AI

20 schools across Tirana will recieve between 11 - 31 'smart' cameras as part of a wider smart cities project. The cameras claim to be enhanced with artificial intelligence, and are sold by Presight AI. It is not clear what the AI involves or what the capability of the cameras will be. Link to

Cameroon's Ministry of Secondary Education (MINSEC) have launched a new 'Intelligent Classroom' initiative, which integrates interactive displays, digital learning platforms, and other "AI" tools. The classroom is being delivered with a private company called Promethean. The ministry claim the

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) warns schools that criminals may use AI tools to manipulate the images they publish of students. The warning follows reports by the Internet Watch Foundation of a case in which a UK school was blackmailed by a criminal gang threatening to publish such images. The

A study that intended to record pre-school classrooms - including using body worn cameras on teachers - and using the footage to train an AI to assess teacher's interactions with students. The study was cancelled after significant backlash from parents. The researchers attempted to use opt-out

Alpha school is a private school that heavily relies on AI to deliver education. It generates extremely dubious lesson plans that have caused staff members to raise concerns over their accuracy and suitability. Moreover the school extensively tracks students, including taking videos of them as they

Hundreds of schools use a tool called 'Alongside' - an AI system that monitors student's mental health. Alongside is just one of a similar tranche of tools that have become increasingly popular with school districts. Some argue that these tools allow stretched schools to provide support despite

An influential study has been retracted by Springer Nature following concerns about the methodology of the analysis and the paper's conclusions. The paper claimed that ChatGPT has a positive impact on learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking. The study further recommended

South Korea’s experiment with AI-powered textbooks collapsed within months of launch after widespread technical failures and complaints from students and teachers. The government had promoted the digital textbooks as a way to personalise learning, ease teacher workloads, and modernise classrooms

Students in Colombia are having their education interfered with due to the availability of AI chatbots on platforms such as WhatsApp, teachers say, as resisting the temptation to copy and paste answers from AI is too difficult for pupils. Colombia was already facing issues; just over half of

As Kenya faces a teacher shortage, educators are experimenting with AI tools such as Kalasik, which uses models from OpenAI. The country lacks nearly 100,000 teachers and large classroom sizes are normal, but AI has freed up the time teachers previously spent writing lesson plans, allowing them to

The Egyptian government and UK-based Academic Assessment Ltd. exposed over 72,000 children’s records linked to the Egyptian Scholastic Test (EST), a university entrance exam for American Diploma students, Human Rights Watch revealed. The unprotected database contained names, addresses, ID copies

School districts in Canada have been constantly monitoring school-issued devices for risks to student mental health and potential shootings, alerting public school teachers, sometimes without parents’ knowledge. Gaggle Safety Management is used by 1,500 school districts to monitor for indicators of

A lawsuit alleging that Edtech giant PowerSchool is selling student data - including health and disciplinary records - without the knowledge and consent of students or parents, has been filed in San Francisco federal court. It claims that PowerSchool can collect "virtually unlimited" data about its

Parents are suing a school in Massachusetts after a student was punished for using AI in a class project. The student admitted using AI for a social studies project, but claimed it was only for research. They were marked down and given a detention. The parents claim this will negatively impact their

A Colorado moratorium on facial recognition cameras in schools is set to end after two years. State legislators had voted to investigate how biometric systems are used, but its expiration in July 2025 could trigger a surge in facial recognition and AI surveillance that could enter the education

Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at risk of being left behind while AI advances, according to a study from the Special Olympics Global Center for Inclusion in Education. New tools could be used to simplify education, making learning more inclusive to those with