NYC schools software freeze holds as AI policy misses the start of term
Principals in the largest school district in the United States still cannot buy educational software, eight weeks after Chancellor Kamar...
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University of Chicago bars AI from its Social Sciences Core and makes classes device-free
The University of Chicago's Social Sciences Collegiate Division has barred generative AI from the Social Sciences Core sequences that every...
MIT committee reports AI can produce credible solutions to almost any undergraduate assignment
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology published the report of its Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and...
AWS opens Student Rewards, committing more than $500m to cloud and AI training for university students
Amazon Web Services launched Student Rewards on its AWS Builder Center platform on 20 August 2026, describing the programme as...
Purdue begins AI graduation requirement in every undergraduate degree programme
Purdue University announced on 19 August 2026 that every undergraduate starting this autumn must complete AI-focused coursework to graduate. The...
US Department of Education tells schools to judge ed tech by learning, not screen time
The US Department of Education issued education technology guidance on 20 August 2026 telling states and school districts to evaluate...
Google launches AI study tools across Search and Gemini
Google released a set of Google AI study tools across Search and the Gemini app on 19 August 2026, timed...
Seven in ten US teens use AI for schoolwork, survey finds
Seventy per cent of American teenagers now use AI tools for schoolwork, but only 30 per cent say a teacher...
Policy Exchange report urges immediate ban on unsupervised online exams
UK universities should stop using unsupervised online exams at once, and the Office for Students and the Quality Assurance Agency...
Khanmigo AI tutoring study finds small maths gains in two-year trial
Giving middle school students access to Khan Academy's AI tutor Khanmigo raised maths achievement by 1.26 national percentile ranks per...
Texas AI in Education Task Force sets out four steps for K-12 AI literacy
The Texas AI in Education Task Force has published four recommendations for how the state should handle artificial intelligence in...
NUS makes an AI literacy course compulsory for all first-year students
The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced on 11 August 2026 that a NUS AI literacy course, THE1008 "Applied Generative...
South Marion High School opens with Florida’s newest AI career and technical education track
South Marion High School (SMHS), the newest campus in Marion County Public Schools (MCPS), opened to its first students on...
Survey finds parents and educators want stronger data literacy education for the AI era
Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E), a K-12 data science coalition based at the University of Chicago, and the policy research...
Turnitin data show US students lead peers in offloading writing to AI
Turnitin released its Q2 2026 "Learning Integrity Insights Report" on July 7, 2026, finding that AI writing in higher education...
Students from all 50 states pass the STUDENTS FIRST Act on AI in schools
Student delegates representing all 50 states passed a national policy framework for artificial intelligence use in K-12 schools, called the...
AI-driven Alpha School opens two Boston campuses, charging up to $65,000 a year
Alpha School, a national network of private schools where students complete core academics using AI software rather than through lessons...
World Bank report ties AI’s promise for education to power and internet gaps in rural schools
The World Bank Group released its "World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence" on August 4, 2026, arguing...
Meta awards nearly $2 million in AI Glasses Impact Grants to 30 US organizations
Meta announced the recipients of its AI Glasses Impact Grants on July 27, 2026, awarding nearly $2 million to 30...
Imperial College London launches UK’s first AI, economics and policy master’s degree
Imperial Business School and Imperial College London's Department of Computing launched the MSc AI, Economics and Policy on July 28,...
Harvard researchers build an AI toy to study how it changes children’s play
Researchers at the Harvard Child-Centered AI Lab have built their own AI-enabled toy and started testing it with children in...
