Digital detox: Reducing screen time creates space to build literacy skills
Walk into almost any elementary classroom today and you will likely hear the same concern from teachers across grade levels: Many students can swipe, ...
I Went from Rising Senior to Teacher. Here’s What I Learned
A high school student creates an online class for middle schoolers — and gains perspective on teaching.
Teacher training needs more community and less compliance
Professional development is one of a school district's most powerful strategies for improving student outcomes. Yet, educators often leave workshops f...
Summer reading for teaching and school improvement: Harnessing the Science of Learning
Every summer, I find myself in conversations with teachers and administrators trying to figure out why their current pedagogical practices are or aren...
Working to automate nuclear plant operations
PhD student Lauren Fortier is building on the experience she gained operating a nuclear plant for the Navy to solve a critical hurdle in the wider ado...
Early Childhood Education Teachers Grapple with Screen Time
The AAP’s new guidance helps, but putting it into practice in classrooms remains challenging.
MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
Initial research projects advance national priorities across natural resources, manufacturing, nuclear physics, and more.
My son wasn’t dyslexic—he was never properly taught to read
When my son Hunter was in fifth grade, his teacher told me he was struggling with reading comprehension. I nodded politely and moved on.
Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83
Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelli...
Chronic absenteeism isn’t the problem–it’s the signal
Every school leader I know has a version of the same moment: You pull up a student's attendance record expecting to find a discipline problem, and ins...
We Must Stop Using AI to ‘Level-Down’ Our Students
How AI deprived my students of the reading struggle they needed to succeed — and five better ways to use it.
What Does AI Cost When We Skip the Work?
This Week with EdSurge podcast examines what holds up when artificial intelligence moves fast.
PD for innovation: Reimagining solutions for engagement, burnout, and achievement gaps
Do you think you’re creative? Try this: List as many uses for a paperclip as you can in two minutes. Most people imagine a standard size metal or plas...
The Language Barrier Is the Real Barrier in Edtech
The English-first bias in technology must be addressed.
Not all screen time is equal
With the growing movement to limit technology in schools, parents and educators are right to question how much time students spend on screens. But, as...
These Hip-Hop Artists Were Already Teaching
A new degree program credentials hip-hop artists to bring communal, real-world learning to the classroom.
Following the questions where they lead
Assistant Professor Bailey Flanigan has arrived at complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive.
A second language is more than an elective—it’s a workforce skill
When I taught Spanish, students would often ask, “Why do I need to learn this?” Many thought that learning a new language would only be useful if they...
WorkKeys is lowering the bar on student proficiency
School accountability systems measure whether students are mastering the academic standards states expect them to teach and signal where additional su...
A better way to turn 2D designs into 3D models for rapid prototyping
Researchers developed an automated framework that helps AI models generate CAD programs more accurately and efficiently.
AI Meets ESL, and Teachers Are Intrigued
Can AI chatbots support K-12 emergent bilingual learners without widening gaps?
3 Questions: Neural transparency and the future of AI design
Assistant Professor Pat Pataranutaporn describes a new interface that lets everyday users glimpse inside an AI's neural network before their chatbot e...
Lead with purpose: 3 ways courageous K-12 leadership builds real impact
As the Director of Maintenance and Operations for 42 campuses across our district, my work is never small. From managing facilities and construction t...
What Is the AI Cheating Panic Really About?
A conversation with Pat Yongpradit, general manager of global education and workforce policy at Microsoft.
How My School Used Common Sense and Collaboration to Confront AI
What I learned navigating a policy vacuum as a tech coordinator and the collaborative process to build an AI-ready culture.
Helping AI models to meet the real world
Through research and entrepreneurship, Professor Devavrat Shah is helping to design methods that can handle constant decision-making using limited com...
Meta Steps Up Enterprise AI Ambitions with Muse Spark Launch
Meta has announced the launch of Muse Spark 1.1, a multimodal reasoning model designed for agentic AI, alongside a new Meta Model API that gives devel...
Can AI build a jet engine? JARVIS Challenge tests role of AI copilots in tough-tech engineering
MIT students designed, built, and tested a jet engine with AI copilots, assessing AI’s usefulness in developing high-performance aerospace systems.
Cybersecurity Researchers Identify First Fully Autonomous AI-Driven Ransomware Attack
Threat researchers at cloud security firm Sysdig have disclosed what they describe as the first documented ransomware operation carried out end-to-end...
Microsoft Moving to Internally Developed AI Models in Office Apps
Microsoft is reportedly using its own in-house artificial intelligence models to handle some workloads in Excel and Outlook, offering new evidence tha...