NCAN’s 2026 Spring Institute helped college access professionals build AI skills, explore ethical implementation, and develop practical tools to support student advising, college attainment, and organizational effectiveness.

This is the first post in a series article articles introducing the Resistance Training Toolkit: evidence informed strategies for working with (and against) AI.

A GAO report finds that teachers like collaborative teaching—and it has some preliminary research support too.

Marshall McLuhan was right about Claude, too.

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AI excels at codifiable knowledge but can't transmit the situated, embodied expertise that makes human experts irreplaceable. Introducing expert signals.

Curiosity is the best remedy for fear.

K- 12 AI Resources for Administration,Teachers, and Students Name of Resource/Organization Link Description Audience ✨Journal Article: Empowering Educators: Operationalizing Age-Old Learning Principles Using AI.✨✨ Fowlin, J., Coleman, D., Ryan, S., Gallo, C., Soares, E., & Hazelton, N....

What the Internet is doing to our brains

This report and interactive map bring together national data to provide a clearer picture of how districts invest in teachers, and what that means for strengthening teaching at scale. By …

Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecting student privacy.

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PD for GenAI isn't a "one and done" event - it needs to fit with teachers' existing disciplinary expertise and their deep, contextual understanding of what it means to teach.

I recently asked a group of around 3000 educators from my mailing list what they’d like to learn about GenAI. I’m incredibly lucky to have feet in a couple of camps as both an early career researcher and a consultant/author. It means I have access to the training and skills for working with lots of […]

Since A.I. has made the mental effort of writing and problem solving optional, universities need new ways to require the work needed for learning.

AI Integration Framework: Tiered Implementation & Professional Learning Plan Overview: Guiding Principles AI Leadership Task Force AI Usage Tiers for Educators Quarterly PD Activity Cycles - ITC Led, School-Based activities Annual AI Professional Learning Plan Teacher Reflection and AI Lesso...

Guided Learning is a new mode in Gemini that helps you learn and study by building a deep understanding instead of just getting answers.

The latest research and ethical considerations for educators

OpenAI's recent partnership with Instructure's Canvas Learning Management System furthers its aggressive entry into education. While claiming to support students and teachers, I'm worried about the effectiveness of its tools like study mode and Agents, which fail to remotely address pedagogical needs. OpenAI has come for education, and I think we should be concerned.

Enjoy recent titles from Institute faculty and staff, including three books from the MIT Open Learning community.

Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.

The National Academy for AI Instruction aims to train over 400,000 teachers on artificial intelligence fluency skills by 2030.

Recent reports from The Walton Foundation and Microsoft claim teachers using AI can save up to "six weeks" of time over a school year, or between 6-9.5 hours per week. But what does "time saved" actually mean in education? And should we be basing conversations about technology on this obscure, often misleading metric?

Which AI apps are people actively using? What’s actually making money, beyond being popular? We analyzed the data.

Some suggested resources and activities

Students have been trained to avoid the risk of failure at all costs

Trust between teacher and student was tricky way before A.I. hit us.