5 Lessons Video Game Designers Can Teach Educators About Learning

Video game designers spend an enormous amount of time studying what keeps people engaged when something becomes difficult. They have become very good at helping people persist. Schools should pay attention.

Mark Rober's Class CrunchLabs Courses Now Available for Free on YouTube

Class CrunchLabs, the suite of free curriculum resources from NASA engineer turned YouTube science communicator Mark Rober, has released its first two courses on YouTube.

Gartner: Worldwide AI Spending to Reach $2.67 Trillion in 2026

The artificial intelligence industry is expected to generate an extraordinary $2.67 trillion in worldwide spending this year, according to a new forecast from Gartner.

Head Start Needs to Catch Up with What We Now Know About Early Learning

Our nation's largest early childhood program has not fully caught up with what science now tells us about how children learn.

What Is the Education Freedom Tax Credit and How Will It Work?

The federal Education Freedom Tax Credit (EFTC) is a new source of funding for education that could benefit 90% of students in states that have opted in to the program. However, some confusion and misconceptions exist surrounding details of the program, including which programs may qualify, how parents can apply for scholarships, and how public school students can benefit.

Why Lower Phishing Volume Doesn't Mean Lower Cyber Risk for the Education Sector

As threat actors adopt more targeted and convincing tactics, education leaders need practical ways to reduce risk without undermining the open, connected environments their institutions depend on.

OpenAI's New Astra Model Reaches Critical Cyber Threshold

OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Astra, its most capable broadly deployed model and the first system the company says has reached the "Critical" cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework.

Study: AI Is Reshaping Work While Skills Erosion Remains Top Concern

AI is changing which human capabilities matter most at work, yet employees are reporting that some of those same capabilities are being eroded, according to a new study from IBM.

AI Giants: It May Be Time to Slow Down

Leaders in the artificial intelligence industry have warned for years that increasingly capable AI systems could eventually become dangerous, all the while continuing to race to build them. Now, their sentiments have changed.

Rubrik, CrowdStrike Announce Expanded Integration to Speed Identity Recovery

Cybersecurity companies Rubrik and CrowdStrike have announced an expanded identity-security integration designed to move compromised identity environments from threat detection through clean recovery with less manual intervention.

AI Models Generate Advances in Mathematical Research

OpenAI has announced what it says is an AI-generated solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of mathematics' seven Millennium Prize Problems, while Anthropic has reported separate advances in research mathematics and formal proof generation.

SMART Technologies Launches Audio Accessibility Solution for SMART Boards

SMART Technologies has introduced SoundFlow, a plug-and-play broadcasting system that allows classroom audio content to flow directly from a SMART Board display to students' compatible hearing aids, earbuds, headphones, personal listening devices, or speakers.

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