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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI bans miss the lesson. KPMG found 73% of students in Canada use AI for schoolwork, and 45% start assignments with AI. Schools like VEGA Academy set AI limits by task and require citations. Teach judgment, not avoidance. Would your school ban AI or teach its use?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New Brunswick is adding AI to its K–12 curriculum. Grade 7 students use AI to study cybersecurity and program robots. Norway bans most student use through Grade 7 🤷🏻‍♀️ Should schools teach AI now or wait?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Abu Dhabi is teaching AI from K through Gr 12. Across 170 independent schools, students will question AI outputs, build systems, and protect privacy. ADEK will train 19,000 teachers and assess students two times per year. The goal: use AI without surrendering judgment.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A district found its EdTech met 90% of its needs. Leaders expanded it instead of replacing it. They saved money and time. Ask teachers what problem needs solving before you buy. Tech should support teaching, not become the work.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We shut classroom screens for one school day. Students built, debated, wrote, and solved problems together. Teachers found where tech served learning and where habit drove use. Try one day without screens. What earns a place when they return?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A teacher thought laziness explained why school drained him. An ADHD diagnosis changed how he teaches math. Students watch his videos, work on whiteboards, and sit with him as he grade. He carried less in his head. Students get feedback on the spot.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

4 in 10 teachers surveyed in Canada say over half their students use AI for homework. Most report declines in writing, analysis, and thinking in class. Is AI supporting learning or replacing it?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Vietnam tested AI lessons, STEM projects, and clubs in 2025–26. In 2026–27, the program reaches K-12 schools across the country. The goal goes beyond tool use. Students must master AI while preserving thought, integrity, and responsibility. Education faces its test.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

AI belongs in schools. Half of Canadian surveyed agree, while 70% say students will use AI often in their careers. Yet over 75% fear harm to thinking, writing, and literacy. Teach AI as a tool, not a crutch.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Le Canada veut former 1 million d’étudiants à l’IA. Ottawa investit 13 M$ avec Amii et vise 50 000 enseignants. Un cours de 3 heures couvrira les bases, les biais, la désinformation et la vie privée. Saurez-vous quand utiliser l’IA et quand la remettre en question?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

AI will not replace education. It will shift the goal from producing answers to asking questions, checking sources, and owning decisions. Hong Kong schools will add AI literacy to plans in 2026–27. The exam: did you think, or did AI think for you?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A policy does not create inclusion. Neurodivergence affects 15–20% of people, including teachers. School leaders: share agendas before meetings, break tasks into steps, and offer rooms for breaks. Accept reports in speech or writing. Build work around strengths, not stigma.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Multilingual learner support is every teacher’s job. Skip the toolkit-first approach. Train staff, schedule 60–90 minutes for unit planning, run learning walks each month, and track subgroup data. Leaders make language growth part of school practice.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Belonging predicted college retention better than high school GPA. School leaders build belonging through name-by-name greetings, relationship maps, and student check-ins. Ask your team: Which student has no adult in their corner?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1B to settle claims its platforms addicted children. IG and FB will limit teens to 2 hours, mute nights and school hours, hide like counts, and flag users under 13. But feeds chosen by algorithms stay on unless teens switch them off. Would you switch yours off?

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Crickets when 4000 academic jobs a year are being lost in the UK and entire campuses are being shut down because of lack of funding and the secondary effects of Brexit but plenty of ink to hound a man to an early death. Despicable behaviour from the British press.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Schools are split on AI & screens. Some ban devices. Others push teachers to adopt tools with no shared plan. When staff avoid hard talks, Ss pay the price. Strong schools set clear norms, audit tools, & ask one question: why is this screen here? If your team has no shared answer, start the meeting.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Education advocates urge schools to cut ties with Google over AI Search. Child safety groups warn AI answers in classrooms raise risk for Ss. They question data use, accuracy, & legal exposure for schools. Google is adding more AI to Search. Should your school rely on tools it does not control?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Alberta is hiring an Education Policy Advisor for AI. They will lead AI policy across K–12, shape curriculum, guide assessment, and build an AI Literacy Framework. The role covers privacy, data governance, equity, and system strategy. AI is moving into schools, who is ready to set the rules?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

California just banned AI from teaching kids. Law says only humans can teach in public schools. The new law blocks AI from replacing staff., effecive Jan 1, 2027. Some students use AI for language and learning support. If AI helps your child learn, should the state block it?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

AI will not fix schools. Stanford’s AI Hub found weak evidence for Ss gains & low use among elementary Ss, even with time set aside. T. see more benefit, especially those with less experience. Start with what schools are for, then test AI in support of those goals. Focus on screen value.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

AI education is turning into a national race. China & the UAE made AI compulsory in schools in 2025. India plans it for Class 3, but only 15% of teachers are AI‑fluent. The US leads in AI research, yet only four states teach it in K‑12. The winners will train teachers first, not chase headlines.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Screens run your classroom. Before you open an app, ask: what is this helping students do? Are they thinking or clicking, discussing or sitting alone? What is this replacing: talk, writing, struggle, peer work? Your judgment shapes learning, not the device.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

EdTech faces backlash, but parents do not want bans. 63% want schools to teach Ss how to use AI effectively, & most want notice when AI touches their child’s work. They see social media as harmful yet view phones & AI as job skills. Admin must explain screen limits, teach AI, & build media literacy

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

60% of Alberta teachers report no training to spot AI homework, and 64% report no guidance to teach students how to use AI. Fewer than half report a school policy for student AI use. Students move fast with AI while schools move slow, so what is your school board doing about it?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

AI tutors now run a $4,500/w summer school in the Hamptons. Alpha School uses AI to teach math & reading in 2h/day, then shifts kids to cooking, finance, and public speaking. NYC tuition hits $65,000 a year, backed by $1B from a tech founder. Some parents line up, others push back on screens.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Canada’s education ministers met in Quebec City to reset priorities. They focused on AI in classrooms, Indigenous Ss success, career pathways, & Ss aid. Ministers also raised concerns about federal int. student policy & system stability. How are you preparing for AI, labor shifts, & new Ss needs?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Norway is moving to block AI tools in primary schools. Students ages 6 - 13 will not use generative AI, & older students will face limits. Test scores fell, so the government is restoring books, handwriting, & teacher control. If AI writes for your Ss, who builds the skill to read, write, and think?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Typing feels fast. Research shows handwriting drives memory and learning. Ss who write by hand recall 26% of notes vs 19% on laptops, and 40% earn A or B grades vs 30% of typers. Kids who form letters score 92% on letter tests vs 76% on keyboards. Cursive for the win ✍🏼 🏆

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

74% of Quebec Cégep Teachers changed how they grade b/c of AI. 345 T were surveyed, and 25% rebuilt assessments to test thinking, not output. 49% moved exams back to class with strict rules. AI pushed teachers to rethink evaluation and focus on human judgment. #AIEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Students spend 4h/day on social media and get 200+ notifications. Fights, bullying, and pressure move from screens to school halls. Instead of bans, teach media literacy, set tech norms, and ask students what they see online. When you guide their online choices, you shape how they show up offline.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

ChatGPT’s first full college class is about to graduate. 26 students won $10k each for using AI to build tools for blind gamers, detect disaster survivors, fight scams, and model drugs for Alzheimer’s. AI in school is not killing learning. Students are using it to build. #AIEdySky #EduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Ss use AI every day in search, writing & social feeds. Schools still debate what to teach about it. Canada shows three paths: add AI to tech classes, weave it across subjects, or treat it as digital citizenship with ethics and critical thinking. If you lead a school, Are you building AI literacy?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

70% of Canadians support banning social media for kids under 16. 69% support restricting AI chatbots too. Over 80% worry about harm to children. 60% doubt platforms can enforce age checks. Is your country ready to set limits? #AIEduSky #EduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

AI literacy is now taught in Edmonton schools. 300+ Ss built projects on neural networks, robotics, & AI in medicine. One Ss used AI for research but said humans should own art and big ideas. Alberta just put $2.7M into AI learning kits for K-12. The future belongs to Ss who question AI. #AIEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Canada plans tighter rules on youth social media and AI chatbots. Manitoba will ban them in classrooms. Ontario weighs a near total cellphone ban in schools. Leaders cite growing evidence of harm to students. Do you support a full ban in your child’s school?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

NYC parents packed a 7-hour school board meeting to fight AI in schools. Over 100 people demanded a pause on new AI tools and contracts. Students said 150 schools already use digital bathroom hall passes. Families asked a direct question: what tech are you putting in our kids’ hands? #AIEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Scotland released national AI guidance for schools. T no longer need to figure AI out on their own. The policy backs AI for lesson planning but blocks it from replacing T decisions. Schools must protect pupil data, check for bias, & keep human oversight. Does your AI use enhance teaching? #AIEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

OpenAI is bidding on the keyword “Chalkie.” Chalkie started last year & now serves 500k T & 10m Ss. T search it to save hours on lesson planning, so the brand name became a paid ad target. When a giant bids on your name instead of the problem, you built demand.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Edtech is under fire after a book sparked panic about screen time. Parents fear devices harm kids, while schools keep investing in AI & 1-2-1 tools. The fix is not tech-free schools, but tech with limits: clear screen rules, & teachers who walk the room. Are you using screens with purpose? #EduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

250 experts want a 5-year ban on generative AI in K–12 schools. They say AI harms developing brains and call for an immediate pause. Fairplay leads the coalition and warns failed tools should face a permanent ban. It took 10 years to remove phones from schools. Will we repeat that delay with AI?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

AI use in schools has outpaced policy. Up to 84% of K-12 students and 90%+ of university students use AI for schoolwork, yet only 48% of institutions have formal policies. Adoption is moving fast while education, jobs, and infrastructure struggle to keep pace.

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Teachers are asking: “What does AI help me do better?” In a 2024 EdSurge study of T, the top response to Gen AI was indifference, not fear. Schools adopt tools through testing & training, yet AI reach classes before policies. Ask yourself: does AI solve a real problem in your class? #AiEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Anthropic is scaling AI in US K-12 schools. It hired Sofia Wilson, a former teacher and Stanford PhD, to lead access and rollout. Her focus: equity, policy, and real classroom use. AI firms are moving from pilots to district-wide deployment. Is your school ready for AI at scale?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Gen Z is pulling back on AI. Gallup found weekly use rose to 51%, yet only 46% think AI helps them learn faster, down from 53% last year. 48% now say AI risks at work outweigh benefits, up from 37%. Students see the value, but they question the cost. #AiEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

AI turned classmates into targets. Ss used AI to create explicit images of other Ss. Schools & parents scramble after the harm spreads. Tech companies built the tools and avoid blame. When will we force them to design products that block abuse? #AIEduSky #EduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Homework is ruining your child’s education. A physics teacher cut homework to 45 minutes per subject per week & moved problem-solving into class. He saw lower stress & higher curiosity. Ss teamed up more, emailed less at night, & covered more content. For you, where is the hard thinking happens?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

NamiBox is launching AI learning companions for K12 students. The new NAMI COMPANION Series marks its move into smart learning hardware. AI devices are moving from software into students’ daily study tools. What could possibly go wrong? #AIEduSky

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

A U.S. school runs core classes through AI apps in two hours a day. Ss spend the rest on projects, trips, and life skills with adult coaches, not certified teachers. Some experts say this model raises ? about privacy, & what students learn. If AI runs the lesson, what is your role as a teacher?

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Faulkner Power @faulknerpower.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Teachers see a drop in basic skills in children. In Jan 2026, 1,163 pre‑K to 3 educators reported more struggles with behavior, motor skills, & daily tasks than 2 years ago. Kids enter school without strong self‑regulation or fine motor control. Parents must step up with parenting.

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