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Education news, analysis, and opinion about the policies around and use of educational technology
Artificial Intelligence Opinion In the Race to Build Smarter AI, We Forgot to Build Smarter Humans
AI is accelerating. What schools must do to support student attention and judgment now.
Laura BaKosh
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3 min read
Classroom Technology Here’s What Happened When 6th Graders Designed Their Dream School
A class project prodded students to use digital tools to fuel creativity, not passively consume content.
Alyson Klein
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3 min read
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Classroom Technology Q&A How This District Is Using Esports to Increase Student Engagement
An education technology specialist discusses an esports development program she created.
Lauraine Langreo
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4 min read
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Nintendo Switches, like the one the teenage boy is using above, are being used in the Denver Public Schools in an esports program designed to improve student engagement. Education Week recently talked to one of the educators involved in that program, who gave a presentation about it at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., June 28 to July 1.
Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo
Artificial Intelligence Lessons on AI for Elementary Students: 'Teach Them Good Habits Now'
Teachers want to help their youngest students become familiar with AI's potential—and its limits.
Arianna Prothero
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7 min read
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Hundreds attend the ISTELive 26 + ASCD annual conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. on June 29, 2026. Some educators at the conference discussed how they introduce AI to elementary students, breaking down specific lessons to illustrate the technology's potential and limitations, and boost students' AI literacy.
Marvin Joseph/Education Week
Artificial Intelligence 3 Ways Teachers Can Help Students Think Critically About AI
Student use of AI should always end with human reflection and analysis. Here's how to do that.
Jennifer Vilcarino
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3 min read
Illustration of four shrinking human brains with a circuit board texture and binary code in the background.
Illustration by Emily Wright for Education Week + Getty
Ed-Tech Policy Opinion Is the Backlash Against Tech in Schools Going Too Far?
As schools rethink their relationship with tech, there are questions they should be asking.
Lina Eroh
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5 min read
Photo illustration of an elementary-aged Caucasian boy with outstretched legs and a laptop on his lap. He is sitting on a very large cellphone propped up by four orange construction cones. The background is a montage of overlapping rectangle shapes with some ghosted images of young elementary students using a variety of tech (headphones and cellphones).
Photo illustration by Gina Tomko/Education Week + Canva

EdWeek Market Brief

Sales & Marketing Industry Insight Need to Get Sales and Marketing on the Same Page? Try These Techniques
A sales expert turned marketer shares the lessons he's learned for building teams that work well together, and what works to move school districts toward a sale.
Scott Elliott
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6 min read
Meeting District Needs Exclusive Data How Steep Enrollment Declines Are Now — And What It Means for District Decisionmaking
A significant portion of K-12 administrators across the country say the decisions they make moving forward will be shaped by the enrollment declines their districts are experiencing, a new EdWeek Market Brief survey finds.
Emma Kate Fittes
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5 min read
Strategy & Operations Industry Insight Why Evidence-Backed Ed-Tech Tools Often Struggle to Reach Scale
School districts spend billions of dollars each year on ed-tech tools and learning resources intended to improve student outcomes.
David Saleh Rauf
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7 min read
Education Market K-12 Market News Just Because an Ed-Tech Product is Accessible, Doesn't Mean It's Being Used. Here's Why
Ed-tech company Instructure has published its ninth annual EdTech Top 40 report.
Alexandria Ng
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5 min read
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    Attendees at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD annual conference listen as Kate Meyer, left, an English teacher and instructional innovation coach for the Mount Desert Island, Maine, school district, discusses how she and other Maine educators are addressing teachers' concerns about AI use. Meyer and colleagues presented at the conference, held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on July 1, 2026.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence How Educators Can Encourage AI Skill-Building Without Being Tech Cheerleaders
    State education leaders outline how they've tried to ease anxieties about the fast-evolving technology.
    Lauraine Langreo, July 1, 2026
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    Chromebooks, to be loaned to students in the Elk Grove Unified School District, await distribution at Monterey Trail High School in Elk Grove, Calif., on April 2, 2020.
    Chromebooks, to be loaned to students at a high school in Elk Grove, Calif., on April 2, 2020. Students are taking laptops home during the summer and assistant principals share how their schools use this strategy to combat the summer slide.
    Rich Pedroncelli/AP
    Classroom Technology Do School Laptops Help Students With Summer Learning?
    School-provided computers can extend learning in the summer, but educators are weighing the best use.
    Jennifer Vilcarino, June 30, 2026
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    Educators, advocates, and tech company officials crowd the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on June 29, 2026. EdWeek's reporters and visual journalists are producing a steady flow of dispatches from the event.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Classroom Technology Inside ISTE 2026: EdWeek’s Daily Updates
    EdWeek's reporters and visuals team are on the ground at the massive 2026 ed-tech show.
    Sean Cavanagh, June 30, 2026
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    Attendees gather for the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., on June 29, 2026. Teachers and administrators at the show said there needs to be a balance between tech- and non-tech-based strategies in schools.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Classroom Technology Tech-Savvy Educators Weigh In on 'Techlash'
    Teachers and administrators attending the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference were asked for their takes on major tech themes.
    Alyson Klein, Lauraine Langreo & Arianna Prothero, June 30, 2026
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    Roberta Freitas presents at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference in Orlando, Fla., on June 29. Freitas spoke about the concept of unplugged AI, in which educators teach students about the fundamentals of the tech without immersing them in it.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence Q&A How to Use Paper to Teach About AI and Cutting-Edge Tech
    Low-tech activities can help students develop a richer understanding of implications and mechanics of AI.
    Arianna Prothero, June 30, 2026
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    StretchAI is unveiled today at ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida on June 30, 2026. This chatbot is aimed at providing educators with carefully vetted instructional resources.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Artificial Intelligence 'Building AI Apps is Not Easy': Stretch, ISTE's Chatbot, Is Finally Ready to Go
    ISTE spent the past three years testing and refining the tool, which is now ready for a wider audience.
    Alyson Klein, June 30, 2026
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    Attendees move between sessions at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD Annual Conference at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on June 29, 2026. The backlash emerging from many school communities about tech's role in classrooms has been a major undercurrent at the show, the nation's largest ed-tech conference.
    Marvin Joseph/Education Week
    Classroom Technology There's a New Pledge for Schools to Show They're Deliberate About Tech Use
    ISTE and GreatSchools.org are urging schools to prove they're using tech in a "safe and purposeful" way.
    Alyson Klein, June 29, 2026
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    A middle school history class in Sapulpa, Okla., uses whiteboards and worksheets during a tech-free day on April 7, 2026. EdWeek Research Center survey data show that relatively few schools are pairing back their investment in tech, despite pressure from some parents.
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    Classroom Technology Are Schools Actually Scaling Back Tech in Response to a Rising Backlash?
    An EdWeek Research Center survey asked educators about efforts to pull back on digital tools.
    Sean Cavanagh & Jessica Cuellar, June 29, 2026
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    Timothy Rimke reads during Casey Cuny's English class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2025.
    Timothy Rimke reads during Casey Cuny's English class at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2025. Teachers face the challenge of helping students become writers with their own voices in the presence of generative AI tools.
    Jae C. Hong/AP
    Artificial Intelligence Q&A How an English Teacher Helps Students Find Their Voices in the Age of AI
    Students' voices are lost when AI does most of the thinking, a teacher says.
    Lauraine Langreo, June 29, 2026
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    A look at the 2025 ISTE conference in San Antonio.
    The exhibit hall shown above at the ISTE+ASCD annual conference last year in San Antonio featured a wide range of ed-tech products and services. At the outset of the 2026 conference in Orlando, Fla., on June 28, the organization announced that it was changing its name.
    Kaylee Domzalski/Education Week
    Classroom Technology What's in a Name? Check Out ISTE+ASCD's Rebrand ... ish
    The new name is attempting to address the challenges schools are facing at this moment in time.
    Alyson Klein, June 28, 2026
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    Artificial Intelligence Video What AI Use Guidelines Should Look Like for Schools
    Many teachers say they are not getting good guidance on how to use AI responsibly and effectively.
    Lauraine Langreo & Marvin Joseph, June 26, 2026
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    Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, second from left, teaches students how to ask Canva for help during a summer class at Roosevelt Middle School, on June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill.
    Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, second from left, teaches students how to ask Canva for help during a summer class at Roosevelt Middle School on June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill. Many parents are supportive of the use of tech in school that enhances learning.
    Nam Y. Huh/AP
    Classroom Technology Parents Don't Hate Ed Tech. They Just Want More Balanced Use
    New survey reveals nuanced views about tech use in school among parents.
    Arianna Prothero, June 26, 2026
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