The Illinois State Board of Education released AI guidelines for K-12 schools that were themselves drafted with help from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. It's a practical demonstration of the technology they're regulating.
educationSunday, July 19, 2026
hype, harm, and guidance
Today's education coverage is split between AI's promise and its perils. Illinois released AI guidance written with AI's help, while Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff their tools are devastating classrooms. A new study questions whether emotional design in educational AI actually helps, and ProPublica exposes how Florida's lax oversight lets banned educators open private schools.
AI's mixed impact
Three stories today probe the real-world effects of AI on education, from official guidance to critical voices to empirical research.
Author Dave Eggers, invited by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, told 200 staff that ChatGPT is devastating education and stripping students of creative abilities. It's a rare direct confrontation from a literary figure inside the company.

A study in the British Journal of Educational Technology finds that emotional design in educational AI isn't universally beneficial, its impact depends on learner and context. That challenges a common assumption in edtech design.
Accountability gaps
A ProPublica investigation reveals how Florida's weak oversight allows educators with past misconduct to open private schools using taxpayer dollars.
ProPublica reports that Florida allowed a teacher whose license was revoked for sexual abuse to open a private school, and another educator banned in Ohio to do the same. The state's weak oversight means taxpayer dollars fund schools run by people with misconduct records.
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Ask About Her Job: Medicine’s Missing Questionmdsc.pe
How to Help Someone Change: The Samurai Guide to Giving Feedbackwww.themarginalian.org
How many known elements could we delete without ill effect? Part 2www.newscientist.com
Open-Source AI Is Changing Who Gets to Build the Futurewww.whatsinai.com
Scaling a business – 7 tips for successbmmagazine.co.uk
Using AI-based Learning Assistants in Higher Education: A Large-Scale Descriptive Analysisarxiv.org
Michael and Clare Morpurgo: ‘I’ve seen it probably a thousand times – their eyes widen. It’s a moment you don’t forget’observer.co.uk
A brief excerpt from a memoir by Michael Morpurgo about life on the farm where he and his wife Clare have lived since 1974. The piece touches on their childhoods growing up in the shadow of WWII — Clare wandering Devon fields and Michael finding solace in parkland at boarding sch
Google renames NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and adds native code executionwww.edtechinnovationhub.com
The standalone research tool now syncs with the Gemini app, while its cloud-computing update is initially limited to AI Ultra and selected Workspace customers. Google has renamed NotebookLM as Gemini Notebook and added native code execution through a secure cloud computer Google
University of Toronto partners with Cohere on enterprise-wide AI platformwww.edtechinnovationhub.com
Cohere's North agentic AI system will coordinate activity across university systems, while U of T's AI Kitchen remains in its pre-launch phase. The University of Toronto has entered a multi-year AI partnership with Cohere. Photo: Diana Tyszko The University of Toronto has entered
Japan's Experimental RV-X Rocket: First Launch and Landing Testwww.friendsofnasa.org
Japan's Experimental RV-X Rocket: First Launch and Landing Test JAXA’s small Reusable Vehicle eXperiment (RV-X) was launched and landed for the first time on July 11, 2026, in Japan's Akita Prefecture. During the 40-second flight, RV-X reached an altitude of about 11 meters and t
From classrooms to cyber labs, students find future in cybersecuritywww.freemalaysiatoday.com
Hands-on challenges and gamified learning are reshaping students’ views of cybersecurity beyond hacking, as BlackBerry says early exposure is key to building Malaysia’s future cyber workforce.
Honoring the Legacy of T. Denny Sanfordwww.nu.edu
National University joins the countless individuals, families, educators, nonprofit leaders, and organizations around the world mourning the passing of T. Denny Sanford, whose extraordinary generosity and unwavering belief in the power of education transformed millions of lives a
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Fort Hamilton Cannon Salute Goes Viral After ‘Kamikaze Squirrel’ Leaps Onto Soldier During Sail4th 250www.dvidshub.net
A ceremonial cannon salute at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hamilton turned into an international viral moment when a startled squirrel leapt from a utility pole onto a Soldier firing a ceremonial cannon during Sail4th 250. Captured by the garrison’s Public Affairs Chief, the clip has
PSY’s “Gangnam Style” Makes History as First Asian Artist’s MV to Reach 6 Billion Viewswww.pannchoa.net
PSY has once again made YouTube history with his iconic hit “Gangnam Style”! On July 17, PSY’s legendary music video Readmore... The post PSY’s “Gangnam Style” Makes History as First Asian Artist’s MV to Reach 6 Billion Views appeared first on Pannchoa .
Spiral Galaxy NGC 300 in Sculptor: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars & Gas Cloudswww.friendsofnasa.org
Spiral Galaxy NGC 300 in Sculptor: A Cosmic Gemstone with Stars & Gas Clouds This sparkling, colorful gemstone is the spiral galaxy NGC 300 in the constellation Sculptor. It is one of the closest spiral galaxies to Earth, only about 6 million light-years away. Does it really look
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