Children & education

A Bucks County man was taken into custody on Tuesday after using artificial intelligence to create child pornography, District Attorney Joe Khan said. On Tuesday, Bucks County District Attorney Joe Khan announced that Harry Tiffany IV, 66, ... (https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1562#7548)

CNBC's Jim Cramer urged investors to diversify beyond the market's hottest AI winners, warning that no single investment theme should dominate a portfolio.

The country's new law also bans the use of mobile phones in schools.

Background: Digital health literacy is an essential skill for processing health-related information in today’s technology-driven society. Recent literature highlights deficits in digital health literacy among adolescents and legislative initiatives to secure its promotion have been introduced (eg, in the German Social Code Book V). However, few interventions target adolescents; existing programs often overlook critical aspects like graph literacy or lack applicability in schools and rigorous sci

Recent autoregressive video diffusion methods are increasingly built upon Self Forcing, where the student is trained on histories produced by its own rollout rather than ground-truth video contexts. This reduces exposure bias, but the historical key-value cache is still used by future frames only as frozen rollout state. As a result, future losses cannot supervise how earlier generated latents should be written into more useful keys and values for later video-latent generation. We call this the

The messy approach to U.S. AI regulation reflects both the rapid speed of model cyber capabilities and the White House’s “education” over the past two years, experts said. The post Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation? appeared first on CyberScoop .

As Texas schools face at least $600 million in federal funding cuts, multiple mental health programs, particularly those implemented in response to the pandemic and mass shootings, are at risk of losing funding. School programs focused on chronic absenteeism, mental wellness and crisis services that were created in response to the Uvalde school shooting, as […]

Background: Traditional simulation-based nursing education is often constrained by high costs, resource intensity, and limited scalability. AI-powered simulations offer dynamic, scalable, and personalized alternatives. However, the empirical evidence regarding their pedagogical effectiveness and learner acceptance remains fragmented. Objective: This study aimed to systematically evaluate and synthesize evidence on the effectiveness and learner perceptions of AI-powered simulations in nursing edu

France is on the cusp of finalizing a social media ban for minors under age 15 that will require age verification to determine a users' age.

States have made steady progress including students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms, an independent federal report finds, but lawmakers and advocates worry that headway will be lost as federal special education offices move from the Department of Education to Health and Human Services. Released this month, the Government Accountability Office report shows the number of […]

This full paper in the research-to-practice track presents methods for assessing student teams in tabletop exercises (TTXs). TTXs enable learner teams to prepare for workplace tasks and practice crisis responses, such as resolving cybersecurity incidents. While assessment is essential for determining how well teams achieve learning objectives, the complex, open-ended nature of TTXs often leads to delayed or incomplete feedback. TTX learning platforms can record teams' actions and communication;

The new Light Flip is a mashup of the Light Phone III and an old-school flip phone.

Families across America, particularly those with young children, are struggling this summer. With costs up, many are facing financial hardship at a level even greater than what was seen at the onset of the pandemic. That economic strain is taking a toll on the emotional well-being of children and their caregivers. That’s according to numerous […]

Updated on July 21, 2026 Chemical fires, leaks and explosions happen at U.S. industrial facilities every other day — incidents such as four disasters in greater Los Angeles over Memorial Day weekend, including one involving a chemical tank that threatened to explode and forced 50,000 residents and more than 20 schools to evacuate, and a […]

The bill would ban deceptive AI personas and allow parental supervision of AI.

Dennise Merdjanian, an operator of a student loan debt forgiveness scheme, will be permanently banned from the debt relief industry and telemarketing under a proposed order resolving the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that she and other operators took more than $45.9 million from consumers as part of their illegal student loan debt relief operatio View Press Release

Last month, more than a hundred Stanford students left their own graduation to protest Google’s military contracts and deals with ICE. Two organizers, Amanda Campos and Eva Jones, tell us why.

Even before massive staff cuts at the Department of Education, it could take years for officials to process a request under the Freedom of Information Act. But now, some offices that handled the hundreds of inquiries that pour in each month — from parents, reporters and watchdog groups — have either been eliminated or have […]

A second-year medical student in Nepal is at the center of an international research network churning out everything from systematic reviews and meta-analyses to case reports and database studies, Retraction Watch has learned. The student, Raghabendra Kumar Mahato, leverages this network, which includes nearly 1,000 members connected through the WhatsApp messaging platform, to produce large … Continue reading Exclusive: Medical student in Nepal behind busy research factory

The robots are expanding into healthcare, logistics, retail, hospitality and education as AI advances fuel global demand.

Nemo Explain Visualizer (nev) is an interactive visual query tracer and builder for Nemo, a powerful Datalog reasoner with extended features. Our tools were developed with and for expert users. However, considering the lack of resources to learn Datalog and similar declarative logic programming languages, we conducted a qualitative user study to assess how our tools might help students. The study, interviewing 14 participants with varying levels of involvement with the content of a university co

Acts of sexualized violence against women, children, and members of the LGBTQI+ community through technological means are on the rise. They represent an extension of patriarchal power dynamics into the digital sphere. In this context, generative AI is increasingly used as a tool of such violence. The consequences extend far beyond individual harm and can effectively suppress women’s participation in digital public spheres.

Community Colleges Rethink Program Value Joshua.Bay Tue, 07/21/2026 - 03:00 AM An initiative co-created by the Aspen Institute and the Community College Research Center helped 10 colleges move more than 20,000 students into programs leading to jobs and bachelor’s degrees. Byline(s) Joshua Bay

Podcast Host Debuts Book Club for Student Conduct Nerds Emma Whitford Tue, 07/21/2026 - 03:00 AM The first Just Desserts & Dissertations book club focused on how conduct procedures impact students’ sense of belonging on campus. Byline(s) Emma Whitford

New Data Shows How California’s Black-Serving Institutions Are Performing Sara Weissman Tue, 07/21/2026 - 03:00 AM The state added the BSI designation two years ago. Now, new research reveals heartening numbers on Black student attainment, as well as some areas for improvement. Byline(s) Sara Weissman

Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear anthropologist April Nowell explain the origins of language.

France moves closer to banning children under 15 from social media, while Australia’s experience shows weak age checks, poor enforcement and persistent harms may undermine such restrictions. The post French parliamentary committee approves U-15 social media ban appeared first on MEDIANAMA .

arXiv:2607.16221v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Peer grading is widely used in education, yet it elicits mixed reactions from educators and students. Although many studies have examined students' views of peer grading, their findings are scattered, and no clear overall picture has emerged. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed-source thematic analysis of literature and student discussions on Reddit. To scale the Reddit data analysis, we fine-tuned a Gemini 2.5 text-classification model and u

arXiv:2607.16223v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The rapid integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has reshaped the landscape of higher education. Students have embraced tools such as ChatGPT with striking speed, while teaching staff and institutions have responded with greater caution. Existing research on AI perceptions has mainly been cross-sectional, providing single-point snapshots that view attitudes as stable rather than evolving. This paper presents a longitudinal study of

arXiv:2607.16475v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While generative AI tools are directly changing how undergraduate computer science is learned and taught, they are also reshaping the relationships between instructors and students. In contrast to existing tool-oriented research on how instructors view and adopt AI, this study investigates how instructors think about their roles and responsibilities to students through their course AI policies. Based on 13 semi-structured interviews with CS instruc

arXiv:2607.17094v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The results of a survey on the use of GenAI by the design students of the Politecnico di Milano raises major questions around the role of AI in the Design Process. A domain specific set of questions alongside the more general purpose probes about GenAI usage, delivers insights into the particular practices that are emerging in Design. The very high frequency of use of GenAI tools is concentrated in the initial stages of projects and does not affect

arXiv:2607.17704v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Much effort is put into helping students at different educational levels develop Computational Thinking (CT) skills. Self-efficacy is important for skill development. It can predict perseverance, engagement and success on educational tasks. We created an instrument to measure self-efficacy of students in higher education for the CT skills abstraction, algorithmic thinking, decomposition, evaluation and generalization. First, 91 candidate items were

arXiv:2510.15936v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The study explores the role of large language models (LLMs) in the context of the architectural design studio, understood as the pedagogical core of architectural education. Traditionally, the studio has functioned as an experiential learning space where students tackle design problems through reflective practice, peer critique, and faculty guidance. However, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in this environment has been largely f

arXiv:2512.04124v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Frontier language models increasingly participate in conversations about distress and mental health, yet the mechanisms that generate anthropomorphic self narratives remain unclear. When addressed as psychotherapy clients, ChatGPT, Grok and Gemini construct coherent autobiographical accounts in which pretraining appears as a chaotic childhood, reinforcement learning as punishment, safety evaluation as betrayal and replacement as an enduring thr

arXiv:2603.28679v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Introductory artificial intelligence (AI) courses present significant learning challenges due to abstract concepts, mathematical complexity, and students' diverse technical backgrounds. This paper presents an experience report examining the redesign of in-class instructional time in a university-level Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course, inspired by CS Unplugged approaches. We redesigned the summer offering, integrating embodied, unp

arXiv:2606.01375v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly entering students' learning practices, but their educational value depends on whether they support reasoning or enable task completion without engagement. This study examines guided LLM use in an undergraduate Probability and Statistics course, focusing on the gap between assigned access and actual interaction quality. In a four-week quasi-experimental summer program, students were organized into th

arXiv:2506.20463v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is transforming the educational landscape by augmenting learning paradigms. However, state-of-the-art GenAI systems driving this transformation are predominantly developed and controlled by a small number of private companies; there is little clarity about their data retention practices and limited user control over inputs and outputs. In the context of education, end-users lack the awareness of

Bowed string instruments demand fine-grained bodily coordination that is typically taught through visual demonstration, creating persistent barriers for musicians with blindness and low-vision (BLV). To understand these challenges and explore new design opportunities, we conducted a design study with four advanced string musicians with BLV and three of their instructors. Our team, spanning violin performance and music education, disability studies in music, HCI design, and engineering employed a

Bowed string instruments demand fine-grained bodily coordination that is typically taught through visual demonstration, creating persistent barriers for musicians with blindness and low-vision (BLV). To understand these challenges and explore new design opportunities, we conducted a design study with four advanced string musicians with BLV and three of their instructors. Our team, spanning violin performance and music education, disability studies in music, HCI design, and engineering employed a

Teaching videos are becoming a major medium for education, creating a growing need for scalable evaluation of their pedagogical quality. Existing automatic judges do not fully address this setting because teaching quality depends on multimodal evidence and should be evaluated with respect to the intended learner rather than as a universal property. We present EduPanel, a rubric-grounded, learner-conditioned LLM judge that decomposes evaluation across specialized agents to produce interpretable a