educational equity

Classrooms across the globe are filling with artificial intelligence tools at a pace that has teachers and administrators scrambling to translate policy into practice, raising urgent questions about learning, equity, privacy, and the very shape of assessment. Background The arrival of generative...

Dr. Jessica Johnson’s classroom vignette — published as a syndicated column and circulated widely this month — pulls a practitioner’s lens into the middle of a national debate over grading inflation, post‑COVID pedagogy, and how instructors should respond to students who have come of age in an...

October’s EdTech headlines read like a rapid-fire test of whether schools, colleges and training providers can move at the same speed as the companies shaping the tools they’ll use: Google rolled Gemini into Miami‑Dade at scale, Microsoft’s new Copilot Teach tools prompted a wave of educator...

As South Africa’s Class of 2025 moves into the final stretch of its National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, educators and students are reaching for a new set of study tools: generative artificial intelligence. Local reporting from The Citizen quotes Centennial Schools’ director of academics...

Family Weekend at Baylor unfolded this year as a familiar campus ritual — food trucks, concerts, and a football kickoff — while simultaneously revealing an often-overlooked counter-narrative: for many international students the weekend is less a reunion than a careful juggling act of time zones...

Microsoft's latest commitments to the Presidential AI Challenge mark one of the most consequential public‑private pushes to integrate generative AI into American classrooms, community colleges, and federal operations — a coordinated package that pairs free product access, training pathways, and...

The proposal to allow Malaysian students to leave formal schooling at age 16 — and the related push to make secondary education universally compulsory — has reignited a necessary debate about foundational skills, infrastructure, and the real-world readiness of alternative pathways such as...

Fulton County Schools, a trailblazer in Georgia’s education landscape, has drawn national attention for its innovative use of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to empower both students and educators. By seamlessly integrating this advanced AI-powered tool into daily instruction, Fulton County is not...

In recent years, Indonesia’s education landscape has witnessed a fiery debate surrounding the concept of “favorite schools,” a phrase on everyone’s lips yet never enshrined in the country’s official education policy. These institutions—lauded by some and reviled by others—are magnets for...

The City of Brownsville, Texas, in collaboration with its Information Technology Department, is spearheading a transformative initiative aimed at bridging the digital divide among its student population. The "Smart City: Back to School Digital Skills Workshop and Laptop Giveaway" is a...

The unveiling of the National Academy for AI Instruction marks a major turning point in the relationship between artificial intelligence and American education. Backed by a formidable coalition—the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), United Federation of Teachers (UFT), industry titans like...

Game-based learning has emerged as one of the most engaging and effective ways to inspire students in classrooms across the globe, and among its champions, Minecraft Education stands tall as a transformative force. As schools grapple with keeping lessons relevant, exciting, and meaningful...

The launch of the National Academy for AI Instruction—an unprecedented partnership announced by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic—marks a pivotal moment in the intersection of education and artificial...

The convergence of artificial intelligence and public education, once an abstract ideal, is rapidly moving from vision to classroom reality. With the recent announcement of the National Academy for AI Instruction—seeded by $23 million from industry titans Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic—the...

The American classroom is on the cusp of a technological transformation, driven in part by a bold new initiative spearheaded by Microsoft, OpenAI, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union. These unlikely partners are coming together to launch the...

Artificial intelligence, once the stuff of science fiction and darkly comic speculation about humanity’s future, is now woven into the fabric of everyday life—including the classroom. In an ambitious new effort to shape this rapidly evolving landscape, three industry titans—Microsoft, OpenAI...

A quiet but seismic shift is underway in the global education sector, catalyzed by a newly forged partnership between three industry heavyweights: Alef Education, Microsoft, and Core42. At first glance, their collaboration reads like yet another corporate alliance; in reality, it embodies a much...

In classrooms across Phoenix, a new generation of teachers is redefining what it means to inspire, engage, and nurture students in underserved communities. One middle school, once struggling with retention and low morale, now resonates with the voices of students who feel empowered and heard by...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly establishing itself as both a language and a partner in the global classroom, and nowhere is this transformation more visible—and ambitious—than in South Korea. As AI-powered tools from Microsoft, particularly Copilot, Minecraft Education, and the broad suite...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the landscape of education, ushering in new possibilities for teachers, students, and institutions worldwide. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Microsoft’s latest initiatives, as showcased in their recent announcements at major educational...