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AI Companions vs. AI Tutors: What Educators Need to Know
While teachers take a well-deserved summer break, two categories of AI tools, tutors and companions, are quietly shaping the educational landscape they’ll return to. Teachers are becoming comfortable with the idea that they will share classroom dutie...[Read More]
A Conversion Chart For Reading Level Measurement Tools
Reading level measurements aren’t perfect and neither are the conversions but as a general guide, it’s a handy tool to keep around. Source
12 General Critical Thinking Questions About Voting And Government
Critical Thinking Questions About Voting & Government by Terry Heick Note: This has been updates from a 2018 version Just […] Source
A Researcher Studied a High School’s Cellphone Ban. Here’s What She Found
A professor spent the past year surveying teachers on the use of a phone-free policy in their high school.
Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online
Schools increasingly find themselves on the front lines of managing the ripple effects of students’ online lives — from digital distractions that interfere with learning to online bullying and harmful content — leaving educators to address these chal...[Read More]
Student AI Use on the Rise, Survey Finds
Ninety-three percent of students across the United States have used AI at least once or twice for school-related purposes, according to the latest AI in Education report from Microsoft.
Why I Left the Classroom to Build a School Black Children Deserve
I’m entering my fifth year as the founder of a microschool, a small learning environment that currently serves approximately 20 students. After five years, this milestone is more than just a number — it is a symbol of survival, resistance and a promi...[Read More]
Forget Prestige. A New Ranking Shows Great Colleges May Be Close to Home.
Figuring out the best colleges is big business. College rankings stay in the headlines for weeks after each release, and schools proudly tout their positions among their peers in marketing material. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. I...[Read More]
Linux Foundation Adopts Protocol for AI Agent Interoperability
The Linux Foundation has announced it will host the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol project, an open standard originally developed by Google to support secure communication and interoperability among AI agents.
IBM Launches Agentic AI Governance and Security Platform
IBM has introduced a new software stack for enterprise IT teams tasked with managing the complex governance and security challenges posed by autonomous AI systems.
Quizizz Rebrands as Wayground, Announces New AI Features
Learning platform Quizizz has become Wayground, in a rebranding meant to reflect “the platform’s evolution from a quiz tool into a more versatile supplemental learning platform that’s supported by AI,” according to a news anno...[Read More]
Integrating Traditional Assessments into Non-Traditional Learning Environments
By: Kendra Eboigbodin, M.Ed. The Role of Assessments in Driving Learning During our academic success consultations and tours, most parents with children in grades 3-5 ask, “Does my child have to take the test?” The test they refer to is the STAAR Tes...[Read More]