Issue 2026-W39

Covers:2026-09-21 – 2026-09-27

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AI in education, this week

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Guardrails or Roadblocks? Effects of Pedagogical Style and Context Awareness in AI Teaching Assistants for Programming

Source summaryAI teaching assistants (AI TAs) backed by large language models (LLMs) and pedagogical guardrails are increasingly being integrated into programming courses, providing students with scalable access to hints, conceptual explanations, and code-level feedback. However, guardrails may also create friction. If students feel that the support provided is overly restrictive or poorly contextualized to…

  • Teaching practice
  • Tools and products
  • Higher education

Make it SewSimple: Navigating UK Curriculum and Classroom Practice in Secondary Computing Education with E-textiles

Source summaryThis paper explores the potential of integrating e-textiles as part of the approach to delivering computing in UK secondary schools. As one of the few UK-based exploratory studies of teachers experiences, it investigates how e-textile platforms such as the SewSimple maker kit and the BBC micro:bit can be incorporated into Key Stage 3 computing education (ages 11-14), taking into account both…

  • K-12
  • Teaching practice
  • Research

Mapping the Authorized Boundary: A Comparative Policy-Vignette Study of Generative AI Governance in Australian Higher Education

Source summaryAustralian universities regulate students' use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) through overlapping policies, procedures, guidance, and assessment instructions, but these environments may classify identical conduct differently. We applied 15 standardized student-use vignettes to the public policy environments of 20 Australian universities and produced 300 university-case…

  • Policy
  • Higher education

Will It Teach as Intended? How Teachers Configure Educational AI Chatbots

Source summaryTeachers are increasingly using generative AI to support instruction, yet it remains unclear how pedagogical intentions are translated into chatbot configurations and reflected in chatbot behavior. We studied a teacher-facing chatbot authoring tool in professional development workshops with 27 middle school teachers, analyzing focus-group interviews alongside configuration and interaction logs.…

  • Teaching practice
  • Tools and products
  • K-12

Extraordinary. Stefano Puntoni and the Effort Worth Keeping.

Source summaryListen now (36 mins) | A conversation with Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni about making the most of AI while preserving and strengthening the skills we need for the future.

  • Skills and workforce

Two years of OpenAI Academy

Source summaryMarking two years of OpenAI Academy and bringing AI skills to even more communities.

  • Skills and workforce

From memorisation to reasoning: What makes us smart in the age of AI?

Source summaryThroughout history, access to knowledge has been limited. Education was largely reserved for those with access to scarce learning materials, and this shaped our understanding of what it means to be a smart person. Technology has changed this reality. Today, all of the world’s information is available in our pockets, and AI has proven toread more The post From memorisation to reasoning: What makes…

  • Teaching practice
  • Policy
  • K-12

Why AI Made Me a Better Principal

Source summaryThe true metric of AI in school leadership is not time saved, but the presence and clarity restored to daily decision-making.

  • K-12
  • Teaching practice
  • Tools and products

Microsoft’s commitment for AI in education: Protecting students, strengthening learning

Source summaryEducation is built on a meaningful partnership among educators, students and families that helps unlock human potential and shape brighter futures. The post Microsoft’s commitment for AI in education: Protecting students, strengthening learning appeared first on Microsoft Education Blog.

  • Tools and products

Learning Commons Launches Open Platform for K-12 Edtech

Source summaryThe CZI-backed initiative helps educators and developers use state standards, curricula, and datasets to create and evaluate classroom AI, but critics ...

  • K-12
  • Tools and products
  • Policy

Five Things School Leaders Do That Make SAT Practice Actually Work

Source summaryThis is the second of two guest blog posts written by Danielle Sullivan, Senior Partnerships Manager of the ... Read more The post Five Things School Leaders Do That Make SAT Practice Actually Work appeared first on Khan Academy Blog.

  • K-12
  • Teaching practice

Expanding free AI training for educators

Source summaryAt the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Google.org is committing $4 million to Digital Promise to help equip teachers and faculty with free, practical A…

  • Higher education
  • Teaching practice

New Grantees Awarded by the K-12 AI Infrastructure Program

Source summaryThe K-12 AI Infrastructure Programs Awards New Cohort of Grantees The post New Grantees Awarded by the K-12 AI Infrastructure Program appeared first on Digital Promise.

  • K-12
  • Policy

Expanding OpenAI Academy with new learning paths

Source summaryExplore new OpenAI Academy learning paths for employees, developers, leaders, educators, and students to build and demonstrate practical AI skills.

  • Tools and products
  • Skills and workforce
  • Higher education