Faculty and Students Push Back on CSU’s Renewed ChatGPT Edu Contract With OpenAI
The California State University system renewed its systemwide contract for OpenAI's ChatGPT Edu in May 2026, committing $13 million a...
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Microsoft Research Releases StudentSim to Train AI Tutors on Simulated Students
Microsoft Research published a blog post on October 12, 2026 introducing StudentSim, an AI tutor training simulator that fine-tunes small...
Arden University Partners With Google Cloud to Build AI Into Its Degrees
Arden University and Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership on October 8, 2026 to give more than 30,000 students and...
More UK Universities End Turnitin Contracts Over AI Detection and Data Concerns
Newcastle University and the University of Westminster are the latest institutions among a growing group of UK universities ending Turnitin...
Study Finds AI Assistance Reduces Persistence Once the AI Is Removed
A five-author study posted October 9, 2026 found a tradeoff between AI assistance and learning persistence: people who had access...
National History Day Bans AI Tools for Student Research and Brainstorming
National History Day (NHD), the nonprofit that runs an annual history research contest for more than half a million US...
Shiksha Copilot AI Lesson-Planning Tool Saves Indian Teachers Two Hours a Week, Study Finds
Shiksha Copilot AI lesson plans generated for government school teachers in Karnataka, India, saved teachers an average of two hours...
Common Sense Media Rates ChatGPT’s Teen Mode an “Unacceptable Risk”
The Youth AI Safety Institute, part of the nonprofit Common Sense Media, rated OpenAI's ChatGPT Teen Mode an "unacceptable risk"...
EEF Trial Finds Oak’s Aila AI Lesson Planner Saves Primary Teachers 49 Minutes a Week
A randomized controlled trial run by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) for the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found...
Harvard Center Finds AI Cheating Fears Eroding Teacher-Student Trust
A report from Harvard's Center for Digital Thriving, published around September 30, 2026, found that 74 percent of teachers and...
EdReports Finds Scant Evidence Behind AI Features in K-12 Curriculum
EdReports, the nonprofit that reviews the quality of K-12 instructional materials, published a brief on September 8, 2026, titled "AI...
University of Maryland Trial Finds AI Tutoring Access Lowered College Grades
A randomized trial of 2,379 undergraduates at the University of Maryland found that offering students access to an AI tutor...
Dong-A University Selected for South Korea’s AI-Centered University Program
Dong-A University in Busan was selected for South Korea's 2026 AI-Centered University program, the Busan Metropolitan Government announced September 30,...
Districts Spend on AI Chatbots and Robots as K-12 Evidence Stays Thin
Dayton Public Schools in Ohio paid $72,600 for AI tools from SchoolAI, including a social-emotional-learning chatbot called "Jordan," during the...
Cornell Launches AI Integration Pilots and Expands AI Fellows With $2 Million Gift
Cornell University launched two artificial intelligence initiatives for faculty and students on September 17, 2026: an AI Integration Pilots program...
OpenAI and Gates Foundations Lead 60-Member Coalition to Bring AI Language Access to 3.4 Billion People
The Gates Foundation and the OpenAI Foundation announced a five-year AI language access initiative on September 21, 2026, joined by...
StudentBench Study Finds AI Tutoring Matches Human Tutoring on GRE Learning Gains
A study published as a preprint on September 23, 2026 found that AI tutoring produced GRE learning gains statistically equivalent...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Learning Commons Launches Open AI Platform for K-12 Edtech
Learning Commons, a nonprofit backed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, announced an open platform for K-12 edtech developers and educators...
Gates Foundation Commits $1 Billion to Equitable AI, With 40% for Education
The Gates Foundation announced on September 14, 2026, that it will spend at least $1 billion over the next two...
OpenAI Publishes Australian Youth Safety Blueprint, a Six-Pillar Plan for AI Safety for Teens
OpenAI published the "Australian Youth Safety Blueprint" on September 18, 2026, a six-pillar roadmap for AI safety for teens that...
Gallup-Walton Survey Finds 96% of Teachers Report Classroom Device Use, but Most Want Less Screen Time
Ninety-six percent of U.S. K-12 public school teachers say their students use learning devices such as laptops, Chromebooks, tablets or...
