OpenAI Launches GPT-4.1, Offering Upgrades in Coding, Context Processing, Efficiency
OpenAI has introduced GPT-4.1, offering stronger performance across software development, instruction following, and long-context comprehension.
In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training?
When the Eaton and Palisades fires raged through Los Angeles, home of the second-largest school district in the country, they took lives and turned thousands of homes to ash, causing billions of dollars in damage. Much of the devastation was immediate and visible. But some scars will emerge slowly and last for years to come. A subtly pernicious one? Fear. The fires further frustrated student learn...[Read More]
What Trump’s Draft Executive Order on AI Could Mean for Schools
The draft order calls for federal agencies to help schools train teachers and instruct students how to use AI.
In Wisconsin, How Has A Rural Respite for Learning Become a Statewide Haven for Healing?
The landscape of Southeast Wisconsin feels like it belongs to another era. Wavy prairies and sentinel rows of Maple and Oak trees fill its ample spaces, providing a sense of solitude amid modernity’s encroachment. The entire region is situated on geologic formations that are more than 20,000 years old, covering the ground with pockmarked depressions, or “kettles,” that were formed by the melting ...[Read More]
Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans
Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agency’s decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on race and gender. Now, a dozen students from six families are suing the department for sidelining books, curriculum and cultural awareness events that conflict with the president’s goal...[Read More]
6 Ways to Ensure Productivity with Technology Time in the Classroom
Tech tools alone don’t guarantee learning—effective systems do. Master 6 proven strategies to boost engagement, accountability, ROI & productivity with technology time in the classroom. The post 6 Ways to Ensure Productivity with Technology Time in the Classroom first appeared on EdTechReview.
Survey: Students Say AI Use Can Reduce Math Anxiety
In a recent survey, 56% of high school students said that the use of artificial intelligence can go a long way toward reducing math anxiety.
Microsoft Announces Host of Security Advancements
Microsoft has announced major cybersecurity advancements across its product portfolio and practices. The work is part of its Secure Future Initiative (SFI), a multiyear cybersecurity transformation the company calls the largest engineering project in company history.
HMH Launches Personalized Path Solution
Adaptive learning company HMH has introduced HMH Personalized Path, a K-8 ELA and math product that combines intervention curriculum, adaptive practice, and assessment for students of all achievement levels.
Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.
Along the Canadian border in north central Washington’s Okanogan County, where the closest major city is at least 100 miles away and infrastructure is sparse, the Okanogan County Child Development Association oversees nine Head Start centers in the region. In an area where wages haven’t kept up with inflation, forcing working families to make measured financial choices, these centers provide child...[Read More]
Copying and Pasting Your Way to Critical Thinking
Consider for a moment the humble copy and paste function of your computing device. How many times per day do you think you use that function to move content from one location to another? Have you ever copied a recipe from a website and pasted it into Notes or a Google Doc? Have you ever copied content from a research report and pasted it into a Word doc so that you can read it while you rewrite i...[Read More]
Microsoft Unveils ‘Computer Use’ Automation in Copilot Studio
Microsoft has announced a new AI-powered feature called “computer use” for its Copilot Studio platform that allows agents to directly interact with Web sites and desktop applications using simulated mouse clicks, menu selections and text inputs.