Here's why you should be talking about it: Special education affects everyone–district admins, state legislators, regular & special education teachers, parents, and kids inside & outside of special education.

Important and well said.

@RbnLake joined @NPR @npratc All Things Considered yesterday to talk about the AI learning gap between low- and high-income students. Take a listen 📻

Seems like an appropriate day to re-up this:

I am intrigued but have thoughts. Where do students and families fit in as focus is mainly on teachers and their unions? To whit, will this strategy reinforce the status quo when we need transformation? Is "corporate think tank" a wise brand?? More soon.

It was great to hear @Microsoft's Brad Smith this morning talk about new investments in AI educator skill building in education and their new AI Economy Institute to bring together researchers studying AI and learning...

Colleges of education must see each student and their highly varied needs as the X to solve for and design the teaching profession and schools to better address that variability. Preach.

“I’m not sure the world would miss us.”—Dean Carole Basile, @asueducation In a new piece, Carole & @RbnLake make the case: Ed schools must evolve—fast—or be replaced. ASU is taking steps, but other ed schools must, too. From our Phoenix Rising Series: https://t.co/esOhe3MgUZ

Lots of really interesting data to dig through in the new Gallup AI/teacher study! Here are some initial takeaways (including some analyses that were not in the published report but that we got from a briefing with the Gallup team). https://t.co/ZdsTwrh3E6

New study out today by Gallup: Three in 10 Teachers Use AI Weekly, Saving Six Weeks a Year. https://t.co/afW0u9LtAl.

📉Math scores have been declining for over a decade—and Covid didn't help. Now, can AI tools help address the math crisis? @RbnLake explores this and more in her latest Think Forward: Learning With AI newsletter. https://t.co/tY7oSAuKA6

The approach is mind boggling, and communication from the district remains baffling and often dismissive, parents said. “You can’t save small schools by forcing people into them,” said a parent “ You save them by listening and building schools people want to be a part of.” 2/2

This is truly absurd. Seattle school district is artificially limiting enrollment in district-run schools of choice to preserve the schools people want to leave. Great reporting from @drsuperville https://t.co/fmrehVt2d5 1/2

Feds want states to certify their schools have ended DEI by Thursday or risk losing fed $. 1/3 confirm yes 1/3 will decline 1/3 we don't know yet Will be a legal battle. Map per @educationweek

"We need schools that create no dead-ends for students, but encourage students to explore early on what kind of real world career they can imagine for themselves." Read my colleague Chelsea Waite's excellent interview with Vox. https://t.co/9ECH15s50Y

yup

Mighty words and leadership from @LAUSDSup.

We examined how schools of ed are preparing future teachers for AI in the classroom—the result? “Inertia, skepticism and a frustratingly slow pace of change.” Ed schools need to step up quickly, @RbnLake & Steven Weiner say—or risk obsoletion. @The74

How close are we to artificial general intelligence (AGI)? @RbnLake reflects on this as well as new research, commentary, AI tools, and more in her latest Think Forward: Learning With AI newsletter: https://t.co/4FRw2UCBxS

3/ What must come next? @RbnLake outlines ed's "unfinished business:" ✅ Rapid intervention for struggling students ✅ Rethinking school staffing & teacher support ✅ Expanding alternative learning models ✅ Shifting how we track & share student progress https://t.co/SJIv5AmxOj