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Last summer, the U.S. announced that it would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) by the end of 2026, prompting a wave of speculation on which countries would fill its empty seats. China has been at the top of the list, given its economic power, growing role in global diplomacy, and investment and leadership in AI. Speculation is now coming to fruition. On April 3, UNESCO appointed Professor Qun Chen of China as the next Assistant Director-General for Education, who “brings more than 30 years of combined academic and executive leadership experience.” This is just…

With the end of Grad PLUS loans fast approaching, a small number of institutions are promoting a loophole of sorts to help their incoming classes avoid losing out on the funding option: starting their courses this summer, before the graduate school loan program disappears. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes a provision allowing anyone who has already secured a Grad PLUS loan by July 1 to be grandfathered in to receiving the loan for the following three years, or until they finish the program. That means students who start their graduate programs in May or June of 2026 will…

Join our zero2eight Substack community for more discussion about the latest news in early care and education. Sign up now. Early childhood classrooms are typically led by a pair of teachers.  To a child in their care, their roles may be indistinguishable. Both teachers play with them, read to them, sing to them and guide them throughout the day.  But each pair consists of a lead teacher — the senior professional in the classroom — and an assistant teacher, who may serve in more of a supporting role but, in many programs, acts as a co-teacher.  Assistant teachers, despite their…

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter After taking a break from social media, Orange County student Elise Choi helped write a bill that would mandate California schools teach digital wellness — a response to growing concerns about how technology is affecting students’ mental health. Assembly Bill 2071 would require California schools to include digital wellness in health classes, teaching students how social media and AI affect their mental health and behavior. Supporters say the bill focuses not on limiting access, but on teaching students how to use technology responsibly.  Elise, a…

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Why Your AI-Powered Learning Tools Should Use Less When I started building AI-powered tools for education, my instinct was the same one most people have: send the user’s input to the AI, get a response, display it. The AI was the tool. Everything ran through it. It worked, until it didn’t. An API key expired over a long break, and nobody noticed for weeks. The service went down occasionally, and the tool went with it. And at some point, I realized I was paying a monthly AI API bill for what amounted to answering the same twelve questions over and…

Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Liudmila Chernetska and vasiliki/iStock/Getty Images Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content. Peterson’s colleague Linda Raznik, a philosophy professor and associate department head, is jumping ship with similar concerns about academic freedom. Lucy Schiller, a nonfiction writing professor at Texas Tech University, also has plans to leave her job. They are just a few of the faculty…

Derry, Northern Ireland, April 20, 2026 — Learning Pool has announced the acquisition of WorkStep, an AI-powered employee engagement platform specifically designed for the frontline workforce. This acquisition builds on the momentum of Learning Pool’s recent acquisitions of WorkRamp, an AI-first Learning Management System (LMS) for high-performing teams, and Elucidat, an innovative cloud-based authoring platform. These strategic moves underscore Learning Pool’s commitment to equipping frontline enterprises and scale-up businesses with precision training and performance solutions that accelerate speed-to-productivity and optimize bottom-line performance. The addition of WorkStep to the Learning Pool family allows organizations with high-volume frontline staff to manage the…

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Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Most-clicked story of the week: The U.S. Department of Education is continuing to push for artificial intelligence use in classrooms through newly finalized priorities and definitions for districts and colleges applying for any of the agency’s discretionary grant programs. A final rule issued April 13 said the agency will prioritize applications for projects that aim to expand the understanding of AI or its appropriate and ethical use in education.  Within those parameters, more weight will be given to proposals that call for…