“Pencils, Not Prompts”: Students Are Starting to Push Back on AI in School

More than 100 students at a Washington high school walked out of class demanding clearer AI rules. Their slogan: “Pencils, not prompts.”

What Happens When AI Starts Rating the Teacher?

A UK training company is using AI to review every instructor session. The company says it improves coaching quality. Some teachers say it feels like constant surveillance.

What Makes Homework Actually Useful? What 29 Studies Found

A 2026 meta-analysis of 29 studies found that homework quality, useful feedback and autonomy support matter more consistently than simply giving students more feedback.

AI Can Write a Worksheet in Seconds. But Is It Actually Good?

AI can generate classroom materials instantly. A new open platform is trying to solve the harder problem: making sure those materials are actually appropriate, accurate and aligned to learning goals.

Not All Student Engagement Is the Same. What 62 Studies Found

A 2025 meta-analysis of 62 studies found that different kinds of student engagement appear to serve different purposes, from achievement and motivation to social support and well-being.

Napster Is Back. This Time It Wants to Clone Teachers.

Napster has partnered with GEMS Education to build AI “digital twins” of teachers, giving students access to teacher-informed support outside school hours.

Netboard.me for Teachers: Two Classroom Spaces You Can Explore

Explore Netboard.me through two classroom examples: an interactive Ancient Egypt resource hub and a collaborative climate project for students.

Does Online Teacher Training Actually Work? What 102 Studies Found

A 2025 meta-analysis of 102 studies found that online professional development can meaningfully improve teacher knowledge and classroom practice, but the effect on students is much smaller.

Microsoft Agrees to New AI Privacy Rules for Schools

Microsoft and major U.S. teacher unions have agreed on enforceable AI privacy rules for schools, including a ban on using student data to train AI models.

Can You Really Learn a Language Just by Reading More? What 73 Studies Found

Language learning often comes with a long list of activities. Vocabulary exercises. Grammar drills. Listening practice. Speaking tasks. Writing assignments. But there is a much simpler approach that has been around for decades: Read a lot. Not difficult texts that need to be translated sentence by sentence. Not short passages

Does Technology Actually Improve Learning? What 28 Meta-Analyses Found

Schools and universities have spent decades adding technology to learning. Laptops replaced notebooks. Videos replaced some lectures. Digital quizzes replaced paper tests. Interactive platforms replaced static worksheets. But there is a surprisingly important question underneath all of this: Does adding technology actually improve learning? A large research synthesis tried to

The New PISA Results Are Out. Here’s What They Say About AI, Reading and Learning

The latest PISA results are out, and the headline is not encouraging. Across OECD countries, average performance in reading and mathematics has fallen to the lowest level ever recorded by PISA. Reading scores are now 28 points lower than in 2015, which the OECD describes as roughly one and a