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Artificial Intelligence At OpenAI Forum, Discussion Focuses on Stronger Teen Safety Measures
Panelists put forward ideas on how to incentivize industry to develop responsible products.
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Classroom Technology Are Teens Starting to Accept Cellphone Bans? A New Survey Has Answers
Researchers surveyed teens and adults on how well school cellphone policies were enforced over the course of a school year.
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Artificial Intelligence Download 6 Tips for AI Translation in Schools
AI translation apps can help schools connect with non-English-speaking families, but they are far from perfect.
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Artificial Intelligence A Reckoning on Social Media Addiction Came Late for Kids. Will AI Safety Be Different?
Efforts to make social media safer offer lessons for those looking to protect children using AI.
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Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, left, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on Snapchat, during a Social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Capitol Hill, June 23, 2026, in Washington.
Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, left, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on Snapchat, during a Social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Capitol Hill, June 23, 2026, in Washington.
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Artificial Intelligence Opinion Think Your Students Know More About AI Than You Do? Read This
Here are four things your students don’t understand about AI—and what you can do about it.
Sam Wineburg & Nadav Ziv
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Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT's 'Teen Mode' Is Unsafe for Students, Report Concludes
The chatbot failed to report unsafe interactions to parents in a timely manner, researchers found.
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Young man using a smartphone to ask an AI about exercise
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EdWeek Market Brief

Regulation & Policy Exclusive Data How Widely Influential Are State-Approved Materials Lists? K-12 Officials Weigh In.
Approved materials lists created by state education departments are playing a significant role in determining which curriculum products school districts choose, new EdWeek Market Brief data shows.
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Regulation & Policy Industry Insight Kentucky K-12 Is at an ‘Inflection Point.’ What Education Companies Should Know
More than three decades after Kentucky enacted sweeping reforms that reshaped its public schools, the state is embarking on another significant overhaul of its K-12 system.
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Meeting District Needs Exclusive Data Security Vendors Are Flooding K-12. Which District Officials Have Influence on What Gets Bought?
Superintendents have the most influence over K-12 security purchases, new EdWeek Research Center data show, but finance, technology, operations, security personnel and school leaders all play significant roles in what gets bought.
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Strategy & Operations K-12 Dealmaking McGraw Hill Acquires TeachFX; Brighteye Ventures Secures $72M
Voice-first AI tutoring platform Aristotle has also raised $5 million in seed funding.
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