Predictive analytics in universities often overstates how accurately student outcomes can be forecast from incomplete, biased historical data.True educational insight requires context, human judgment, and understanding students’ individual circumstances, not simply labeling them “at risk” based on dashboards.
This Essay is 10% AI Generated
People still deeply value authorship, even as AI challenges traditional ideas about who “creates” a text; labeling something “AI-generated” now serves a social function. It also suggests AI prose has recognizable stylistic patterns, overconfident connections, odd phrasing, and synthetic “authorial” …
Universities Experiment with Hidden Grades
The University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science and the Arts is trying out something new this coming term: a dual grading system in which professors give students ordinary letter grades based on the quality of their work, but what …
Why Open Source Matters for AI
The article argues that open-source AI’s real advantage is composability and user control. It warns that increasingly closed, standardized AI models risk creating a monoculture, while open protocols, tools, memory, and customizable agent frameworks preserve diversity and innovation.
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/why-open-source-matters-for-ai…
Claude Is Free for Teachers in the US. Here Are Fifteen Things I Use It For.
A strong, pragmatic article on AI in teaching: not about replacing teacher judgment, but about saving time, improving routine work, and enabling tasks that might otherwise never get done. Its value lies in showing concrete, practical uses of AI, from …
School uses AI instead of teachers for personalized learning: Co-founder breaks it down (Video)
Alpha School is a private school that teaches students subjects like math and reading with artificial intelligence apps. Mackenzie Price, co-founder of Alpha School, joins CBS News to discuss.
Harvard research fellow says higher education must rethink what students learn in AI era
Harvard Senior Research Fellow argues education systems must shift from teaching reckoning to developing human judgment.
Using AI-based Learning Assistants in Higher Education: A Large-Scale Descriptive Analysis
A large-scale study of 77,543 distance-learning students found that the AI learning assistant Syntea is widely integrated into study routines, with usage varying across demographic and academic contexts.
Professor’s invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI
A history professor at Alcorn State used a hidden word to catch 32 students using AI on a midterm, sparking a debate over cheating and academic.
Universities are fighting AI cheating. But there’s a deeper problem.
A degree should distinguish what students can do independently from what they can accomplish with AI.
Teach students to ask better questions with Artificial Intelligence
Generative artificial intelligence has unsettled higher education, raising fears that students will lose the ability to think. Drawing on classroom experience and student feedback, we argue that grounded inquiry sharpens judgement in Earth science teaching by limiting AI to set …
Teaching AI by Doing, Not Studying
A new library-based initiative at the University of Virginia embeds hands-on AI learning and workforce skills across disciplines.
Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App
Teach in the Microsoft 365 Copilot App gives educators with a Microsoft 365 Education license free access to AI tools for creating and adapting lesson plans, quizzes, rubrics, and other teaching materials.
What’s new in the Microsoft Education AI Toolkit
Microsoft updated its Education AI Toolkit to help schools move from AI pilots to scalable, practical implementation across teaching, learning, and multilingual support.
SUNY Sets Systemwide AI Policy
New guidelines for the 64-campus system expand artificial intelligence in teaching and student support while adding guardrails for data privacy and high-risk uses.