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Districts Limit Classroom Screens Over Privacy and Distraction Fears
Learn how school districts are limiting classroom screen time and why parents are pushing back against EdTech data collection and student privacy risks.
How Coursera's $100 Million AI Investment Could Change How Kids Learn
Coursera is investing $100M in LearnVector to build persistent AI tutors. Find out how adaptive learning helps students, and why human teachers still matter.
How Library-Focused Tech Is Helping Kids Build Critical Thinking
Learn how global EdTech rankings like TIME's 2026 list highlight the critical need for information literacy and why school libraries remain irreplaceable.
New EdTech Report Shows Why Digital Tools Still Need Human Connection
Learn what Cambium Learning Group's 2025-2026 impact report reveals about student success, and why teacher training remains the key to EdTech efficacy.
OpenAI Cuts AI Prices: What Cheap Digital Tutors Mean for Schools
OpenAI slashed prices for GPT-5.6, making AI tutors highly affordable. Discover what this means for school budgets, coding classes, and digital literacy.
Evaluating EdTech Claims: What New Classroom Impact Reports Reveal
Cambium's new impact report claims huge student gains, but independent research reveals teacher training is what actually drives reading and math success.
How Top EdTech Tools Are Scaling Information Literacy in Schools
Learn how top library-focused EdTech tools are scaling school resources to combat low digital literacy and help K-12 students research with confidence.
Canvas LMS Selects Copyleaks to Direct Student AI Detection
Canvas LMS has chosen Copyleaks as its recommended AI detector, streamlining automated writing scans and prompting discussions on false-positive risks.
UK Department for Education Data Breach Exposes Contact Records
A cyberattack on the UK Department for Education has exposed over 600,000 contact records. Learn how this breach impacts school communities and how to stay safe.
OpenAI Offers Free GPT-5.6 to Selected University Researchers
OpenAI is offering 100,000 university researchers free GPT-5.6 access. Discover what this means for academic integrity, student privacy, and AI literacy.
Why This Award-Winning Tutoring Platform Focuses on Humans Over Tech
South African platform Teach Me 2 named to TIME's top EdTech list. Learn how research shows hybrid human-AI tutoring models vastly outperform AI-only tools.
Belize’s EdTech Summit Sells Out as AI and STEAM Take Center Stage
Belize's 2026 National EdTech Summit sells out its opening day. Discover how parents and educators can navigate new AI tools and STEAM school maker spaces.