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Technology in primary and secondary schools.
A global Microsoft 365 outage that began Nov. 12 took down Outlook and Teams at universities, community colleges and school districts into Friday. Here is what Microsoft says went wrong, how campuses were hit and what they told students and staff.
EdTech Current Editorial Team6 min
Edcafe turns a topic or a teacher’s own materials into quizzes, chatbots, flashcards, slides and Mini Apps, then collects student work in one place. Its free plan has unlimited AI generations; Pro is $7.99 a month billed annually. We checked its pricing, privacy policy and evidence.
EdTech Current Editorial Team5 min
AI can solve most homework problems, so a correct answer no longer shows who learned the math. Here is how a Berkeley mathematician, a California high school teacher, a math educator’s 80/20 policy and Columbia’s math department are changing what they grade.
EdTech Current Editorial Team6 min
Teachers still do most of their work in Google Classroom, Canvas and a few quiz games, and ChatGPT, Gemini and MagicSchool lead AI use. We compared the tools on cost, evidence, privacy ratings and accessibility.
EdTech Current Editorial Team12 min
Eight states filed coordinated lawsuits accusing OpenAI of designing ChatGPT to foster dependency and misleading parents about its safety, the first action of its kind against an AI company. OpenAI says it has industry-leading protections.
EdTech Current Editorial Team5 min
Common Sense Media says ChatGPT for Teens gives parents false confidence: alerts didn’t reach parents in new accounts, and one in four crisis referrals were missed. OpenAI says the testing was flawed.
EdTech Current Editorial Team5 min
The city’s education commission picked 45 schools and five universities as benchmarks for embedding AI in teaching.
EdTech Current Editorial Team1 min
RAND’s national surveys found a 39-point gap between parents and the district leaders setting AI policy.
EdTech Current Editorial Team2 min
In a field experiment with nearly 1,000 students, unrestricted AI acted as a crutch, while a hint-giving tutor did not.
EdTech Current Editorial Team4 min
Fewer than one in five students say a teacher has shown them how to use AI for schoolwork.
EdTech Current Editorial Team1 min
Over half of ELA, math and science teachers now use AI for planning or teaching, up from a quarter a year earlier.
EdTech Current Editorial Team1 min
