‘AI Helped Us Understand Itself’: What Happened When AI Wrote a Course About AI
Careful AI prompting helped a computer science leader design a course about the technology.
How Chatbots Can Help Train Teachers
Tech that simulates conversations can support teachers with classroom management and lesson planning.
‘Look How Fast This Is Exploding’: Inside One District’s Approach to AI Training
A Virginia school system is trying to help teachers understand the power and limitations of AI tools.
‘It’s Not Magic’: How These Schools Are Teaching AI Literacy
Students are building knowledge about the technology that could help them in future jobs.
How School Districts Are Crafting AI Policy on the Fly
It’s a struggle to create guidelines that keep up with rapid advances in the technology.
15 Of The Best Science Apps For Kids
15 Best Science Apps for Kids (2025 Update) These apps encourage curiosity, exploration, and conceptual understanding in science across grades K–12. All links verified October 2025. Everything Machine (Tinybop) Ages: 7+ Price: Paid Description: Visual, drag-and-drop “machines” built from device sensors (camera, mic, light, gyroscope, etc.). Great for cause-and-effect, logic, and prototyping. Sta...[Read More]
40 Ways To Use Google Drive In The Classroom
Google Finance: Enter information from Google Finance into spreadsheets with this formula Syntax: =GoogleFinance(“symbol”; “attribute”). Source
AI Won’t Replace Teachers—But Teachers Who Use AI Will Change Teaching (Opinion)
Educators can’t wait until they feel comfortable with AI to start engaging with it.
Common Sense Media Launches Free Advanced AI Course for Teachers
Common Sense Media is offering a free Advanced ChatGPT Course for K-12 educators, designed to deepen AI literacy and classroom practice.
Teachers Are on the Front Lines of Public Health. Let’s Pay Them Like They Matter.
In high school, back in the mid-1990s, I stood before a full auditorium. When asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I responded: “Rich.” To my teen brain, in a rural area of Missouri, rich meant $100,000 a year — quadruple what my household brought in. It was dreaming big. Decades later, in a world with more billionaires than ever — about 3,000, according to Forbes — the average starting salar...[Read More]
How Schools Can Use AI in Smart, Responsible Ways
Use of AI in school brings great opportunity and risk. Here’s how educators can find a balance.
A Textured View: How Stories Are The Currency of Badging
AI is overriding education. This technology boasts massive opportunity, allowing for powerful learning experiences (experiential and project-based) to be ungraded while still showcasing rigor, growth and capability, along with an infinite capacity for processing large swaths of data. At the same time, it also brings a suite of challenges—small stuff, like changing the value proposition of and appr...[Read More]