Education

AI May Be the Classroom’s Most Unlikely Ally

AI May Be the Classroom’s Most Unlikely Ally
AI May Be the Classroom’s Most Unlikely Ally
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Education has always been slow to change. The basic structure of the classroom, a teacher at the front, students in rows, a fixed curriculum delivered...

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Tech Giants Back Andreessen Horowitz’s Alternative Tech Academy
Tech Giants Back Andreessen Horowitz’s Alternative Tech Academy
September 22, 2026  |  Investments

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz launched an alternative school for rising tech talent, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday (Sept. 22). The idea is to...

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Classrooms Turn AI Into a Lesson in Collaboration
Classrooms Turn AI Into a Lesson in Collaboration
February 26, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) in education is often framed through the lens of risk. But new data from Anthropic suggests a more nuanced reality: students and...

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Wharton Study Finds Structured AI Improves Learning More Than On-Demand Help
Wharton Study Finds Structured AI Improves Learning More Than On-Demand Help
February 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

New research from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve learning outcomes, but only when its...

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Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem
Anthropic Fast-Tracks Next Generation of Coders Into Claude Ecosystem
February 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic has formed a partnership that will make its artificial intelligence (AI) tools Claude and Claude Code available to 20,000 college students. The AI startup is collaborating with CodePath,...

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OpenAI Has Sold 700K ChatGPT Licenses to American Colleges
OpenAI Has Sold 700K ChatGPT Licenses to American Colleges
December 18, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI has reportedly made deep inroads with American colleges. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup has sold more than 700,000 licenses for its ChatGPT product to around...

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Synchrony to Promote Personal Finance Education With Investments and Employee-Led Effort
Synchrony to Promote Personal Finance Education With Investments and Employee-Led Effort
September 19, 2025  |  Financial Inclusion

Consumer financing company Synchrony aims to promote personal finance education for K-12 students with a $1 million investment in nonprofit organizations and with an employee-led...

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University of Cha-Ching: Freshman Year Comes With Surge Pricing
University of Cha-Ching: Freshman Year Comes With Surge Pricing
September 13, 2025  |  The Weekender

Move over, FOMO. Make way for FOMP, or fear of missing a payment, that grips college-bound students and their slightly pale parents in 2025. The...

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