A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

2025 AI Index Report – In Ten Charts

“In 2024, the proportion of survey respondents reporting AI use by their organizations jumped to 78% from 55% in 2023. Similarly, the number of respondents who reported using generative AI in at least one business function more than doubled—from 33% in 2023 to 71% last year.”

“Love To Learn” – A Book On How Care Affects Learning In Early Education

“Most parents and educators intuitively know that nurturing relationships matter. What they may not know is that relationships drive brain development and later academic and social emotional outcomes in children. Research has shown that children who experience nurturing relationships tend to have a larger hippocampus, a brain region critical for memory, learning, and emotional regulation. […]

How 3D Printing Is Maturing

“Just because you can 3D print something doesn’t mean you should, DeSimone says. You can print a house, but he’s not sure there’s a compelling reason to do so. Traditional methods work well enough. But 3D printing is finding a sweet spot in medicine, where its three-dimensional creative powers have the rare ability to match […]

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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