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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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...
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...
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...
Florida Approves Statewide AI Rules for K-12 Schools and Colleges
The Florida Board of Education voted on September 16, 2026 to adopt the state's first statewide rules governing artificial intelligence...
Canada Launches National AI Literacy Initiative With Amii
The Government of Canada launched its National AI Literacy Initiative on September 9, 2026, in Edmonton, Alberta, a new national...
UNESCO Publishes “The Algorithm in the Room” on AI’s Impact on Education
UNESCO published "The Algorithm in the Room: Seeing and Confronting the Implications of AI for the Future of Education" on...
UNESCO’s Digital Learning Week 2026 to adopt AI education statement
UNESCO is convening more than 25 ministers of education, tech industry representatives, researchers and students at its Paris headquarters from...
Los Angeles Unified suspends generative AI on district devices
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has suspended student access to generative AI tools on district-issued devices for the 2026-27...
Springfield public school to pilot AI curriculum as teachers union objects
Kiley Prep, a public middle school in Springfield, Massachusetts, will pilot an AI curriculum public school program adapted from the...
APA expert report says educational technology engagement is not the same as learning
The American Psychological Association published the "APA Expert Report on Children's and Adolescents' Learning with Educational Technology" on Thursday 3...
New York City is set to ban student-facing AI from 2-K through eighth grade
New York City Public Schools is expected to publish its final artificial intelligence policy on Wednesday 2 September 2026, and...
OpenAI expands ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 more US school systems and pushes free access to 2028
OpenAI has added 55 school systems across 20 states to ChatGPT for Teachers, the free workspace it built for American...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
EU AI Act’s education deadline arrives, but Digital Omnibus defers most rules to 2027
August 2, 2026 was the date the EU AI Act originally set for high-risk AI obligations to take effect, including...
Orange County Public Schools approves first AI policy for classrooms
Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) in Florida approved its first Orange County Public Schools AI policy at a school board...
