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Education news, analysis, and opinion about the policies around and use of educational technology
Artificial Intelligence What the Research Says AI Chatbots Tend Toward Flattery. Why That's Bad for Students
Flattering technology can make people less willing to admit they are wrong.
Sarah D. Sparks
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6 min read
Artificial Intelligence FAQ: Artificial Intelligence in Schools
Education Week answers some key questions about the use of artificial intelligence in schools.
Maya Riser-Kositsky
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1 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Opinion Can AI Support Student Learning? Depends Who You Ask
Ed tech is supposed to give teachers more time to mentor. It’s not clear if it does.
Rick Hess
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7 min read
The United States Capitol building as a bookcase filled with red, white, and blue policy books in a Washington DC landscape.
Luca D'Urbino for Education Week
IT Infrastructure & Management Download 4 Tips for Schools to Survive Tech Meltdowns
It's important for schools to be able to pivot when the technologies they use daily are out of commission.
Lauraine Langreo & Vanessa Solis
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1 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Letter to the Editor Artificial Intelligence: Reality Versus Hype
"AI is a deeper manifestation of the pernicious trend to let technology co-opt human agency."
1 min read
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Gwen Keraval for Education Week
Artificial Intelligence Video Reading Is Hard to Teach. Can AI Help?
Artificial intelligence might be able to drive cars, treat diseases, and train your front door to recognize your face. But can it help kids learn how to read?
Alyson Klein & Yi-Jo Shen
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1 min read
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EdWeek Market Brief

Strategy & Operations Market Analysis When to Bring in a Consultant — and How to Make it Pay Off
Industry advisors and business officials discuss the factors that contribute to a successful engagement.
Alexandria Ng
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8 min read
Meeting District Needs K-12 Insider What Made a Middle School's First-Ever ELA Curriculum Launch a Success
The process that Principal Anne Heck led in Lake Geneva Middle School offers one vision for how professional development and procurement can pair to improve student learning.
Emma Kate Fittes
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10 min read
Education Market Exclusive Data Vendors Are Pairing Assessment And Curriculum. Is That What K-12 Officials Want?
New EdWeek Market Brief data explores the ideal number of companies that district and school leaders say they want to work with, and whether they're open to a single provider for both curriculum and assessment products.
Emma Kate Fittes
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8 min read
Regulation & Policy K-12 Market News EdMarket Recap: Feds Move to Rewrite Grant Rules; States Pitch Funding Changes
EdWeek Market Brief staff writers dissect significant news of the week and identify the most important takeaways for companies serving K-12 districts.
Scott Elliott
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3 min read
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More Technology

  • Students present their AI powered-projects designed to help boost agricultural gains in Calla Bartschi’s Introduction to AI class at Riverside High School in Greer, S.C., on Nov. 11, 2025.
    Students present their AI-powered projects designed to help boost agricultural gains during an introduction to AI class at a high school in Greer, S.C., on Nov. 11, 2025. A new RAND Corp. survey of middle, high school, and college students shows nearly 7 in 10 middle and high school students say they are concerned that using AI for schoolwork is eroding their critical thinking skills.
    Thomas Hammond for Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence Students Are Worried That AI Will Hurt Their Critical Thinking Skills
    Despite those concerns, students are using the tech more and more for schoolwork.
    Arianna Prothero, March 23, 2026
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    4 min read
    TeachersAI SG01
    Teachers attend a training session on using artificial intelligence at American Federation of Teachers headquarters in New York City on March 18, 2026. The union has partnered with AI developers to train 400,000 teachers on AI use in the classroom. One question teachers face is how best to use the technology as part of testing students' subject mastery.
    Salwan Georges for Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence How AI Could Help or Hurt Student Testing
    There's a balance to strike that uses AI to improve assessments and keep humans in charge, experts say.
    Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, March 23, 2026
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    4 min read
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    Artificial Intelligence Q&A How a School Uses AI to Address Student Behavior Problems
    AI has helped streamline the development of behavior intervention plans, a school leader said.
    Lauraine Langreo, March 23, 2026
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    4 min read
    A person types on a laptop, in Miami. Reuters reports that the hacker, using the name Internet Yiff Machine, said in a statement that they hacked and shared the data to expose that the confidential tips people submit through Navigate360’s P3 Global Intel platform are neither secure nor anonymous. The breach may have exposed the personal information of students attending more than 30,000 schools in the United States.
    Cybersecurity experts recommend that schools should take steps now to protect student data as they wait for confirmation of a potential hack of Navigate360’s P3 Global Intel platform, which features a safety tip line.
    Wilfredo Lee/AP
    Privacy & Security A Potential Breach of an Anonymous Tip App Could Have Exposed Sensitive Student Data
    The breach may have exposed personal information of students attending more than 30,000 schools.
    Lauraine Langreo & Arianna Prothero, March 20, 2026
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    5 min read
    TeachersAI SG21
    Teachers participate in a team exercise at the first training session of the National Academy for AI Instruction on March 18, 2026, at UFT headquarters in New York City. 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.
    Salwan Georges for Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence Teachers Move Beyond AI Basics to More Sophisticated Instructional Uses
    A national AI training academy introduces teachers to complex collaboration with the technology.
    Sarah D. Sparks, March 20, 2026
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    5 min read
    AI chip hype concept, GPU. Red microchips with AI printed on falling off a production line.
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    Artificial Intelligence Opinion Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AI
    The idea that AI can let teachers carve out more time for students is appealing, intuitive—and wrong.
    Daniel Buck, March 18, 2026
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    4 min read
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