• 3 AI Imperatives for Schools in 2024

  How will artificial intelligence impact schools and districts this year? We asked AI and education leaders for their predictions and thoughts on the most important issues to consider as the technology evolves and adoption expands. Here's what they told us.

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• 9 Key Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers in Education for 2024

  The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has released its annual list of the top hurdles, accelerators, and technology enablers impacting schools and districts this year.

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• EdisonLearning Breach in 2023 Subject of Class-Action Inquiry as Official Notification is Posted

  Attorneys working with ClassAction.org are “investigating whether a class-action lawsuit can be filed” against EdisonLearning on behalf of individuals whose name and Social Security number were among files stolen during a ransomware attack in early March 2023.

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• 16-State Commission on AI and Education Established

  The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) has announced the establishment of the Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Education, convening "leaders in education and business to chart a course for how AI is used in classrooms and how to prepare a workforce that is being transformed by technology."

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• SchoolAI and Utah School District Partner to Bring AI Into All Classrooms

  SchoolAI, which integrates generative AI into K–12 classrooms, has partnered with the Jordan School District, one of Utah's largest, to bring AI into all classrooms district-wide using the company's platform.

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• Ransomware Targeting K–12 Rose 92% in 2023, Malwarebytes Reports

  New research from Malwarebytes ThreatDown analysts shows that 2023 was the "worst year on record" for education, with a 105% jump in known ransomware attacks targeting the sector and a 92% rise in ransomware targeting K–12 education specifically — with nearly half of those targeting U.S. school districts.

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• FutureEd Study Identifies 6 Factors of Successful High-Dosage Tutoring

  In the wake of at least 80% of school districts and charter schools starting post-pandemic tutoring, independent analysis organization FutureEd has released a study addressing the challenge of making such tutoring high-quality, or as they call it, "high dosage."

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• D2L Adds Practice and Quiz Questions to Generative AI Beta Program

  Learning technology company D2L has expanded its generative AI program with the ability to generate practice and quiz questions based on current course content.

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• Survey: AI Low on Superintendents' Priority List as Districts Face Challenges

  In education consulting company EAB's 2024 "The Voice of the Superintendent" survey, while superintendents agree that adopting AI is important, non-academic challenges make it a low priority.

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• IES, Carnegie Learning Study Exploring the Use of AI to Help Students with Reading Disabilities

  Ed tech company Carnegie Learning has partnered with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to research the use of AI to improve learning outcomes for math students with reading disabilities.

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• Virginia Department of Ed Adds Lexia Literacy Tools to Tutoring Initiative

  The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has added two Lexia Learning literacy tools to its ALL in Tutoring reading initiative — Lexia Core5 Reading for grades 3-5 and Lexia PowerUp for grades 6-8 — as part of its array of tutoring resources.

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