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30 Jun

Posted at 19:50h in News by

Politico
By Aaron Mak
June 18, 2026
Dana Suskind is co-director of the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago, where she’s helped oversee the development of wearable devices that use AI and sensors to gather data on children’s early language environments. Suskind’s forthcoming book Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI explores the impact of AI on raising children. She talks to us about her concerns with AI toys and...

26 May

Posted at 15:28h in News by

PR Newswire
May 14, 2026
As multi-site childcare organizations scale across the United States, managing and storing highly sensitive data related to children and families has become mission-critical. illumine, the world's first AI-powered childcare technology company, is reinforcing its commitment to secure, responsible innovation with its SOC 2 Type II certification. Purpose-built for multi-site childcare providers, illumine enables operators to access audit logs, control user access, ensure data privacy and power daily center operations through AI. illumine follows a privacy-first AI architecture designed...

06 May

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The New Yorker
By Jay Caspian Kang
May 5, 2026
A few weeks ago, while I was dealing with taxes, it occurred to me that the money my wife and I were putting away in a college fund for our children might be better used somewhere else. This wasn’t a novel musing, but it felt particularly pressing as I watched my account balance go down, a portion of its resources funnelled into something that can’t be touched for at least the next nine...

04 May

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Ed Tech
By Alexander Slagg
May 4, 2026
In Jonathan Haidt’s recent book, The Anxious Generation, the author summarizes a common understanding among K–12 educators: Adolescent access to smartphones has led to a generational mental health crisis. There is a great push in education to avoid a similar outcome with an even more transformative technology: artificial intelligence. A key strategy is boosting AI literacy among K–12 educators and students. Higher education plays a critical role in this mission, providing the research, training and critical...

02 May

Posted at 03:23h in News, Press by

Chicago Tribune
By Dana Suskind
April 30, 2026
Recent reporting has drawn attention to an alarming new trend: video content aimed at young kids that is generated by artificial intelligence and is popping up on YouTube at a shocking rate. These videos feature garbled text, made-up words, disfigured people and animals, nonsensical songs and, sometimes, downright scary imagery. This is AI slop for kids, and it’s dangerous. And technology companies’ proposed solution isn’t good enough. According to a New York Times report, up...

29 Apr

Posted at 19:16h in News by

The New York Times
By Matthew Haag
April 27, 2026
In Brooklyn, an artificial intelligence program helps public school students pronounce words. In Queens, high school students ask Google Gemini how to improve their essays. And in the Bronx, students in a robotics lab consult an A.I. tool before building parts on a 3-D printer. As teachers and students in New York City and across the United States have increasingly embraced artificial intelligence in the classroom, school leaders in the nation’s largest school system...

02 Apr

Posted at 03:31h in News by

Brookings
By Sweta Shah
April 1, 2026
A baby is sleeping under a camera that monitors her breathing. A toddler is asking Alexa to play a song. A 5-year-old is sounding out words through a tablet app that adjusts to her pace. A 7-year-old’s YouTube queue is curated by an algorithm based on his preferences. AI is not arriving in the lives of young children. It is already there. The assumption that AI primarily affects older children is wrong. For the youngest children, the...

01 Apr

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LA Times
By Ruben Vives
April 1, 2026
The number of homeless students in Los Angeles County is surging, with thousands more unhoused in the span of a single school year. The number of students experiencing homelessness in the county rose by 28% — from 47,689 in the 2022-23 school year to 61,249 in 2023-24 — according to a pair of studies from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. It is the largest increase the county has experienced in the last five...

28 Feb

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Fort Lewis College
February 6, 2026
On April 9, Fort Lewis College will inaugurate Dr. Heather Shotton as the institution’s 11th President. This formal investiture marks the installation of Dr. Shotton as the first Indigenous president of Fort Lewis College, a significant milestone for the College as a Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution. A citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and a descendant of the Kiowa and Cheyenne peoples, President Shotton brings a vision grounded in student success, academic excellence, and community...

28 Feb

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WRAL News
WRAL Staff
February 26, 2026
State and local leaders met with child care providers in Durham to talk about solutions to what lawmakers call a "child care crisis" in North Carolina. Sen. Natalie Murdock, D-20, headed the State of Child Care in NC Roundtable session that took place at Kate's Korner on Blackwell Street in downtown Durham. Kate's Korner is an early childhood learning center. The founder, Kate Goodwin, was in attendance. ...

26 Feb

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Time Magazine
By Rebecca Schneid
February 26, 2026
At an event in September 2024, lawyer and activist Reshma Saujani asked President Donald Trump a question about his plans to address child­care affordability. His fumbling answer went viral, and raised awareness about how expensive childcare has become in the U.S.: for most American families with young children, it eats up more than 20% of their income. One report found that the burden on the U.S. economy comes out to more than $122 billion a...

01 Feb

Posted at 00:25h in News by

Transcend
January 2026
As we enter a new year, a growing dissonance is becoming impossible to ignore: the gap between what most young people experience in schools and what they actually need to thrive in this moment and beyond. For the past few years, we've been obsessed with the question of what ongoing advancements in AI mean for the future of school. We've watched as districts chase efficiency through disconnected pilots. We've seen AI readiness appear in glossy materials without changing classroom practice....

01 Feb

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Harvard Center for the Developing Child
January 22, 2026
We are thrilled to share the news that Stephanie M. Jones, PhD, has been named the next Faculty Director at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child. Dr. Jones is the Gerald S. Lesser Professor of Early Childhood Development at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she is Director of the EASEL Lab and co-Director of the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative. An accomplished researcher, she brings a broad range of relevant...

30 Jan

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The New York Times
By Robert Wachter
January 19, 2026
We physicians have a long tradition of the curbside consult — when we bump into specialists or more seasoned colleagues in the hospital cafeteria and ask for their advice on a vexing clinical case. Over my 35 years of practice, I used to track down other doctors for a couple of curbsides during morning rounds each day. These days, I’m getting far more curbsides, but they are not with colleagues. They’re with A.I. Sometimes...

23 Dec

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Alabama Daily News
By Trisha Powell Crain
December 23, 2025
Alabama could become one of the first states to set statewide standards for screen time for children 5 and younger in publicly funded early learning settings. Rep. Jeana Ross, R-Guntersville, said the bill pre-filed for the upcoming legislative session reflects a priority on how young children learn and grow. “The earliest years of life – from birth to age five – are the most important period of brain development a child will ever experience,” Ross...

22 Dec

Posted at 17:01h in Hunt Institute, News, Press by

WUNC - North Carolina Public Radio
By Colin Campbell
December 18, 2025
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt has died. The Wilson County native served the state for four terms as a Democrat, expanding the role of the governor and pushing for major education initiatives. Hunt was 88 years old. Hunt's family members, including his daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt, announced his passing Thursday afternoon. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. The...

20 Dec

Posted at 22:22h in News, Press by

Time Magazine
By Dr. Dana Suskind
December 18, 2025
Every week brings new product announcements promising AI-driven companionship for children: Barbies who call you by name, Curio stuffies that propose adventures and imaginary games, chatbots for kids from Meta and xAI. Even Disney recently joined the AI revolution, purchasing a $1 billion stake in OpenAI to bring its beloved characters to Sora. Whether they arrive as disembodied voices, avatars on a screen, or irresistibly plush toys, these products represent a fundamental break from every...

20 Dec

Posted at 22:15h in News, Press, Tomorrow's Hope by

Start Early
By Diana Rauner
December 4, 2025
We are excited to share the Start Early 2025 Year in Review, celebrating a year of growth, innovation and transformative milestones during the last fiscal year (July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025). At Start Early, we strive to ensure that every child has access to high-quality early learning opportunities. This past year has tested the resolve of the early learning field in ways few of us could have predicted. Delayed federal and state funding, regional...

04 Dec

Posted at 22:07h in News by

The Economist
December 4, 2025
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS may contain more surprises than usual this year, as children open presents that can talk back. Toymakers in China have declared 2025 the year of artificial intelligence (AI) and are producing robots and teddies that can teach, play and tell stories. Older children, meanwhile, are glued to viral AI videos and AI-enhanced games. At school, many are being taught with materials created with tools like ChatGPT. Some are even learning alongside chatbot-tutors. In work and play,...

02 Dec

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NJBIA
December 2, 2025
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues transforming classrooms worldwide, Kean University Professor Jennifer Chen, Ed.D., is leading research into how AI affects young learners ages 3 to 8 and what educators and families need to know to use it ethically, responsibly and effectively. Her latest articles, published in AI Enhanced Learning and Early Childhood Education Journal, explore the complexities of integrating AI into learning environments, finding that while it can enhance students’ learning and comprehension, it also presents ethical...