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Privacy & Security Deal Reached With Hackers to Delete Data Stolen From the Canvas Educational Platform
The hack of the popular learning platform highlighted the vulnerabilities of education companies.
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Privacy & Security A Cyberattack on Canvas Could Cause Lasting Aftershocks for Schools
Data from millions of students might have been compromised.
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Artificial Intelligence Video How AI Complicates Student Well-Being. What Schools Should Know
Many kids cannot tell the difference between an AI-driven chatbot and genuine human understanding.
Artificial Intelligence New $11M Effort Aims to Train Teachers in AI. How Does It Work?
The Computer Science Teachers Association launches the "AI PD Weeks" initiative.
5 min read
A classroom at Murrell Dobbins Career & Technical Education High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 2, 2025.
A classroom at a high school in Philadelphia, Penn., on Sept. 2, 2025. K-12 educators over the summer will have hands-on learning, collaboration, and practical strategies for teaching AI in K-12 classrooms.
Rachel Wisniewski for Education Week
Artificial Intelligence From Our Research Center More Schools Are Providing AI Training for Teachers. Is It Any Good?
As more schools offer teacher training on AI, they need to move beyond basics, experts advise.
4 min read
2 State of PD on AI DEF
Edmon de Haro for Education Week
Artificial Intelligence Opinion ‘What in the ChatGPT Is This?’: How EL Teachers Are Navigating AI Use
When used responsibly, AI can be a great ally for English learners.
14 min read
Conceptual illustration of classroom conversations and fragmented education elements coming together to form a cohesive picture of a book of classroom knowledge.
Sonia Pulido for Education Week

EdWeek Market Brief

Education Market Exclusive Data What Makes Schools Keep, or Cut, Ed-Tech Tools?
A new EdWeek Research Center survey asks about the factors that have major influence on whether an ed-tech product is kept, scaled back, or eliminated.
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Product Development Industry Insight Inside a Pilot Using AI to Rethink Assessment, Capture Students' Durable Skills
New efforts are underway to more efficiently, and less subjectively, assess students' progress in building durable skills — and the results could have major implications for the K-12 industry.
13 min read
Meeting District Needs Market Analysis Do Students Really Have Critical Thinking Skills? Inside the Market's Race to Assess the 'Unquantifiable'
A growing number of companies are racing to respond as a long-simmering demand for new, skills-based methods for measuring student success is starting to boil over in school districts across the country.
15 min read
Meeting District Needs K-12 Market News Here's What K-12 Vendors Can Expect After the Canvas Data Breach
On Monday, Instructure disclosed that its widely used Canvas software was the victim of a hacking breach.
3 min read

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