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Monday, August 17
Agentic AI Moves from Pilot Phase to Production, Bringing Governance to the Forefront
New research from Caylent, an AI-focused Amazon Web Services Premier Tier Services Partner, found that enterprises are already moving agentic AI beyond pilots and into production environments. At the same time, organizations are putting strict conditions around autonomy, making governance and control the next major…
campustechnology.comResearch Studies Suggest AI Is Accelerating Familiar Cyber Attacks
Research released around the recent Black Hat USA 2026 conference suggests that artificial intelligence is increasing the speed and scale of cybersecurity activity without replacing the attack methods defenders already face.
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Sunday, August 16
College Admissions Testing is Returning to Mixed Reactions
Supporters argue that reinstating SAT and ACT test requirements better vet student readiness.
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Wednesday, August 12
On AI Policy, Students Have Plenty to Say
At a gathering in Boston, ‘student senators’ proposed a first-of-its-kind national AI policy for K-12 classrooms.
edsurge.comWhite House Intros Classified Cybersecurity Review for Frontier AI Models
The White House is moving forward with a voluntary framework for testing the cybersecurity capabilities and risks of advanced artificial intelligence models, though the standards guiding those evaluations remain classified.
campustechnology.comCybersecurity Researchers: AI Has Crossed into the Live Attack Chain
AI is moving beyond assisting cybercriminals and beginning to operate within live attacks, according to a new report from Check Point Research. The technology is making sophisticated capabilities faster and more accessible while creating new security risks for businesses deploying their own AI systems.
campustechnology.comReport: Cloud Crime on the Rise as Attackers Exploit Trust
CrowdStrike's 2026 Threat Hunting Report traces a multiyear shift from conventional intrusions toward attacks that exploit trusted identities, cloud services, AI systems and software dependencies.
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Tuesday, August 11
Supporting Early Childhood Educators
The guests on this episode of This Week with EdSurge say good tools fail without good follow-through.
edsurge.comThe K-12 Silo Won’t Survive AI — But Our Relationships Might
I left my school to ask tech executives how to prepare students for the future.
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Monday, August 10
Report: AI Attacks Push Organizations Toward Autonomous Cybersecurity Defense
Artificial intelligence is raising the stakes of cyber conflict as attackers use the technology to accelerate reconnaissance, uncover vulnerabilities, and launch attacks faster than many security teams can respond.
campustechnology.comFlorida Atlantic University adds quantum computing certificate
A new certificate will educate students on "one of the most transformative emerging technologies shaping the future of enterprise."
edscoop.comUniversity of Nevada, Reno, journalism students team on surveillance database
A new project that was built with help from university journalism students aims to provide researchers and policymakers with more information about surveillance technologies.
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Sunday, August 9
Reading Scores Continue to Drop for Many Middle Schoolers
Educators say middle schools need the same coherent literacy systems that transformed K-3.
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Friday, August 7
Colorado State University advances on ‘IT alignment’ project
Colorado State University is moving ahead on an IT modernization initiative that will unfold in four phases, starting with a discovery phase.
edscoop.comMicrosoft, Nvidia Move Enterprise AI Toward Active Cyber Defense
AI security is entering a new stage as organizations look beyond protecting models from prompt injection, unauthorized access, and data exposure.
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Wednesday, August 5
Gartner Marks Enterprise Move from AI Experiments to AI Engineering
According to Gartner's recent "Hype Cycle for Enterprise Architecture, 2026" report, enterprises are moving from AI experimentation toward a more industrialized approach to AI delivery.
campustechnology.comTech Industry Leaders Launch Open Secure AI Alliance
NVIDIA and 36 other partners are targeting agent security across multi-vendor clouds by combining open technologies for workload identity, agent controls, vulnerability scanning, and software supply-chain security.
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Tuesday, August 4
The Library That Sparked a STEM Revolution for Our Students
To truly close the digital equity gap, educators must become architects of student possibility.
edsurge.comWhat Happens When AI Policy Meets a Real Classroom?
One national study, one local leader, and a reality check on how schools are really regulating AI.
edsurge.comMalware Turns Microsoft 365 Calendar Into Covert Attack Vector
Security researchers at Group-IB have uncovered a Windows malware strain that turns Microsoft 365 calendars into covert channels for receiving commands and stealing files from targeted organizations.
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Monday, August 3
Teachers Forge Ahead on Integrating AI
A new report highlights a growing push for tools tailored specifically to the classroom.
edsurge.comMath Terrified Me When I Was a Student. That Made Me a Better Teacher.
A novice educator turns her "weakness" into a teaching strength.
edsurge.comReport: Content Infrastructure, Governance Lag Behind Agentic AI Adoption
AI agents have quickly moved into mainstream enterprise use, but the content infrastructure needed to support them has struggled to keep up, according to a new report from cloud content management company Box.
campustechnology.comPhishing Report Emphasizes Importance of Building a Security Culture
While cybersecurity teams have invested heavily in e-mail protection, endpoint security, and identity controls, new research from Fortra suggests one challenge remains difficult to solve: users.
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Sunday, August 2
High Schools Need a New Model for a New Economy
Career-connected learning, not just college readiness, will prepare students for jobs that keep shifting.
edsurge.comI Used AI to Build AI-Resistant Assignments
A teacher created an app to fight cheating — and discovered a bigger takeaway.
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Thursday, July 30
Why Would Anyone Opt for Virtual Kindergarten?
As a researcher, I knew the evidence. As a father, I learned that when making decisions for your child, emotions matter as well.
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Wednesday, July 29
Reality Bites: Students Say They Face Stark Challenges After High School
A new national survey finds a widening gap between classroom preparation and postgraduation life.
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Tuesday, July 28
Translating Dignity, Not Just Language
Automated platforms can translate messages in seconds, but as a school principal, I've learned that true belonging requires a human connection ...
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Monday, July 20
Building AI that teaches: What nine years at Coursera taught me about scaling learning systems
I've come to believe that educational AI is a fundamentally different engineering discipline than the consumer AI most people read about.
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Thursday, July 16
University of Colorado Boulder expands AI steering committee
An expanded AI steering committee will include a broader range of stakeholders from across University of Colorado Boulder.
edscoop.comCase Western Reserve University launches new interactive campus map
A new map for Case Western Reserve University includes features such as turn-by-turn directions between buildings.
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Tuesday, July 14
Indiana University unveils new IT strategic plan, reorganizes technology office
Indiana University's chief information officer wrote of the new plan: “Technology is not simply a service we provide; it’s a strategic tool that advances student success."
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