to Students That Math Is Important, Even When AI Does It All
An AI researcher and former teacher shares insights on how new technologies will affect math instruction and learning.
Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’
The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. That’s what a recent survey of 10,000 early childhood educators found, and it’s what providers continue to share anecdotally. With the pandemic in the rearview — and the accompanying funding it brought the field now a fading memory — many early education providers find that they cannot keep up with rising costs, staff shorta...[Read More]
Are Human Beings Necessary in the Life Cycle of Knowledge?
A few nights ago I spent 90 minutes online with the staff of an elite public school in Shenzhen, China. I gave an hour-long talk about generative AI and its uses in education then engaged my audience in a 30-minute Q&A. Near the end of our chat, one of the teachers made a passing comment that has made me, for the first time, think about a potential crisis in our implementation of AI in school...[Read More]
Google Introduces Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet
Google has launched Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift that marks a major leap in AI capability, according to the company.
In the City by the Sea, a Civic Upswing is Underway
If you arrive in Newport, Rhode Island via the long bridges from the mainland that stretch across Narragansett Bay, you are immediately faced with a choice: Head south, and you’ll find the legendary mansions of the Gilded Age—massive marble palaces that were once the summer playgrounds of a bygone era’s titans of industry. You’ll see the clapboard homes of an earlier age of opulence, when Newport ...[Read More]
Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.
One of the perks of Angie Adams’ job at Samsung is that every year, she gets to witness how some of the country’s most talented emerging scientists are tackling difficult problems in creative ways. They’re working on AI tools that can recognize the signs of oncoming panic attacks for kids on the autism spectrum in one case, and figuring out how drones can be used effectively to fight wildfires in ...[Read More]