What Defined AI in Education in 2025? A Year in Review
What Defined AI in Education in 2025? In this article, I reflect on some of the highlights from the blog, looking at trends in the technology, how attitudes towards AI hype have shifted, and where I think the industry is taking us in 2026.
Disney's deal with OpenAI is about controlling the future of copyright
To say Disney and OpenAI make for strange bedfellows is an understatement.
Starting in 2026, ChatGPT and Sora can generate images and videos incorporating Disney IP, including more than 200 characters from the company's stable of Star Wars, Pixar and Marvel brands.
Evolving AI capabilities and the school curriculum
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for examining how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) may reshape school curricula. It aims to clarify how curriculum developers and policymakers can think systematically about the relationship between AI capabilities and curricular aims, goals and assumptions. Drawing on curriculum theory and historical perspectives, the paper situates AI within broader debates about what knowledge is worth teaching and how technological change impacts those decisions. The framework is illustrated through a case study of writing, a domain where AI’s capabilities are already highly visible and where potential curricular implications can already be observed. Hypothesising about future advances in AI, the paper extends the discussion beyond writing to examine scenarios in which AI masters wider sets of human capabilities, with possible consequences for curriculum development and for schooling more broadly.
New Gallup data show a continued rise in AI adoption rates across the U.S. workforce from Q2 to Q3 2025.
The percentage of U.S. employees who reported using AI at work at least a few times a year increased from 40% to 45% between the second and third quarters of 2025. Frequent use (a few times a week or more) grew from 19% to 23%, while daily use moved less, ticking up from 8% to 10% during the same period.
Most Gen Z High Schoolers Feel Unprepared for Life After Graduation
New Gallup study finds that students have little awareness of pathways other than four-year degrees, and receive limited guidance about alternative options from parents and teachers
For years, there has been a quiet understanding in many high schools that success in certain courses, especially senior math and sciences, required something extra. Not more effort or better attend…
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
How Many AI Artists Have Debuted on Billboard’s Charts?
Xania Monet, who becomes the first AI-powered artist to debut on an airplay chart this week, is one of several AI-driven acts to chart over the past two months.
The Australian National AI Plan 2025 has significant implications for schools. Here's what educators need to know about policy, procurement, professional development, and 2026 planning.
