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June 30

AI in education Jun 30 San Diego School Spent $500K on Robot Tutors. Reading Science Disagrees. A San Diego charter chain spent $500,000 on two ChatGPT-powered humanoid robots for students already behind. Three leading researchers called it a parody. Reading science explains exactly what was missing. AI in education Jun 30 AI That Plays Counselor in Schools Is Bad News for Struggling Learners Alberta’s teachers drew a hard line: AI that simulates friendship or counseling has no place in K-12 schools. The APA and dependency research back them up. Here is what parents… AI in education Jun 30 Rigorous Math Education Helped This Teen Discover 1.5 Million Space Objects A Pasadena teenager won $250,000 for discovering 1.5 million unknown space objects. His secret wasn't an AI program. It was rigorous math education at a time when everyone else was… AI in education Jun 30 AI Classroom Robots Claim to Help Struggling Learners. Ask This First. Realbotix deployed a humanoid AI robot and 24/7 digital tutor in a New York school district, promising support for neurodiverse learners. The technology is real. So is the question the…

June 29

AI in education Jun 29 Research Confirms AI Builds Student Skills One Way, Undermines Them Another A spring 2025 experiment at Middlebury College found students who used AI to automate their work scored worse than no-AI peers by week two. Those who used AI to push… AI in education Jun 29 Research Confirms AI Builds Student Skills One Way, Undermines Them Another A spring 2025 experiment at Middlebury College found students who used AI to automate their work scored worse than no-AI peers by week two. Those who used AI to push… AI in education Jun 29 AI Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ For Struggling Readers, the Risks Go Deeper A Senate hearing on AI in schools named the risk: “cognitive surrender,” when AI replaces rather than assists thinking. For children still building phonological and reading skills, the risk is… AI in education Jun 29 AI Cheating Detectors Are Flagging the Students Who Need Support Most AI cheating detectors flag genuine student writing as machine-generated up to 83 percent of the time. The students most likely to be wrongly accused are those with dyslexia, ADHD, and…

June 25

AI in education Jun 25 Schools Bet on AI Tutors. Stanford Finds Kids Barely Use Them Schools are racing to put AI tutors in front of kids. A new Stanford study counted how much they actually used one: two to five minutes a week, with the…