AI in the Classroom: What a Skeptic and an Optimist Can Both Agree On (Opinion)
Pedro and Enrique Noguera recommend four steps for embracing chatbots—with guardrails.
How Much Time Do Teens Spend on Their Phones During School?
Teenagers’ most-used apps are social media, video, and gaming.
Peering Into the Future: Look for These K-12 Education Trends in 2026
Aggressive. That’s the word that comes to mind when assessing the pace of change promising — or threatening, depending on your point of view — to sweep through education at the top of 2026. To help readers focus on top trends worthy of their attention, EdSurge journalists distilled expertise from education sources of all sorts into half a dozen predictions for this new calendar year. ⚡ Jump ahead ...[Read More]
Taking Stock: Reflections on Upgrading the Quality and Explainability of Educational Measurement in the AI Era
AI allows educational measurement design and development to move at unprecedented speeds, which raises the question of seatbelts. During a recent panel on Upgrading the Quality and Explainability of Educational Measurement in the AI Era, the panel argued that as assessments shift to continuous, multimodal data streams, we must upgrade our definitions of scientific soundness and understanding of cr...[Read More]
Rethinking SAMR in the Age of AI: Why the Model Needs a Second Axis
When the SAMR model was introduced by Ruben Puentedura in the early 2000s, it quickly became one of the most widely used frameworks for talking about technology integration in schools. Its four categories -Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition – gave educators simple language to describe how technology changes learning tasks. At its best, SAMR made something abstract feel concrete...[Read More]
Fed Regulation of AI Is Virtually Nonexistent. Is This a Problem for Schools?
The Trump administration wants to unleash AI to let it innovate in education and other sectors.
Education’s AI Safety Blind Spot: Only 6% of Student-Facing Systems Are Tested
Many education institutions have a troubling gap in AI security: AI systems affecting students, including minors, deployed without adversarial testing to identify vulnerabilities before attackers or unintended behaviors cause harm.
CrowdStrike to Acquire Identity Security Company SGNL
AI-based cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has signed a definitive agreement to acquire identity security firm SGNL in a deal valued at approximately $740 million.
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom
During meaningful conversations, students are forced to be accountable for positions, to listen, and to analyze opposing perspectives & ideas.
Ahrefs vs Semrush: Which AI Visibility Tool Fits You?
Explore how Ahrefs Brand Radar and Semrush AI Toolkit compare in tracking search, sentiment, and brand visibility.
I’ve Seen Great Teaching Up Close — and Tech Isn’t What Makes It Happen
After 13 years as an educator, I can share countless stories about highly skilled, hardworking teachers and administrators. I thought about this recently while in a teacher’s classroom at my school, watching a group of students sound out words for the first time as she guided them with steady encouragement. The space was impeccably curated to engage students in their practice, and the teache...[Read More]
Civics Takes Center Stage in 2026
Julie Silverbrook, a lawyer and now vice president of civic education at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, can trace what she calls her “civic spark” to two key moments in her childhood. The first was when her parents took her to an historical reenactment of George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776. Then, as a fourth grader, she was stuck at hom...[Read More]