Arianna Prothero

2 days ago | edweek.org | Arianna Prothero |Lauraine Langreo

A draft executive order from President Donald Trump aims to integrate artificial intelligence across K-12 education, with potentially significant ramifications for schools. The order would instruct federal agencies to take steps to teach students how to use AI, train teachers to incorporate it into their tasks, and partner with the private sector to develop relevant programs in schools, according to the Washington Post, which obtained a copy of the draft order and first reported about it.

1 week ago | edweek.org | Arianna Prothero

Many math teachers are not confident in their ability to leverage artificial intelligence in their teaching, and they aren’t getting the support they need to do so. A new EdWeek Research Center survey shows that a majority of math teachers say they have not received training on using AI nor encouragement from supervisors to experiment with the technology.

1 week ago | edweek.org | Arianna Prothero

It’s hard to predict the future, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence. But in a recent survey, the EdWeek Research Center asked math teachers to look ahead five years and imagine the ways AI tools might reshape math instruction and student learning. Overall, they’re skeptical that AI will improve teaching and learning in their subject but confident that knowing how to use AI to solve math problems is a skill students will need in their future careers.

2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo |Arianna Prothero

Schools stand to lose significant cybersecurity support as the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, slash and reorder the U.S. government in the name of reducing waste. Federal departments and agencies play a crucial role in sharing threat information and best practices with districts as well as alerting districts that they have been hacked and helping them respond quickly.

2 weeks ago | govtech.com | Arianna Prothero |Lauraine Langreo

The federal government plays a crucial role in sharing threat information, best practices, and other resources with school districts that are frequent targets of cyber criminals — many operating outside of the United States. District technology directors, like Jun Kim of Moore public schools in Oklahoma, are bracing to see how cuts at the federal level will affect the services they have come to rely on to protect their districts' systems and students' data.