AI, education, tools, and the ideas that connect them.
On April 8, 2026, Google launched "Notebooks" in the Gemini app — project workspaces that sync bidirectionally with NotebookLM. With persistent memory that survives across sessions, AI assistants are evolving into true long-term project partners.
The Gemini 2.5 Flash/Pro TTS API brings 30 HD voices and 24 languages to educational audio content creation. Emotion control from cheerful to somber, multi-speaker dialogue generation, and context-aware pacing — exploring what this API makes possible from an EdTech perspective.
A joint UNESCO-ILO report warns that by 2030, the world will face a shortfall of 44 million teachers. This is not just an African problem — Europe, the US, and South Korea are all part of this trend.
OECD PISA 2025 will measure "Learning in the Digital World" for the very first time. With results due in September 2026, we look at why this new assessment could reshape education as we know it.
The Trump administration has been systematically dismantling the US Department of Education. 118 programs have been transferred to other agencies, and at least $12 billion in school funding was disrupted in 2025 alone. Here's what it means for American public education.