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AI in School Security: A New Tool with Big Questions
As school districts think about ways to enhance security, experts say leaders should think about costs and effectiveness.
How Schools Can Prevent a Cyberattack
When a cyberattack happens, schools can lose instructional time, as well as thousands of dollars responding to it.
Catalyzing the Future of Learning: How Public Seed Funding Drives EdTech Innovation and Scale
By Edward Metz, Eric Tucker, and Tom Vander Ark A new report, From Seed Funding to Scale, reveals a small, publicly funded R&D program punching far above its weight. Small federal grants helped give about 130 million students and teachers access ...[Read More]
As Data Centers Expand, Should That Concern Schools?
Over the last three years, generative artificial intelligence made its way into many classrooms. Now, a White House initiative could plant the pervasive technology right outside of schools as well. Late last month, the Trump administration rolled out...[Read More]
How AI Can Support Math Instruction
Artificial intelligence tools can be integrated into math class and teacher-preparation programs, educators and researchers say.
What I Learned About Special Education After Years of Getting It Wrong
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Dontrell* came to me early in my microschool journey. Bright. Hilarious. Expressive. Absolutely adorable, but also exhausting. He gave me the blues. When he ...[Read More]
Research: Student and Teacher AI Use Jumps Nearly 30% in One Year
In a survey from learning platform Quizlet, 85% of high school and college students and teachers said they use AI technology, compared to 66% in 2024 — a 29% increase year over year.
Report Identifies Surge in Credential͏͏ Theft͏͏ and͏͏ Data Breaches͏͏
A recent report from cybersecurity company Flashpoint Cyber͏͏ detected an escalation of threat activity across͏͏ multiple͏͏ fronts͏͏ during͏͏ the͏͏ first͏͏ half͏͏ of͏͏ 2025.
Most School PR Professionals Are Using AI at Work. What Does That Look Like?
Much of the focus has been on how AI can improve instruction, but the technology is also transforming other parts of district operations.
Meet me at the Library | A Conversation with Shamichael Hallman
I talk a lot about libraries. I love how they are truly multi-generational, cross-cultural, cross-income spaces. I love the way that they likely were created at such the right place at the right time, that they probably would never happen again… a sp...[Read More]
Survey: Top Education and Budget Challenges for Schools
A recent survey of more than 2,500 educators, school leaders, and district administrators across the country identified the top challenges schools are facing this year. The 2025 National Educator Survey, conducted by PowerSchool, found that teacher s...[Read More]
Virtual School Hit the Mainstream 5 Years Ago. How Popular Has It Gotten?
It became a routine as familiar as going to lunch or picking up a child after school. Each day started with students logging online and listening as a teacher taught through a screen instead of at the front of a classroom. While this shift to virtual...[Read More]