How early robotics can boost computational thinking, challenge gender stereotypes, and open doors for girls in STEM. A 16-year-old girl from Texas, Tejasvi Manoj, was named TIME’s 2025 Kid of the Year, for creating Shield Seniors, an AI-powered platform that protects older adults from online fraud. Her achievement was possible because she had early exposure to coding … [Read more...] about Five Ways Robotics Can Open Equal Opportunities in Programming Skills
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What Are We Talking About When We Say Smart Spending in Education?
Smart spending in education is an approach that seeks to generate greater impact on learning. For decades, the debate on education in Latin America and the Caribbean has revolved around a seemingly simple question: How much do we spend on education? Yet this perspective, while important, is insufficient. Public spending on education in the region fell to 3.8% … [Read more...] about What Are We Talking About When We Say Smart Spending in Education?
From human counselors to AI agents: What We Learned From Scaling Career Guidance in Chile
Scaling effective educational interventions remains a major policy challenge. Programs that succeed at a small scale often lose impact when expanded—a phenomenon researchers call the "voltage effect." This is especially true for interventions that depend on intensive human interactions such as counseling, coaching or mentoring, where cost and availability of skilled personnel … [Read more...] about From human counselors to AI agents: What We Learned From Scaling Career Guidance in Chile
3 Steps to Defining Vision for AI in Education
In this post, Kellie C. Ady, Executive Director of Education Strategy & Learning Innovation atPowerSchool, shares a practical three-step approach to help education leaders define a clear vision for AI in learning. As AI becomes increasingly present in classrooms, her insights offer a timely guide for ensuring alignment, purpose, and impact across all levels of an … [Read more...] about 3 Steps to Defining Vision for AI in Education
Exploring AI Ethics in Education: A Conversation with Peter Singer’s chatbot
In an innovative experiment, we interacted with Peter Singer's chatbot, one of the most influential philosophers in the utilitarian school of thought, to explore the ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in education. Peter Singer is a central figure in our time, especially when considering the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society. His relevance … [Read more...] about Exploring AI Ethics in Education: A Conversation with Peter Singer’s chatbot