What AI has done in its teacher assistant role this year has been transformative for teacher leader Katie Durkin. It’s helped her save time by generating ideas for formative assessments, giving her more time to provide students personal feedback – “a feat for any English teacher.”
The AI Assist by Nathan Lang-Raad offers a solid starting point for using artificial intelligence in the classroom, writes teacher Ralph Covino. Raad emphasizes the need to keep the human teacher at the center of instruction and includes a framework and useful guiding questions.
In a world saturated with misinformation, teaching students how to research isn’t just about completing an assignment. It’s about helping them become independent investigators who “pursue truth even when we aren’t there to guide them,” says Curtis Chandler. AI adds to the urgency.
When Sarah Cooper updated her civics lesson that asks students to write to their political representatives, she found that adding AI to the research process resulted in letters that were not just different but markedly better. Best of all, they were in her students’ own voices.
Science / STEM / STEM and the Future / STEM By Design
by MiddleWeb · Published 03/01/2026 · Last modified 04/04/2026
When STEM learning blends innovation with empathy, critical thinking with collaboration, and technology with ethics, your students will gain critical skills that can prepare them to lead, adapt, and shape an AI-driven world that’s still unfolding, writes STEM expert Anne Jolly.
As AI becomes omnipresent, it can be tricky to say exactly what “doing your own work” means or why you might prefer to do it yourself. Laurie Hornik shares the day she led her 7th graders in thinking about what they’d be willing to turn over to AI. Cue the robot basketball players.
It’s becoming increasingly critical for educators to understand both the benefits and the challenges of using artificial intelligence. Ron Williamson and Barbara Blackburn share 5 ways to make AI most helpful to school leaders, and 5 tasks to handle without much if any AI involvement.
Sharpening our reasoning powers about when and how to engage with artificial intelligence will serve us and our students well as we navigate whatever the future brings, says Brett Vogelsinger. He offers two lesson ideas we can use to model quality reasoning during AI interactions.
As AI becomes omnipresent in schools, Matt Renwick suggests ways to make sure it benefits you and your students. Included: current AI education research; ways to make AI use intentional, and a guide to developing a unit of study that engages students in AI tools and ethics.
Tony Frontier encourages decision makers to view artificial intelligence as a tool for both teachers and students. This tool only works when it’s used with intention. Frontier provides a framework for schools to use AI in purposeful ways, writes veteran teacher Chris Wagner.
