How do we prevent students from cheating with AI or outsourcing their thinking to it? My answer to this question has remained the same for the last 2.5 years. The only way we can fully prevent cheating with AI is to assume students are using it and test for that knowledge and

AI is an incredible teaching companion, but it’ll never replace the heart of the classroom = you! 🍎❤️ The key is using AI to enhance your impact, not overshadow it. 🔑 Discover powerful tools + tips in our 💥ALL NEW💥 blog post ⤵️ themerrillsedu.com/blog-1/2025/3/… #interACTIVEclass

As the school year begins, I encourage all teachers to try one thing. Get an understanding of your student interests and use an LLM to generate a reading passage for your students at their level using their own personal interests. Watch their eyes light up! 👀

"Perhaps one of the biggest threats that A.I. poses to education isn’t that it’s going to make educators useless, but that it is going to make educators so much more necessary than we are willing to invest in." Tressie McMillan Cottom on AI in ed, w/ Jessica Grose nytimes.com/2025/08/12/opi…

Happy to be speaking at the NJ School Counselor’s Association conference this September. I hope you’ll join me! ncyionline.org/conferences/nj… Counseling in the Age of AI: Tools, Guidance, and Human-Centered Leadership Session Description:  Artificial Intelligence is rapidly

Educators - Which of these “AI teaching assistant” tools is your go-to? Vote now and comment below! #AIinEdu

📝Lesson planning with 🤖 AI: Save time and get ideas💡 Part 1️⃣ : 10 ways AI can help us plan lessons better and faster Part 2️⃣: A workflow: Breathe life into content standards Plus ➕: Lesson plan examples & templates f.mtr.cool/qapfxnvbme

We're thrilled to see Forbes cover Stanford University's research that confirms that while AI will never replace the power of a teacher, it has a valuable place in the classroom. The latest Stanford SCALE study tracked 9,000+ teachers usage of the SchoolAI platform and found

In other not-so-shocking news....screen time in small doses doesn't really affect kids negatively. All you "balance truthers" out there rejoice. Yes, overuse is a problem, but we need to teach balance! techlearning.com/news/screen-ti… via techlearning

AI isn’t going away—and most of your students are already using it. So why not start the year by teaching them how to use it well?Here are 8 back-to-school activities to set the tone for the whole year. 🔗 mrhook.it/8bts