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Education news, analysis, and opinion about the policies around and use of educational technology
Personalized Learning Opinion Does Anyone Really Want Tech-Enabled 'Personalized Learning'?
The concept goes back decades, yet even the richest parents seek social learning for their kids.
Larry Ferlazzo
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Classroom Technology Q&A Students’ Tech Engagement Doesn’t Equal Learning, Psychologists Warn
A panel of psychologists shares recommendations for ensuring technology promotes meaningful learning.
Lauraine Langreo
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Artificial Intelligence Microsoft Agrees to New Student Privacy Protections for AI. How Ironclad Are They?
Microsoft is the latest tech firm to agree to a national teachers' union's rules for data contracts.
Sarah D. Sparks
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Artificial Intelligence Using AI-Generated Text in Reading Class? Watch for These Pitfalls
Not all AI tools are equally skilled at crafting texts for teaching, studies have shown.
Sarah Schwartz
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4 min read
Teacher Adam Gravenor hands out lesson sheets he created with the help of AI technology to accompany the class textbook at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Nov. 17, 2025.
Teacher Adam Gravenor hands out lesson sheets he created with the help of AI technology to accompany the class textbook at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Nov. 17, 2025. More teachers are using AI to generate decodable texts and other tailored reading, and not much research points to best practices.
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Artificial Intelligence AI Is Working Its Way Into Everything. Can School Districts Really Ban It?
It’s very difficult—maybe even impossible—to turn off generative AI for entire school districts.
Alyson Klein
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4 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Educators Feel Confident They Can Teach About AI. What Do Parents Think?
A new study shows the resources educators are using to learn how to teach about AI.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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3 min read
Dr. Jennifer Watters, center, elementary teacher with 18 years of experience, speak to other teachers during an exercise at the first training session of the National Academy for AI Instruction on March 18, 2026, at UFT headquarters in New York City, NY. The partnership between the American Federation of Teachers and major AI developers aims to train 400,000 teachers to use artificial intelligence in the classroom.
Jennifer Watters, center, an elementary school teacher, speaks to other teachers during an exercise at the first training session of the National Academy for AI Instruction on March 18, 2026, at UFT headquarters in New York City. A new survey shows how teachers and parents feel about AI education.
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Regulation & Policy Tracker What Do State, District Screen Time Policies Actually Look Like? Here's What We Know
EdWeek Market Brief is tracking which states have taken legislative action, highlighting notable school district policies, and sharing what we're watching as the discourse continues.
Emma Kate Fittes
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Education Market Industry Insight A Third of Schools say They've Had A Cyberattack. Here's What They're Looking For To Protect Their Data
More than half of schools have experienced a cyberattack, according to data from cybersecurity company Clever.
Alexandria Ng
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Education Market Exclusive Data The ESA Market Is Booming. For K-12 Vendors, Breaking Into It Is Another Matter
States are creating a potentially enormous new pool of K-12 purchasing power through education savings accounts. But can traditional education companies built around selling to school systems actually figure out how to capture it?
David Saleh Rauf
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11 min read
Strategy & Operations K-12 Dealmaking CSA Education Acquires BetterLesson; EdReports Receives $23M
Ed-tech platform Nucleos, serving incarcerated and reentry learners, has also been acquired.
Alexandria Ng
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    Artificial Intelligence Opinion ‘Just Say No’ Didn’t Keep Teens Off Drugs. It Won’t Work for AI, Either
    Do you hate AI? That’s all the more reason to teach AI literacy.
    David Nurenberg, September 3, 2026
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    A student uses Ed, a new district-developed Artificial Intelligence-assisted "learning acceleration web-based platform that will boost student success and revolutionize how K-12 education is tailored to meet individual needs," during the official launch event at Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles on March 20, 2024 .
    A student uses Ed, the Los Angeles Unified School District's custom AI platform that later failed, during a launch event at Edward R. Roybal Learning Center in Los Angeles on March 20, 2024. LAUSD has now adopted a moratorium on student AI use. New York City schools have banned AI-powered tools for elementary and middle school students, meaning the nation's two largest districts have adopted major restrictions on student AI use.
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    Artificial Intelligence LAUSD Adopts Moratorium on Student AI Use, Another Move to Limit Classroom Tech
    The nation's second-largest district is pausing student use of generative artificial intelligence.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2026
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    Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels today announced a moratorium on student-facing generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) use in schools, alongside a new screen time policy, a decision that will impact nearly 600,000 public school students, or two-thirds of the system's total enrollment at The Brooklyn Steam Center in New York City on Sept. 2, 2026.
    Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar H. Samuels announced a moratorium on student-facing generative artificial intelligence use in schools and a new screen-time policy during a press conference at The Brooklyn Steam Center in New York City on Sept. 2, 2026. The moratorium is part of a growing nationwide movement to ban or limit the use of AI and decrease screen time in schools.
    Katie Godowski/MediaPunch /IPX via AP
    Artificial Intelligence New York, Los Angeles Restrict Student AI Use. Will Other Districts Follow?
    The restrictions come amid rising concerns about overreliance on technology in schools.
    Alyson Klein, September 2, 2026
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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, shakes hands with the organizers of the event at the Hubert Humphrey Building in Washington on Sept. 1, 2026.
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, shakes hands with the organizers of an event focused on the harms of student screen time at the Hubert Humphrey Building in Washington on Sept. 1, 2026. The symposium is part of HHS’s Live Real Life campaign, a national effort aimed at helping families, schools, and communities reduce harmful screen use and create more opportunities for children to engage in real-world experiences.
    Sarah L. Voisin For Education Week
    Ed-Tech Policy RFK Jr. Calls for Children to Have 'Less Screen Time and More Real Life'
    Speakers at an event hosted by the Department of Health and Human Services discuss the harms of student screen time, and possible solutions.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, September 1, 2026
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    Social Studies teacher Simon Sharick supervises students at the Plymouth High School in Ohio on how to properly prompt the Gemini Ai App to get their desired information. Students were using the Gemini App for the first time on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026.
    Students in a social studies class on Aug. 28, 2026, at Plymouth High School in Plymouth, Ohio, learn how to properly prompt Google's Gemini chatbot to generate useful and accurate information. In August, Google made Gemini available to K-12 students of all ages. <br/>
    Ruddy Roye for Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence Schools Caught Flat-Footed After Google Makes Gemini Chatbot Available to All Students
    Schools wrestle with the question of whether to permit or prohibit access to the AI chatbot.
    Grace Jiang, September 1, 2026
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    SUN VALLEY, IDAHO - JULY 09: Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, attends the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference at the Sun Valley Lodge on July 9, 2026 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every year, some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful figures from the media, finance, technology, and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference hosted by boutique investment bank Allen & Co.
    Bill Gates attends a media, technology, and finance conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 9, 2026. The tech leader and philanthropist recently wrote an essay warning that AI could undermine employment and education.
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    Artificial Intelligence Bill Gates' Stark Warning on AI in Education: It Could Result in 'People Learning Less'
    The Microsoft co-founder is more worried about the technology than he was just a few years ago.
    Mark Walsh, August 31, 2026
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  • Student Caleb McDowell participates in an AI tutoring program at Nina Otero Community School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 23, 2025.
    Student Caleb McDowell participates in an AI tutoring program at Nina Otero Community School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Jan. 23, 2025. Emerging research suggests that the level of involvement by a human tutor is a key factor in the effectiveness of AI-assisted tutoring.
    Minesh Bacrania for Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence What the Research Says When Does AI Help Most With Tutoring? What Emerging Research Says
    A brief from Stanford's SCALE initiative examines the existing evidence on using AI in tutoring.
    Lauraine Langreo, August 28, 2026
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    Artificial Intelligence Data How Teens Are Using AI: Key Takeaways for Educators
    Two recent surveys provide insights on teens' views of artificial intelligence.
    Lauraine Langreo & Laura Baker, August 26, 2026
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    MEAD, CO - AUGUST 18: Parents watch and and take photos of their kids as they enter the school during their first day of class at the Big Sky PK-8 School in Mead on Aug. 18, 2026.
    Parents watch their kids as they enter the school on the first day of class at the Big Sky PK-8 School in Mead, Colo., on Aug. 18, 2026. As schools face growing backlash from parents over their use of educational technology, a school communications professional has some pointers on how schools can communicate with parents about how they're using technology.
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    Classroom Technology Q&A Facing 'Techlash,' How Should Schools Talk to Parents About Tech Use?
    A school communications expert explains how schools should approach their messaging around tech.
    Arianna Prothero, August 21, 2026
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    Educators and district leaders observe a presentation during the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on June 29, 2026.
    Educators watch a presentation during the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., on June 29, 2026. The nation's largest ed-tech conference dedicated many presentations and panel discussions to the challenges schools are facing due to the rising use of artificial intelligence.
    Marvin Joseph/EducationWeek
    Artificial Intelligence Schools Spend Billions on AI, But Struggle to Figure Out What’s Worth Buying
    Some school district officials feel overwhelmed by the array of choices of AI learning tools.
    Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.org, August 20, 2026
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    Assistant Secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Kirsten Baesler speaks during the National Forum on Education Policy in Washington, DC on Wednesday July 8, 2026.
    Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education Kirsten Baesler speaks during the National Forum on Education Policy in Washington on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Baesler urged educators to ensure ed tech is delivering results for students, rather than focus single-mindedly on the amount of time students are spending on screens in class.
    Demetrius Freeman for Education Week
    Classroom Technology It's About Quality Tech Use, Not Screen Time, Trump's Top K-12 Official Argues
    Trump administration's top K-12 official urges educators to focus on whether ed tech is effective.
    Alyson Klein, August 20, 2026
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    Collage with a photo of a young boy using a laptop with the assistance of a teacher, a motherboard, a keyboard with a child's hands typing on it and torn pieces of paper with handwriting and numbers on them.
    Illustration by Emily Wright for Education Week + Getty
    Artificial Intelligence Opinion How Teachers Are Experimenting With AI
    From supporting students to saving time on tasks, educators share their thoughts on the tool.
    Larry Ferlazzo, August 18, 2026
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