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Stanford Center for Racial Justice By Hoang Pham, Tanvi Kohli, Emily Olick Llano, Imani Nokuri, Anya Weinstock June 29, 2026 It’s hard to avoid the topic of artificial intelligence. Since ChatGPT was introduced in November 2022, AI has infiltrated just about every aspect of human life—and at a pace that is almost impossible to keep up with. Pope Francis recently attended the G7 summit to address global leaders on the perils and promises of AI—the first time a pontiff has ever addressed the...
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...
National Academies By Sara Frueh May 4, 2026 As artificial intelligence starts to reshape work across many sectors of the economy, students, parents, and educators are grappling with how to prepare young people for the workforce when the future impacts of AI on jobs are still unclear. “It’s a really nerve-racking time for teachers, for students, for parents, for entire industries,” said Adam Browning of Washington Leadership Academy, a charter school in Washington, D.C., who spoke at a recent workshop hosted by the National...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...