Dr PenBen Williamson's AI in Education list on Zotero
#EDaí #ai #genai #edtech #edpolicy #academia #academicchatter
https://www.zotero.org/groups/6347485/ben_williamsons_ai_in_ed_list/library
Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇I'm a member of the Boulder Valley School District's "District Accountability Committee" or DAC. Each school in the district has a representative that meets once a month at district headquarters to hash out policy, budget, and other recommendations to the school board.
At last night's DAC meeting, during the Q&A period following our Superintendent's briefing (in which he brought up the ongoing problem of kids vaping in school bathrooms), I mentioned an amazing talk I saw at this past @defcon #DEFCON33 called "Unmasking the Snitch Puck: The creepy IoT surveillance in the school bathroom" - video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnojaEpF2I
You see, New Vista High School, which just opened a brand new building, has installed these devices, called a Halo 3C Smart Sensor, in all the bathrooms and elsewhere inside the school building, and has made a measurable impact reducing the number of vaping-in-school incidents. But, as I told superintendent Anderson, the sensor itself brings along with it some seriously problematic security vulnerabilities, in addition to the undocumented capabilities that the researchers in the talk exploited.
The superintendent's response to that made the whole room bust out laughing: "Andrew, you never fail to bring to my attention things that scare the hell out of me" - to which I responded, literally my job, Rob. It's why they call it "Threat Research" my guy.
This is why every community board, council, committee, etc. needs a thoughtful hacker present, to relay important information like this to policy implementers and policy makers who just don't keep up with this space.
#BVSD #schoolboard #edtech #edpolicy #techpolicy #Boulder #COpolitics
DEF CON 33 - Unmasking the Snitch Puck: IoT surveillance tech in the school bathroom - Reynaldo, nyx
Eric Darnley SmallMIT has become the first university to reject federal funding tied to the Trump administration’s proposed education agenda, citing concerns over academic freedom and independence. The administration’s compact, sent to nine top schools, asked for policies restricting transgender rights, capping international student enrollment, screening applicants’ “values,” and freezing tuition. In exchange, signers would get grant preference and White House access. MIT President Sally Kornbluth said the plan contradicts the school’s values and the principle that science funding should be merit-based, not politically conditioned. Will other schools follow MIT’s lead? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/mit-rejects-trump-agenda-funding-benefits-rcna236894 #MIT #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #Trump #TransRights #EdPolicy
Lydia Croupe, Ed.D. 📚💻In my newest blog entry, I discuss advocating for public education particularly in the state of Texas. Although it might not be everyone's "cup of tea," it is important to remember as educators we have a powerful voice. #Education #EdChat #EdPolicy
https://cupoftea.education/2025/09/28/our-voice-our-schools/
1) Ban smartphones in schools, preventing the use of convenient MFA TOTP apps
2) attackers phish schoolkids' accounts
3) attackers set up MFA on the stolen accounts to make it harder for admins to recover
4) admins disable the ability to set up MFA on all accounts to prevent attackers from doing it first
5) ...
6) Profit?
Original source post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bya76aoajvy6ihmaviywjcil/post/3lyiunxfesc2c
OhmbudsmanSouth Korea to ban smartphones in elementary/middle classrooms in 2026.
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/south-korea-bans-smartphones-in-all-middle-and-elementary-school-classrooms-153742244.html
#EdPolicy #SouthKorea #Classroom
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/south-korea-bans-smartphones-in-all-middle-and-elementary-school-classrooms-153742244.html
#EdPolicy #SouthKorea #Classroom
Daniel M. ReckHere's what students, K-12 schools, and colleges can expect now that "One Big Beautiful Bill" is officially law:
•K-12 #school vouchers are going national (sort of)
•Loss of Medicaid funds to K-12 schools
•Cuts to food assistance & school meals
•Increase to the #ChildTaxCredit
•Big changes to federal #StudentLoans
•Changes to #PellGrants for low-income students
•An accountability earnings test for colleges
•Higher #tax on #college endowments
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5459784/trump-school-college-student
Mike Ege🚨 SFUSD’s “Grading for Equity” policy is under fire. Critics say it lowers standards, hides student struggles, and isn't equitable at all. 📉
A deep dive by @thevoicesf:
https://thevoicesf.org/grading-for-equity-is-neither-grading-nor-equitable/
Grading for Equity is neither grading nor equitable
During the Board of Education discussion on Grading for Equity Tuesday night, I heard Board President Phil Kim say something incorrect that bears a closer look. He said, “Oh, Grading for Equity — that’s the same thing as Standards-Based Grading.” Unfortunately, this is a misunderstanding. While Grading for Equity clearly grew out of Standards-Based Grading […]
"The Education Department is prohibited by law from telling schools what, or how, to teach."
States & districts control education, chosing to use federal dollars. "After abysmal finishes in 2019 (Louisiana in fouth-grade reading, Alabama in fourth-grade math), both states implemented sweeping changes to help their districts improve — with a big assist from federal COVID relief funds. Both states showed remarkable improvement by 2024."
Department of #Education halts thousands of #CivilRights investigations: "…we have a complete disruption of the services we provide and are hearing from our stakeholders," says #DOE Office of Civil Rights attorney Sheria Smith, citing an example of a #Kentucky family pleading for answers about the complaint they'd made about how their elementary #school responded to the #SexualAssault of their child.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations
“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment on hold.