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DavidPBLRoss

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Former CEO of Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Former Senior Director Buck Institute for Education. Current Gen AI in Education advisor, writer, speaker. Web: davidpblross.substack.com

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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy? Here’s What the New Research Actually Shows via #NYTimes www.nytimes.com/interactive/... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #criticalthinking #cognitivedebt #cognitiveoffloading
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Will A.I. Make Your Brain Lazy?
We’re starting to learn more about how the technology can change us.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
Could Alpha School Disrupt K-12 Education via #michaelbhorn #tomarnett michaelbhorn.substack.com/p/could-alph... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #alphaschool
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Could Alpha School disrupt K–12 education?
This is the second of two posts that Thomas Arnett of the Christensen Institute and I coauthored about Alpha School.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
A practical look at AI’s role in instruction via AI in Action Learning Tour ailearningtour.instructionpartners.org #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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AI in Action Learning Tour
We studied 20 AI-powered instructional products in use across more than 1,000 school systems—observing tools in action and speaking with the students, teachers, and leaders using them.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
AI Escalates “Math Wars” via #christianitytoday www.christianitytoday.com/2026/09/ai-e... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #math
christianitytoday.com
AI Escalates Educational ‘Math Wars’ - Christianity Today
Teaching that emphasizes analytical thinking, advocates say, is vital to counteract growing dependence on computers.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
Higher Ed’s AI Integration Overhyped, New Data Shows via #govtechnews www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #highered
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Higher Ed’s AI Integration Overhyped, New Data Shows
For the first time, the company that owns Canvas analyzed which external learning tools higher education users integrated into the LMS most often. The most popular AI tool didn’t even crack the top 10...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 12h
Portrait Of A Graduate In The AI Age via #techlearning www.techlearning.com/learning/lea... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #portraitgraduate
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Portrait Of A Graduate In The AI Age
A recent roundtable discussion from Tech & Learning’s Texas regional leadership summit.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 14h
AI can communicate like a human without thinking like one. Students need more than prompting and fact-checking skills. They need a working “Theory of Alien Mind.” davidpblross.substack.com/p/should-ai-... #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #aifluency #edpolicy #studentagency
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From Answer Generation to Cognitive Partnership: A Conceptual Framework for Human–AI Learning via CSU Open Journals journals.calstate.edu/ijaipil/arti... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #cognitivepartnership
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Teachers who created Gems with Gemini: #google is phasing out Gems and replacing them with a new feature called Skills (migration is automatic) via #techcrunch techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/g... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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Google is killing off Gemini's Gems in favor of 'skills' | TechCrunch
As all-in-one AI agents like Meta's Muse and Instinct take off, Google is opting to end a feature that built task-specific agents.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘I’m worried about my career.’ The growing AI concerns among high school students via #LAtimes www.latimes.com/california/s... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #futureofwork #studentvoices
latimes.com
'I'm worried about my career.' The growing AI concerns among high school students
Logan Fanene uses ChatGPT to fix his car, but homework is a different story.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
US Ranks Eighth Globally For AI Preparedness In #Coursera’s New AI-Human Skills Synergy Index blog.coursera.org/global-skill... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIliteracy
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Presenting Coursera’s Global Skills Report 2026, and our new AI-Human Skills Synergy Index—the first of its kind in the world
By Anthony Salcito, SVP & President, Enterprise, Coursera The rate of AI deployment is outpacing the rate at which people are gaining the skills
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI Spurs College Board Redesign of 2 AP Courses via #govtechnews www.govtech.com/education/k-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AP #collegeboard
govtech.com
AI Spurs College Board Redesign of 2 AP Courses
Feedback from thousands of Advanced Placement teachers is informing new lessons in AP Computer Science Principles and new limits on when artificial intelligence can be used in AP Seminar.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Despite top student performance, Korea must expand lifelong learning to stay competitive in the AI age via #JoongAngDaily www.koreajoongangdaily.com/opinion/in-t... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #korea #lifelonglearning
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In the AI age, Korea’s school years can’t end at graduation
Korea excels at educating children. But as AI reshapes work, adults need a lifelong right to learn, too.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AI can communicate like a human without thinking like one. Students need a “theory of alien mind" to thrive in an AI world. davidpblross.substack.com/p/should-ai-... #AIinEducation #AILiteracy #theoryofmind #cognition #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #aifluency #edpolicy #AItutors #AIcompanions
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Should AI Literacy Teach Students to Understand an “Alien Mind”?
AI can communicate like a human without thinking like one. Students need a working mental model of AI to question, redirect, and use these systems with greater agency.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I stumbled across this #Microsoft Education training video, which introduces teachers to AI concepts youtu.be/PvLCwN-j3Cc?... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #minecraft
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Introducing AI: Building the Basics
YouTube video by Minecraft Education
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Register for #UNESCO’s third MOOC “Educating in the age of artificial intelligence: Digital citizenship at school” www.unesco.org/en/articles/... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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UNESCO opens third edition of its course on digital citizenship and
Following more than 33,000 registrations in its first editions, UNESCO announces the opening of a third cohort of its free, open online course (MOOC), “Educating in the age of artificial intelligence
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them via #NPR www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #edpolicy
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Schools are experimenting with AI with little evidence or policy to guide them
Teachers are using AI to develop lesson plans, and in some districts, AI chatbots give students feedback on their work. Meanwhile, the research around how AI can help students is extremely limited.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles via #facultyfocus www.facultyfocus.com/articles/tea... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #pedagogy
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AI in Teaching: Preserving Core Pedagogical Principles - Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning
Learn how to integrate AI into teaching while preserving deep learning, authentic assessment, social connection, equity, and the pedagogical principles that support student learning.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New reporting on parent reaction to #NYSchools' policy finds support for limiting AI, but also concern that restrictions could leave students less prepared for an AI-rich world via #The74 www.the74million.org/article/pres... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIban
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Present Concerns & Future Worries: Parents Weigh In on NYC School Technology Ban
Adams: A majority of families expressed enthusiasm about limits on screen time and AI — but even many who agreed in principle had concerns.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#Google Research is testing a new use of gen AI that allows teachers to create custom, interactive #STEM simulations via #EdtechInnovationHub www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/google-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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Google tests AI-generated STEM learning interactives for teachers | ETIH EdTech News — EdTech Innovation Hub
Google Research is testing generative UI that lets teachers create custom STEM simulations with scaffolded hints, feedback and game-like levels. ETIH examines the early teacher evaluations, public lib...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Enjoy my bi-weekly blogs and articles on tips, strategies, ideas, policy, practice, research, and analysis of AI implementation in education via @substack davidpblross.substack.com #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #aifluency #edpolicy #edresearch #edleadership #futureofwork #edtech
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What Students Are Saying About Writing in the Age of A.I. via #NYTimes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/l... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #writing #ELA #composition
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What Students Are Saying About Writing in the Age of A.I.
How much does it still matter? Nearly 400 teenagers weighed in.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Districts are beginning to commission their own AI teacher tools rather than simply buying existing products via #edweekmarketbrief marketbrief.edweek.org/purchasing-a... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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Missouri District Needs Data Dashboards; Washington System Looking for Development Partner for AI Tool
A Missouri district is looking for data dashboards, while a Washington school system seeks a development partner for an AI tool.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Purdue and #LEGOEducation are emphasizing physical computing as a route into middle-school AI literacy via #EdTechIH www.edtechinnovationhub.com/news/purdue-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #physicalcomputing
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Purdue and LEGO Education Bring AI, Coding and Robotics Training to Indiana Teachers — EdTech Innovation Hub
Purdue University and LEGO Education team up to give Indiana middle school teachers practical AI, coding and robotics training for the classroom.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#New Mexico may eliminate classroom screen time for K-2, putting an AI reading program directly in the debate via #sourcenm sourcenm.com/2026/09/22/t... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #screentime
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Task force recommends New Mexico education department consider eliminating K-2 screen time • Source New Mexico
A legislative task force recommended to New Mexico education officials to eliminate screen time for students in kindergarten to second grade.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Jensen Huang, #nvidia CEO, riffs on the dismal future of basic math with #NYTimes www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyjTGn7e/ #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #math #STEM
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Enjoy my bi-weekly blogs and articles on tips, strategies, ideas, policy, practice, research, and analysis of AI implementation in education via @Substack davidpblross.substack.com #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #aifluency #edpolicy #edresearch #edleadership #futureofwork #teaching
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Does AI change what “hands-on learning” means? Maybe the bigger question is this: What cognitive work should students do themselves, and what should they be allowed to delegate to AI? davidpblross.substack.com/p/does-ai-ch... #edtech #GenAI #ailiteracy #aiready #aifluency #edpolicy #pbl
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
College Board is redesigning AP courses around a "use AI here, prove yourself without it there" model via #collegeboard newsroom.collegeboard.org/new-college-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AP
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New College Board Research: AP Teachers Push for Guardrails and Support as GenAI Reshapes the Classroom
Two years of survey and focus group data from thousands of AP teachers directly shaped redesigns of AP Computer Science Principles and AP Seminar, launching in the 2027-28 school year. New research fr...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From Possibility to Practice: A School Leader’s Toolkit for Responsible AI via #CenDemTech cdt.org/insights/fro... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #edleadership
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From Possibility to Practice: A School Leader's Toolkit for Responsible AI - Center for Democracy and Technology
This toolkit focuses on another important area: how school leaders can oversee AI uses in their building, including their own uses of AI in their daily work, in ways that are responsible, effective, a...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In #StanfordSCALE review of more than 800 academic papers in K-12 education only 20 met the review's standard for evidence that the AI intervention itself produced changes in learning accelerate.us/classroom-ai... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #stanford #HQIM
accelerate.us
Classroom AI Is Finally Being Put to the Test
During the 2025-26 school year, Accelerate commissioned independent evaluations of AI-powered tools under real classroom conditions. Over the next few months, we will publish a synopsis of every study...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#WestEd researchers are presenting an efficacy study that integrates AI literacy directly into mathematics www.wested.org/event/wested... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #math #ailiteracy
wested.org
WestEd at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness 2026 Conference
WestEd researchers and collaborators will share new research findings and insights at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Conference, September 23–26 in Baltimore, Maryland. T...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Using graded discussions to reduce AI abuse and build skills via #chronicleofhighereducation www.chronicle.com/newsletter/t... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #assessment #discussion #AIabuse
chronicle.com
Using Graded Discussions to Reduce AI Abuse and Build Skills
How one professor refashioned his course around developing students’ communication skills.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can AI change what “hands-on learning” means? A new paper proposes “cognitive hands-on learning”: prompting AI, evaluating its output, revising and iterating. I’m skeptical. davidpblross.substack.com/p/does-ai-ch... #PBL #inquiry #handson #cognition #teaching #learning #projects
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Does AI Change What Hands-On Learning Means for Teachers and Students?
A new paper proposes a provocative distinction between embodied and cognitive hands-on learning. The important question for educators: how much cognitive work students should delegate to AI?
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Most AI-Exposed College Graduates Are Entering Another Great Recession via #chronicleofhighered www.chronicle.com/article/the-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #futureofwork
chronicle.com
The Most AI-Exposed College Graduates Are Entering Another Great Recession
A new Census Bureau report offers concrete evidence of how certain majors are faring in the job market — which may shift what students choose to study.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pennsylvania Initiative Prompts Students to Build and Use AI Models via #govtechnews www.govtech.com/education/k-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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Pa. Initiative Prompts Students to Build and Use AI Models
Students are testing and learning about artificial intelligence through Pennsylvania Creates, a joint project of several education and tech organizations designed to help develop AI models ethically.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Feds target school internet subsidies in ed-tech backlash even as Trump touts AI via #chalkbeat www.chalkbeat.org/2026/09/23/e... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #erate #edpolicy
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Trump’s support for AI in schools could be undercut by his own administration’s screen-time fears
Federal regulators are scrutinizing E-Rate school internet subsidies in the name of controlling screen time. School district leaders fear the fallout.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
America's AI edge stops at the classroom door, study finds via #theeducator www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/ame... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIpolicy
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America's AI edge stops at the classroom door, study finds
A new survey reveals a stark disconnect between America's AI ambitions and the reality facing teachers left to work it out alone
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The next AI divide is between learning and earning via #worldeconomicforum www.weforum.org/stories/arti... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #futureofwork
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The next AI divide is the distance between learning and earning
Young people are adopting AI rapidly. The next challenge is ensuring those skills lead to jobs, income and entrepreneurship.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The future of academic credentials depends on moving beyond individual responses to AI towards institutional approaches to validating learning via #timeshighered www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/valid... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #futureofwork
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Validating learning in the age of generative AI: on the need to keep credentials credible
The future of academic credentials depends on moving beyond individual responses to AI towards institutional approaches to validating learning
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
AI makes student research faster. It also makes verification more important. I asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot & Perplexity how students should fact-check AI research. Their advice boils down to 4 topics: SOURCE, EVIDENCE, CHECK, JUDGMENT davidpblross.substack.com/p/how-should...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Google announced a $4 million commitment to #DigitalPromise at the UN General Assembly to roll out the Google AI Educator Series, providing free AI literacy and training pathways to teachers blog.google/products-and... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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Expanding free AI training for educators
At 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…
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learning Commons Launches Open Platform for K-12 Edtech via #edsurge www.edsurge.com/news/learnin... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #CZI
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Learning Commons Launches Open Platform for K-12 Edtech
The CZI-backed initiative helps educators and developers use state standards, curricula, and datasets to create and evaluate classroom AI, but critics ...
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#GEMSEducation plans AI "digital twins" of its teachers. The large #UAE private-school network announced plans to build AI personas based on its own teachers' subject expertise via #gulfnews gulfnews.com/uae/uaes-gem... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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UAE’s GEMS Education to roll out AI avatars of teachers across its schools
Digital twins of teachers to provide UAE students with after-school learning access
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Analog or Digital? Is a return to in-class handwritten work a step forward or backwards? Via #substack fitzyhistory.substack.com/p/analog-or-... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #analog
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Analog or Digital?
Is a return to in-class handwritten work a step forward or backwards?
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
 ‘Friend or foe? Evidence from the use of generative artificial intelligence in learning and teaching’ report via #EuropeanCommission education.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/ne... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #research
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New reports examine how AI and digital technologies are shaping education in Europe
Two new European Commission reports look at the opportunities and challenges of generative artificial intelligence and digital technologies for teaching and learning.
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I asked five AIs how students should fact-check AI research. Their advice boils down to 4 questions: SOURCE: Where did this come from? EVIDENCE: Does it support the claim? CHECK: Can I verify it elsewhere? JUDGMENT: Am I interpreting it correctly? davidpblross.substack.com/p/how-should...
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How Should Students Fact-Check AI? An 8-Step Guide to Verifying AI Research
The answers from LLMs still require verification. The AI Research Reality Check gives students a practical process for checking sources, evaluating evidence, confirming claims, and exercising human ju
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#DigitalPromise announces eight new K-12 AI projects, with formative assessment at the center digitalpromise.org/2026/09/21/n... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIpolicy #AIresearch #formativeassessment
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New Grantees Awarded by the K-12 AI Infrastructure Program – Digital Promise
The K-12 AI Infrastructure Programs Awards New Cohort of Grantees
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New research proposes designing AI companions to optimize learning rather than student performance via #arxiv arxiv.org/html/2605.04... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #AIcompanions
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DavidPBLRoss @davidpblross.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New study asks whether #ChatGPT benefits #STEM and non-STEM learners equally via #sciencedirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai
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