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Nonprofit LawZero to Work Toward Safer, Truthful AI
Turing Award-winning AI researcher Yoshua Bengio has launched LawZero, a nonprofit aimed at developing AI systems that prioritize safety and truthfulness over autonomy.
Schools Can’t Find Teachers. Do States Need More Credential Rules or Fewer?
For Aspire Public Schools in Los Angeles, the turnaround took a couple of years. Coming back from the pandemic, the 11 charter schools serving about 4,400 students saw a steep drop in credentialed teachers sticking with their roles. So relying on a p...[Read More]
I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’
No generation is a monolith. That should go without saying. But over the past year, there’s been a growing narrative in business and media circles that Gen Z, a cohort born between 1997 and 2012, is starting to split in two. One half is described as ...[Read More]
AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers
When artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT were first introduced for public use in 2022, Gillian Hayes, vice provost for academic personnel at the University of California, Irvine, remembers how people were setting up rules around AI without a g...[Read More]
How Do You Build a Learner-Centered Ecosystem?
By: Bobbi Macdonald and Alin Bennett All photos in this post were taken by Joanna Zhang. What new shapes might education need to assume if we wish to properly equip young people for their future — as opposed to our past? In what new ways will adults...[Read More]
Dual Enrollment Unpacked [Podcast]
With declining college enrollment, institutions are rethinking the traditional four-year model. Dual enrollment has emerged as a significant growth area, with high schools increasingly prioritizing these programs and colleges finding that dual enroll...[Read More]
Network to Code Intros AI Assistant for Enterprise Network Teams
Network automation firm Network to Code has introduced NautobotGPT, an AI-powered assistant aimed at helping enterprise network engineers create, test, and troubleshoot automation tasks more efficiently.
To Ban or Not to Ban? Two Experts Sound Off on School Cellphone Restrictions
States and school districts are rushing to restrict student smartphone use. But is it the right move?
Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency
Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. Self-expression fuels learning, and creativity lies at the heart of the human experience. As AI rapidly reshapes software development, computer science (...[Read More]
Two Areas for K-12 Schools to Assess for When to Work with a Managed Services Provider
The complexity of today’s IT network infrastructure and increased cybersecurity risk are quickly moving beyond many school districts’ ability to manage on their own. But a new technology model, a partnership with a managed services provider, offers a...[Read More]
Toward a Holistic Approach to Data-Informed Decision-Making in Education
With increasing access to data and powerful analytic tools, the temptation to reduce educational outcomes to mere numbers is strong. However, educational leadership demands a more holistic and thoughtful approach.
Common Sense Media Releases Free AI Toolkit, AI Readiness & Implementation Guides
Common Sense Media has developed an AI Toolkit for School Districts, available to educators free of charge, that provides guidelines and resources for implementing AI in education.