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River Valley School District (PA) First to Implement Yourway Learning $1M AI Grant

May 14, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

Instructional coaches recognize AI and its potential to enhance learning, improve efficiency, and maintain human-centered learning.

Yourway Learning, a leader in AI-supported educational solutions, announced last week the launch of its $1 million, donor-funded Nationwide AI Grant Initiative. ... Read more

Innovation Insights

SMART Technologies Launches AI Assist in Lumio to Save Teachers Time

April 17, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

Lumio by SMART Technologies, a cloud-based learning platform that enhances engagement on student devices, recently announced a new feature for its ... Read more

Innovation Insights

AI Support for Teachers

March 7, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

Collaborative Classroom, a leading nonprofit publisher of K–12 instructional materials, announces the publication of SIPPS, a systematic decoding program. Now in ... Read more

Live @ FETC 2025

How AI Has Gone To The Dogs

January 17, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

One highlight from FETC’s Startup Pavilion is Florida-based Scholar Education, which uses AI chatbot dogs to help tutor students and ... Read more

CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

December 18, 2024December 16, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the expansion of its work in artificial intelligence to help ensure education tools ... Read more

Innovation Insights

aiEDU: The AI Education Project unveils AI Readiness Framework

October 9, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

The AI Education Project on Wednesday released its AI Readiness Framework, a comprehensive way for students, teachers and school leaders to ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Edtech Benefits, AI, and Top Educators

August 23, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

NetSupport – a classroom management solution used throughout the globe – has published the results of a survey asking educators ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Big Deals: New AI Initiatives in Phonics Instruction and College Counseling

August 15, 2024August 14, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Best of ISTE: The Next Stage of AI and Ed

August 7, 2024August 6, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Always a pleasure to glean the insights of Paige Johnson, Vice President at Microsoft Education, as she reflects on this ... Read more

Khan Academy and Microsoft Education Partner to Offer Real AI Tools for Free

May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

First was the fear cycle: “AI will take all the teaching jobs!” Then there was the hype cycle: “Crypto, scratch ... Read more

Live @ CoSN2024

Look Who’s Talking: Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

April 3, 2024April 1, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

#CoSN2024 might not begin in person until next week but eSchool has already started the conversation. We had the chance ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Big Deals: Edtech industry news from HMH, Pearson, and Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS)

March 6, 2024March 5, 2024 by Kevin Hogan

Learning technology company HMH announced it has acquired award-winning software company Writable, building on a longstanding partnership between the organizations ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Big Deals: Making AI Safe; New STEM Platforms; How To Fix Learning Loss

December 22, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

El Segundo Unified School District (ESUSD), in partnership with EdSAFE AI Alliance, is proud to announce the establishment of a ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Real Talk about AI

November 16, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

Zarek Dozda, director of UChicago’s Data Science 4 Everyone, cuts through the artificial intelligence clutter to address everything from responsible use of AI, to educator empowerment, to the…

Innovation Insights

What’s Next for Discovery Ed?

November 10, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

Discovery Education CEO Jeremy Cowdrey discusses the future of edtech, teacher shortages, the potential impacts, as well as drawbacks, of AI.

Innovation Insights

Big Deals—AI GUIDANCE for Schools Toolkit, Assessment PD for Teachers, and EV Buses Hit the Road.

October 27, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

New resources from Code.org, ETS, the International Society of Technology in Education, Khan Academy, the World Economic Forum, ISS, and more.

Innovation in Education

The advent of AI

October 12, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

What’s better than watching a lively and substantive conversation thread develop on LinkedIn as a result of your recent posting ... Read more

Innovation in Education

Believing the Hope, Not the Hype, of AI

September 22, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

How much longer will our newsfeeds be stuffed with headlines either extolling AI as the greatest thing since sliced bread or damning it as a sign of the…

Innovation Insights

Engage younger students with tech the right way

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

When it comes to building literacy skills, students are never too young to start—as long as it is implemented in a thoughtful way. That’s the perspective of John…

Innovation Insights

eSchool Live@ INSTRUCTURECON 2023

July 28, 2023July 27, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

Breaking news out of day two at Instructure's professional learning event for educators and edtech users in Denver. The company announced a partnership with Khan Academy to integrate Khanmigo, Khan's AI-powered…

AI in Education

Time to build an AI library

December 12, 2023June 9, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

Before you can help your schools grapple with new technologies such as AI, you need to learn about them yourself--with an AI library.

There's no avoiding it. Artificial intelligence is here: in your classrooms, in your front office, on your phone. And while the topic can be overwhelming, it doesn't have…

Business News

Back office business: 5 big K-12 edtech deals this week

June 7, 2023June 6, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

AI-inspired edtech helps prevent school shootings, enhance lesson plannig, and track butterflies?

District Management

Is facial recognition in schools reassuring–or invasive?

March 14, 2025February 28, 2019 by Laura Ascione

A computer analyzing a female face as part of facial recognition in schools.

In the wake of all-too-common school shootings, school and district leaders are confronted with decisions about how to prevent--or respond to--violent incidents. Some are turning to facial recognition…

District Management

5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Sustaining and scaling innovation is one of the top hurdles K-12 district leaders face as they strive to bring new and bold ideas to education, according to a…

Featured on eSchool News

Why our district is investing in AI, AR, VR, and MR

November 5, 2018 by Samuel Mormando

For most of our students, it’s hard to imagine communicating without email or text message. The number of ways our students learn, share, and communicate has grown exponentially…

District Management

10 technology trends that will revolutionize 2019

October 29, 2018 by Laura Ascione

The next year will focus on technologies that influence how users interact with the world, according to Gartner in its list of top 10 strategic technology trends for…

eClassroom News

It’s not your grandfather’s SAT prep

July 5, 2018 by Matthew Glotzbach

From a rise in test-optional schools to redesigns that move away from being a test of “how well you can learn how to take the tests,” the last few…

STEM & STEAM

3 ways districts can use AR and AI

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by Justin Aglio

Artificial intelligence (AI), mixed reality, and cognitive science research sound like science fiction for today’s classrooms, but this technology is available today. Innovation and technology are as integral…

District Management

AI helps younger students better understand math concepts

February 12, 2018 by Evgeny Milyutin

To truly become proficient in math, students need a solid foundation built on conceptual understanding. However, the benchmark assessments students take at the end of the year—designed to…

River Valley School District (PA) First to Implement Yourway Learning $1M AI Grant

AI Support for Teachers

How AI Has Gone To The Dogs

CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

aiEDU: The AI Education Project unveils AI Readiness Framework

Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Edtech Benefits, AI, and Top Educators

Big Deals: New AI Initiatives in Phonics Instruction and College Counseling

Best of ISTE: The Next Stage of AI and Ed

Khan Academy and Microsoft Education Partner to Offer Real AI Tools for Free

Look Who’s Talking: Michael Trucano from the Brookings Institution on AI in education

Big Deals: Edtech industry news from HMH, Pearson, and Equal Opportunity Schools (EOS)

Big Deals: Making AI Safe; New STEM Platforms; How To Fix Learning Loss

Real Talk about AI

What’s Next for Discovery Ed?

Big Deals—AI GUIDANCE for Schools Toolkit, Assessment PD for Teachers, and EV Buses Hit the Road.

The advent of AI

Believing the Hope, Not the Hype, of AI

Engage younger students with tech the right way

eSchool Live@ INSTRUCTURECON 2023

Time to build an AI library

Back office business: 5 big K-12 edtech deals this week

Is facial recognition in schools reassuring–or invasive?

5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation

Why our district is investing in AI, AR, VR, and MR

10 technology trends that will revolutionize 2019

It’s not your grandfather’s SAT prep

3 ways districts can use AR and AI

AI helps younger students better understand math concepts

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

Ohio District Awarded CoSN Trusted Learning Environment Mini Seal for Student Data Privacy Practices

Otus Launches AI Advisory Board to Bring Voices of K-12 Leaders to the Forefront of Innovation

Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

Ignite Reading Partners with UF Lastinger Center’s Florida Tutoring Advantage

Optoma Announces Launch of the New 3-Series Interactive Displays with Google Certification and AI-Enabled Tools

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