Week in Edtech 8/12/26: Educator AI Adoption Hits 80%, Varsity Tutors Exits Schools, Higher Ed Rethinks Grading, Open vs. Closed AI, and More! Feat. Reg Leichty of Foresight Law + Policy & Mike Wales and Madison McCormick of CodePath
1 hour 8 minutesPosted Aug 21, 2026 at 12:00 pm.
] Edtech Insiders heads to Teach For America’s 35th anniversary [00:05:19] HMH survey shows educator AI adoption reaches 80% [00:08:45] Varsity Tutors exits school-based tutoring [00:11:46] What makes tutoring effective? [00:13:00] MIT drops freshman gra...
Edtech Insiders heads to Teach For America’s 35th anniversary
HMH survey shows educator AI adoption reaches 80%
Varsity Tutors exits school-based tutoring
What makes tutoring effective?
MIT drops freshman grades as Harvard tightens grading
AI reshapes academic integrity and assessment
AI cheating accelerates competency-based learning
Open vs. closed AI models heats up
Could AI become a public utility?
New benchmarks measure AI tutoring effectiveness
Reg Leichty, Founding Partner of Foresight Law + Policy, on screen time and AI regulation
Mike Wales, Senior Director of AI Programs at CodePath, and Madison McCormick, CodePath leader, on AI apprenticeships and workforce development
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