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Institute of Education Sciences
February 26, 2026
Considers what AI might mean for school turnaround work, focusing on early signals, open questions, and strategic implications.
ASCD
February 24, 2026
An educator reflects on whether current AI use in schools represents meaningful innovation or simply reproduces traditional practices with new tools, urging educators to prioritize pedagogy, ethics and student-centered learning.
The New York Times
February 23, 2026
A New York Times explainer on the surge of “AI literacy” in schools, describing why tech companies and educators are pushing it, what it typically includes, and how past “digital literacy” campaigns offer mixed lessons for today.
The New York Times
February 23, 2026
A New York Times profile of a Newark high school’s AI literacy program that is teaching students how chatbots work, how to evaluate outputs, and how to stay in control of tools that will shape learning and work.
Education Week
February 23, 2026
Education Week considers how AI is entering the SEL space based on a recent CASEL conference. While AI can potentially support the development of relationship skills and interventions, it also risks “short-circuiting” development.
Citrini Research
February 22, 2026
One of many dark forecasts for the AI future, but the only to have moved Wall Street on its own. This “memo from the future” imagines how rapid advances in AI agents could trigger feedback loops across employment, SaaS, private credit, tax receipts, and politics—arguing that abundant machine intelligence could destabilize markets faster than policy can respond.
EdTech Magazine
February 19, 2026
A pro-AI take on how districts can use AI to support K–12 special educators—especially communication aids and instruction—while reducing IEP paperwork, with cautions on student privacy and responsible implementation.
KHOU
February 19, 2026
Houston ISD plans to transform two elementary schools into AI‑focused K‑8 campuses to prepare students for a technology‑driven future.
The Atlantic
February 18, 2026
Annie Lowrey explores how large-scale AI-driven job loss could reshape the labor market and politics, arguing that affluent professionals may be unprepared for a sustained era of high white-collar unemployment and social strain.
The Atlantic
February 17, 2026
The Atlantic describes a shift from chatbots to “agentic” tools like Claude Code that can operate for hours, automate complex workflows, and rapidly prototype software—raising both excitement and alarm about what’s coming next.
Education Week
February 17, 2026
A special report hub explaining how AI both strengthens school cybersecurity (threat detection, response automation) and empowers attackers (phishing, malware, automated exploitation), providing resources to those aiming to deploy AI defenses safely.
CBS News Atlanta
February 12, 2026
A Georgia district approved a new charter school built around AI‑driven personalized learning as metro Atlanta districts confront enrollment declines and restructuring pressures.
X
February 11, 2026
Connor Boyack offers the counter-argument to the doom-and-gloom crowd. He argues that panic about AI repeats historical overreactions to past technologies, and urges readers to focus on adaptation, treat AI as leverage for ambition rather than a reason to freeze.
mattshumer.dev
February 9, 2026
The blog with 80M views that everyone is talking about—Matt Shumer argues AI capability is accelerating fast, and urges readers to update their mental model and prepare for rapid labor-market disruption.
CoSN
February 4, 2026
CoSN’s annual innovation report, highlighting key challenges, trends and technologies shaping K‑12 education in 2026, including AI adoption, cybersecurity concerns and the need for stronger educator professional development.
NASBE (National Association of State Boards of Education
February 1, 2026
NASBE outlines how states are moving from initial AI guidance toward implementation governance—tracking results, aligning expectations for districts, scaling professional learning, and balancing innovation with equity, safety, and local control.
Education Week
January 23, 2026
Examines how U.S. states are rapidly expanding legislation, guidance, and oversight related to AI use in K–12 schools.
ASCD
January 22, 2026
Explores unproductive vs. productive struggle, and how the way we utilize AI can tip the balance between them positively or negatively.
Education Week
January 20, 2026
Rick Hews interviews Michael Horn, and elicits a grounded assessment of AI’s real-world impact in schools and guidance on leadership priorities.
The New York Times
January 17, 2026
An exploration of how colleges are integrating AI into courses and reshaping teaching and learning.