The fourth grader who struggled to read or write but can now compose full sentences and finish a short book. The fifth grader who needed care and guidance to make the challenging transition to middle school. The high-schooler who was…
Imagine you’re 14 and have just worked up the nerve to ask that pretty girl out, only to find out that she actually likes someone else. As a heartbroken eighth-grader, a generation ago you had few options: tell a friend or parent, or…
Google has long been woven into California students’ education, with Google search, Chromebooks and Gmail quietly in the background in students’ daily lives. But that decadeslong relationship between the search giant and education…
Students in U.S. high schools spend too much time in class distracted. They scroll social media, play video games, chat with friends and AI, and watch YouTube videos far beyond what their teachers assign. In a new report, I show that…
Class Disrupted is an education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Futre’s Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as they investigate the challenges facing…
Now that the school year is underway, high schools need to teach students to be drivers, not passengers, in this era of artificial intelligence. Because many young people don’t yet know which one they are. Last spring, during the first…
Last December, a small British startup made a big claim: its AI-powered math tutor, with a human checking its work, could outperform a human tutor working alone. Now the company behind that study is back with a trial seven times larger…
States are taking different approaches to setting policies and guardrails around how artificial intelligence should be used responsibly. Governors have launched task forces. State education agencies have established committees and…
Recently, the nation’s two largest school districts hit pause on artificial intelligence. New York City placed a one-year moratorium on generative AI for preschool through eighth grade, and Los Angeles blocked student access on district…
The Trump administration’s plan to revise, or potentially discontinue, broadband discounts for schools and libraries is overwhelmingly unpopular, judging by the thousands of comments submitted since August. Pleas from school…