Why Districts Are Walking Away From Core Platforms
The Curve Weekly highlights a decisive shift in K‑12 district buying: funding mechanisms, political mandates, procurement rules, and teacher workflow are reshaping platform choices. Federal SEED and Charter grant competitions now route money through state intermediaries, while Texas’s revised social‑studies standards force vendors to build politically neutral content. A DOJ interim rule delays ADA compliance deadlines but cements WCAG 2.1 AA as a standing requirement, and Round Rock ISD’s move from Schoology to Google Classroom underscores the premium placed on low‑friction teacher tools. Collectively, these signals warn vendors that district decisions are moving from product excellence to defensibility and usability.
Rasmussen University Replaces Blackboard with Brightspace
Rasmussen University announced it will replace its legacy Blackboard system with D2L Brightspace across its 20 campuses and online programs. The switch, driven by a desire for AI‑enhanced content creation and more inclusive learning, will begin with a pilot in...
Master Python by Playing These Fun Games
You can learn Python by playing games: 1. Codédex — cododex[dot]io 2. CodinGame — codingame[dot]com 3. Codewars — codewars[dot]com 4. Exercism — exercism[dot]org 5. Battlesnake — play.battlesnake.com 6. CheckiO — py.checkio.org 7. Advent of Code — adventofcode.com 8. Making Games with Python & Pygame —...
Free Weekend Crash Course to Master Claude Faster
Give me one weekend and I'll make you better at Claude than 95% of people using it daily. Here's the exact roadmap: → Claude 101 (start here) https://t.co/MXn3wyDRog → Claude Code 101 https://t.co/1ecbgUhekj → Building with the Claude API https://t.co/qrho1oJ8ND → Sub-agents in Claude Code https://t.co/xbeJASNDDV → Build MCP Servers...
Retirees Launch AI Boomers Platform to Teach AI to Seniors
Jeff and Karen Nauman, a retired couple now living in Lake Chapala, Mexico, have launched AI Boomers, an online platform that offers artificial‑intelligence courses specifically for Americans aged 60 and older. The venture seeks to fill a nascent niche in...
District Buyer Map: Davidson County Schools (NC)
Davidson County Schools in North Carolina is transitioning its procurement strategy from isolated pilots and instructional resets to broad, system‑wide enablement. Spending is now focused on scaling existing initiatives, especially safety and artificial‑intelligence projects, while visible curriculum upgrades are drawing...
Microsoft and Australian Union Launch First Workers’ AI Summit in Sydney
Microsoft and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) convened the first Workers’ Summit on AI adoption in Sydney, advancing a framework agreement signed earlier this year. The summit focused on practical, worker‑centred AI deployment and set a roadmap for...
U.S. Colleges Offer Bachelor’s Degrees in Weeks, Raising Quality Concerns
U.S. colleges are rolling out hyper‑accelerated online bachelor’s programs that let students finish in weeks, with the University of Maine’s Presque Isle campus reporting that over a quarter of its recent graduates completed an entire degree in a single eight‑week...
Simpli5 Expands Platform to Turn Self‑awareness Into Daily Team Action
Simpli5 announced a platform expansion that embeds behavioral insights into everyday workflow, aiming to close the knowing‑doing gap that stalls most assessment investments. The move targets enterprise customers such as LinkedIn, Kaiser Permanente and Notion, and promises a compounding network...
Multiverse and Age UK Partner on AI and Data Academy
Multiverse has teamed up with Age UK to launch an AI and data academy for 60 staff members. The programme spans Level 3 to Level 6 courses, teaching tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, and machine‑learning fundamentals. By upskilling its workforce, Age UK...
C-DOT, Jumps Automation Partner to Develop Gamified Cybersecurity Awareness Platform
The Centre for Development of Telemetics (C‑DOT) has signed an MoU with Jumps Automation LLP to create a gamified cybersecurity awareness platform delivered as a commercial‑grade SaaS. The solution will combine a gaming arena, leaderboards, LMS, discussion forums and realistic...
Child Development Experts Rally Behind Bell‑to‑Bell Phone Bans in U.S. Schools
A coalition of child development scholars is urging K‑12 districts nationwide to adopt bell‑to‑bell cellphone bans, pointing to San Mateo High School’s six‑year Yondr program that locks phones for 1,600 students. The experts argue the policy curbs cyberbullying, sleep loss...
Sinterit’s 3D Printing Academy Makes Serious Manufacturing Education Free and Accessible
Polish 3D printer maker Sinterit has launched a free online 3D Printing Academy that delivers daily lessons across three dedicated tracks—Fundamentals, Business, and Engineers—focused on Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). The curriculum blends e‑books, videos, calculators, case studies and podcasts, culminating...
Transform Any Video Into Interactive Lesson with 3 Prompts
From YouTube Video to Interactive Lesson Plan in 3 Prompts Stop assigning videos. Start designing experiences.With the right prompts, any video can become an interactive lesson in minutes. Why it matters: • Turns passive watching into active learning • Saves hours of...
One-Week Open: Designer Growth Club Without Managers
Registration for Level Up Club is open for one week only ✨ If you’re a designer trying to grow without a manager, mentor, or strong support system around you, I built this for you. Here’s what’s inside 👀 https://t.co/kWzs2Kkm6j https://t.co/U3FyFiYuUh
Has AI As A Writing Partner Been Oversold?
Educators once hailed AI as a writing tutor that could clean up ideas without taking over authorship, but Erik Ofgang argues the reality is the opposite. While AI tools like ChatGPT have markedly reduced grammatical errors, they have also made...
AI Boosts Personalized Learning in Professional Development
📚 Ready to refresh your PD plans? 🎙️ @thelearningloop and I explore AI for more personalized learning. 🤝 I’m excited to partner with @jotform to share this conversation. https://t.co/XIsnraSi6r https://t.co/a8NAIn7QRS
Turning Polygonal Badges Into Contours of Practice
Doug Belshaw has launched Contours, a prototype tool that turns badge data into topographic contour visualizations of learner skill progression. Built on Badge Studio, the web app lets users define axes—illustrated with the EU DigComp 3.0 framework—to plot initial, midpoint and...
CUNY Tool Improves Credit Transfer
The City University of New York’s Transfer Explorer (T‑REX) platform, launched in 2020, helps students, advisers and faculty see how courses transfer across CUNY’s 20 colleges and which credits satisfy specific degree requirements. An Ithaka S+R study of nearly 30,000...
Tuna Fish and Hot Fudge
The Washington Post highlighted how competency‑based education (CBE) combined with generative AI can let students earn four‑year degrees in months. CBE speeds learners past material they already master, while AI automates assessments and paper‑writing. The article warns that this shortcut...
Get More Out of Your SIS: 3 Questions to Ask
Higher‑education institutions are rethinking student information systems (SIS) as AI‑driven platforms that must do more than record data—they need to shape student pathways and accelerate outcomes. The article argues that fragmented, bolt‑on architectures hinder real‑time decision‑making and that true intelligence...
The only AI Certification that Actually Tests if You Can Ship
Anthropic has launched the Claude Certified Architect: Foundations (CCA‑F) exam, a 60‑question, 120‑minute test with a 720‑out‑of‑1000 passing score that focuses on real‑world agentic scenarios. The certification covers five weighted domains—Agentic Architecture, Tool Design, Claude Code, Prompt Engineering, and Context...
AI Scans Book Spines to Auto‑catalog Classroom Library
📖 Want to catalog your classroom library without typing every title by hand? 📸 Stack the books, snap a photo, and upload it to a chatbot. ✨ It reads the spines and builds your catalog. I walk through the full process on...
🤖 Learn AI by Playing Games (Not Watching Boring Tutorials)
A new wave of interactive platforms lets learners master AI concepts through games instead of long videos. The list highlights eight tools—from Gandalf’s prompt‑engineering wizardry to TensorFlow Playground’s visual neural‑network sandbox—covering prompt design, visual AI, fundamentals, hands‑on model training, and...
Cornell Professor Revives Typewriters to Block AI‑Generated Essays
Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language professor at Cornell University, has reintroduced manual typewriters into her syllabus to force students to write without AI assistance. The analog assignment, now a semester‑long fixture, aims to restore deliberate thinking and curb generative‑AI...
Aon’s 2025 Employee Sentiment Study Flags Talent Churn and AI Skill Gaps for Insurers
Aon has released its 2025 Employee Sentiment Study, built on an August 2024 survey of 9,202 employees in 23 countries. The report finds a majority of workers planning to change jobs within a year and only 35% motivated to upskill...
MBZUAI Launches Fully Funded Ruwwad AI Scholars Fellowship to Nurture UAE Data Talent
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) announced the Ruwwad AI Scholars (RAIS) Fellowship, a fully funded two‑year postdoctoral program for Emirati PhDs. The initiative targets a pipeline of homegrown AI researchers who will staff future faculty positions and...
New $10K AI Degree Challenges Harvard with Tech Giants
This CEO has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and McKinsey to build an AI degree that could rival Harvard—and it will cost only $10,000 to attend https://t.co/t1gWn0rpCv
Tanzanian Girls Enroll in Mandarin Classes at Zanaki Secondary School
Zanaki Secondary School in Dar es Salaam has introduced Mandarin Chinese classes, enrolling girls such as 13‑year‑old Rosemary Thadei Mushi and 15‑year‑old Koletha Fikiri Mtakuja. The program, built by pioneering teacher Ema Silagomi, reflects a growing African appetite for Chinese...
EduCareerSG Adds AI to Career Development Program
EduCareerSG has upgraded its Experiential Career Accelerator (ECA) with AI‑enabled monitoring tools that flag early signs of stress and emotional strain among trainees. The system routes alerts to a human welfare team, enabling faster, personalised interventions while keeping a human‑first...
Punjab Board Makes AI a Core K‑12 Subject, Adding Computer Science Outcomes to Certificates
Punjab's School Education Board announced that artificial intelligence will become a core component of its K‑12 syllabus, with computer‑science outcomes reflected on student certificates. The policy, unveiled at a national AI conference, aims to equip students with skills for a...
Madhya Pradesh Launches AI & FinTech Certificate Courses in 68 Colleges for 2026‑27
Madhya Pradesh's BJP‑led government has announced AI and FinTech certificate programs in 68 state colleges for the 2026‑27 academic year, in partnership with IIT Delhi. The initiative aims to equip hundreds of students with practical skills for emerging technology sectors.
CoinDesk University Rolls Out AI Agent and Stablecoin Courses to Fill Web3 Talent Gap
CoinDesk has launched CoinDesk University, offering new curricula on AI agents and stablecoin payment systems. The initiative targets developers, product managers and other blockchain professionals who need to master the convergence of artificial intelligence and digital asset finance, a skill...
Cloud Labs Democratize Science Like Programming Did
Everyone that wants to will be able to be a scientist. Just like everyone that wants to now can be a programmer. Cloud labs will enable this far more than home labs (lots of scientific equipment is crazy expensive so...
U.S. Labor Department Launches Free AI Literacy Course for Workers
The U.S. Labor Department rolled out a free AI‑literacy course called “Make America AI‑Ready,” delivering seven ten‑minute modules via text message. The initiative aims to demystify AI for employees and employers, while educators and labor groups weigh its benefits against...
DigiFlight Introduces Phoenix Mixed-Reality Trainer For Apache Crews
DigiFlight Inc. unveiled the Phoenix Mixed‑Reality Flight Training Device for AH‑64 Apache crews at the Army Aviation Warfighting Summit in Nashville. The system combines a full‑scale cockpit replica, mixed‑reality visuals, and a high‑fidelity aerodynamic model to simulate pilot and gunner...
Navigating AI in Classrooms: Practical Tips & Ethics
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177 - From the Classroom: Enhancing Learning with AI
In this episode, host John interviews media studies teacher John Dolman about the practical realities of integrating AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude into high‑school classrooms. Dolman recounts his early skepticism, the moment AI proved invaluable for generating inspection reports...
Embrace AI in Higher Ed, Don't Dismiss It
Keynoting in Caribbean on how AI can be integrated into teaching, learning, admin & research in Higher Ed. Ignoring it, or turning it into a toxic issue, does not help. #2pros https://t.co/XknB3iDEwT
Northampton Schools Approve $200,000 Chromebook Budget as Parents Call for EdTech Pullback
Northampton public schools voted to spend roughly $200,000 a year for the next five years on new Chromebooks, while parents of sixth‑graders petition for a return to analog instruction. The local budget decision arrives as Asian education leaders push AI...
Get Lifetime Access to 1,000+ Professional Courses for Just $19.97
StackSkills launched EDU Unlimited, offering lifetime access to over 1,000 professional courses for a one‑time fee of $19.97, down from the regular $600 price. The catalog spans IT, software development, graphic design, digital marketing, finance, and business strategy, taught by...
LipsyncX Unveils AI Lip‑Sync Video Generator for Educators and Digital Learning Teams
LipsyncX announced an AI‑powered lip‑sync video generator that lets educators and instructional designers create talking‑head videos from text, audio or photos. The online workflow promises faster production and easier scaling for e‑learning assets, marking the company's entry into the education‑focused...
Cisco and PwC Lead Surge in AI Upskilling as Firms Brace for Automation
Cisco and PwC are scaling AI upskilling programs, mandating core AI literacy for all staff and embedding hands‑on training that cut call times by 30% at Wyndham. The moves reflect a broader corporate push to prepare workers for automation and...
India’s Children’s Activities Economy Awaits Its Platform Moment
India’s children’s extracurricular activities market, serving over 10 million kids, is valued at $3‑3.5 billion and still only 10 % penetrated in urban areas. Millennial parents now view sports, dance, music and similar pursuits as essential for development, while rapid urbanization and a...
Master of the Rolls Urges UK Law Schools to Embed AI Training Amid Machine‑age Justice Shift
The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, told the 61st ALT Conference that lawyers will be needed more than ever in the coming ‘machine age’ and that UK law schools must embed artificial‑intelligence and technology training. He warned that routine...
Fundamental XR Launches AI‑Powered XR Platform Cutting Surgical Onboarding Time 60%
Fundamental XR unveiled an AI‑driven, hardware‑agnostic XR platform that slashes surgical onboarding time by more than 60% and lifts procedural accuracy by 44%. Built on Photon Engine’s scalable networking, the solution aims to standardize high‑stakes medical training worldwide.
Instawork Launches Robotics Data Lab as Physical Intelligence Unveils General‑purpose Robot Brain
Instawork announced its Instawork Robotics Lab and a certification program that has already enrolled more than 20,000 gig workers, projecting 20 million hours of robot‑training data in 2026. At the same time, Physical Intelligence published research on its new π0.7 model,...
Dugan's Travels Launches Business‑Focused Education for Independent Travel Advisors
Bremerton‑based Dugan's Travels announced a 2026 rollout of business‑focused education for its network of independent travel advisors. The new curriculum adds sales, client acquisition and supplier‑relationship modules to the agency's traditional destination training, targeting higher revenue and sustainable growth.
California Boosts Mobile Power of Student Dashboard
California’s Student Pathways Dashboard, launched a year ago, has been refreshed with fully mobile capabilities, faster load times, and enhanced accessibility for vision‑impaired users. The upgrade adds an additional year of education and career outcome data, expanding the tool’s analytical...
Tech Columnist Urges Dads to Swap Coding Lessons for ‘Intent Architecture’ AI Roadmap
Amanda Caswell, AI editor at Tom’s Guide, says the decade‑long push to teach children to code is losing relevance. She proposes a new “Intent Architecture” curriculum that focuses on AI orchestration, targeting dads who want to future‑proof their kids’ education.