AI agents are running radio stations, making decisions, and displaying behaviors researchers never explicitly programmed. The question for educators isn’t whether students should use AI. It’s whether we’re preparing them for a world where AI systems act. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

FYI - Job Opening at Hawkins Street School in Newark NJ. #TLSky

"I think about the librarian I never had — the person who might have handed me a book by an author who thought like me, who might have told me I was allowed to push back, who might have cracked open the world a little earlier than college did." bookriot.com/librarian-i-...

Who decides what counts as American history? A little-known bill called H.R. 8705 could have implications for curriculum, civics education, and school libraries. My latest special edition breaks down what educators need to know. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

ALA has finally responded to concerns about Librar Labs.I think they got some things right. I also think some important questions remain unanswered. My latest edition takes a deep dive into the response and what it means for libraries, AI, and our profession open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Most educators still haven’t heard much about this bill or its broader implications for schools, libraries, curriculum, student privacy, and information access. I break down what educators need to know and why it matters #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

A Vatican warning about AI may not sound like education news, but it should. Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical connects AI to misinformation, labor, democracy, surveillance, and human dignity. Schools and libraries cannot sit out this conversation anymore. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

I saw my first political campaign commercial about AI regulation this week. That one ad led me down a rabbit hole involving PACs, lobbying groups, and AI governance. AI is no longer just a technology story. It’s becoming a political power story. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

After my articles about Librar Labs, the company’s founder reached out directly and we had thoughtful conversations about AI, privacy, recommendation systems, and librarianship. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

How is this ok? @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social you are actively promoting a company Librar who’s tag line is “Intelligent enough to not need a trained librarian”. And you are having them at your conference as an exhibitor? #library

Librar Labs, the company promoting systems “intelligent enough to not need a trained librarian,” is exhibiting at ALA Annual. At a time of librarian cuts and deprofessionalization, why is ALA platforming this message? #libraries #ala #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

New study: AI hiring systems may favor resumes written by the same AI models evaluating them. Applicants using the “right” AI were far more likely to be shortlisted than equally qualified applicants with human-written resumes. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Libraries were never just inventory systems. New piece: I took a deep dive into Librar Labs, the AI startup promoting “AI librarians” and raising major questions about privacy, staffing, behavioral tracking, and the future of librarianship. #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

📚 My new book is here. Research in the Age of AI is now available. If you’re teaching research, writing, or information literacy, this is built for the reality we’re all seeing in classrooms right now. 🔗 a.co/d/00hyjnct

Had so much fun talking today about when The References Shelf Goes Dark. Here are some replacement resources. emalespina.raindrop.page/archives-and... #TLSky

War is no longer just fought on battlefields. It’s fought in feeds. My new Special Report: When War Becomes Content explores AI-generated propaganda, memes, and misinformation, and what educators/librarians can do now. Plus classroom-ready resources. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Google’s AI summaries are changing research. Students are starting with answers, not sources. What happens when the first answer becomes the only answer? I break down what this means for educators & librarians + practical classroom strategies. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Schools are accusing students of cheating using AI detectors. The tech can’t reliably tell the difference. That’s a problem. New research breaks it down. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

We are not watching war. We are watching versions of it. AI shapes what people see before facts catch up. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

We are starting to lose the ability to prove what used to be true online. Not because it is false, but because it is disappearing. The threat to the Wayback Machine is bigger than it looks. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Two students. Same district. Different access to information. One has a librarian and databases. One has a search bar. Same expectations. Part 3: Who Gets to Know? open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Your students are not seeing the same information. Not because they searched differently. Because platforms decide what rises. Part 2: Who Gets to Know? #TLSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Your students are not all seeing the same information. And it’s not random. It’s shaped by decisions about access. Part 1 of my new series: #TLSky #EduSkyAi #EduSky #libraries open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Honored to have an article that i originally wrote for my newsletter published in this months @slj.com It is such an important topic. www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Librar... #TLSky #Librarians

A toxic US export—book banning—hits the UK. Same tactics, same titles, same cruelty.

Students aren’t just using AI. They’re training it. A game → millions of scans → real-world robots. We are not teaching this part. New piece: what Pokémon Go reveals about student data, consent, and AI. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

The Supreme Court just made this clear: AI-generated work has no legal author. But schools are still grading it. We are assessing work that may not belong to anyone. That should concern all of us. New piece: what this means for classrooms right now open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

“The librarians … are the true heroes of the story. Facing extreme vitriol and threats of violence, they continue to fight for the children in their community’s right to access a diverse range of information and perspectives, so that they might feel less alone.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

School library debates are moving into software. AI tools are now flagging “controversial” books before anyone reads them. This changes everything about how collections are reviewed. I break it all down here: #bookbanning #censorship open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

We keep arguing about this: Is it a ban? A pause? A curriculum change? Meanwhile, students just see a book disappear. New piece on how semantics are distracting us from the real issue: access to ideas. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

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AI may not change student outcomes first. It may change how teachers experience teaching. New research shows teachers are using AI mostly for workload, not instruction. That shift matters more than we think. How are educators using AI in your schools? open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

“The rallying cry of ‘local control’ is not about local control. It’s about controlling everything, right down to the local level … what scares those stealing power where they can is the knowledge that grassroots advocates on the ground are closely watching them.”

Most teens are already using AI for schoolwork. A new Pew study found: • 57% use AI to search for information • 54% use it for schoolwork • 42% use it to summarize articles The real question is whether schools will teach students how to use AI responsibly. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

New Jersey plans to use AI to score student essays on statewide exams. Some of those tests can affect graduation through the NJGPA and even teacher evaluations. So the question is simple. Should an algorithm help decide whether a student earns a diploma? open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

“We don’t know if there will be a happy resolution to the problems plaguing our country, and we can’t skip ahead to find out. But I believe if we support and uplift librarians, there will be more sunlight for all of us.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Some schools are racing to adopt AI. Others are pressing pause. Why are some districts slowing down while others scale fast? My new special edition looks at the tension between AI acceleration and responsible implementation in schools. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Teachers are not polarized about AI. They are pragmatic. They see risks. They see benefits. They are experimenting carefully. Systems need to catch up. New special edition breaking down 25 AI studies in K-12 education open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

H.R. 7661 would condition federal education funding on broad restrictions of school library materials.Books do not “sexualize” children. Research shows inclusive schools improve student well-being. Read the bill. Speak up. Protect student access. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

AI safety is not abstract. When national security pressure meets corporate guardrails, governance gets tested. The Pentagon–Anthropic dispute raises serious questions about transparency, precedent, and public trust. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Public data doesn’t always vanish dramatically. Sometimes it narrows. Sometimes it flickers offline. Sometimes continuity breaks. Gallup. CIA Factbook. NOAA. CDC. What happens when shared baselines thin? open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Your resume is talking to a machine first. Are we preparing students for AI-screened hiring? #TLSky #EduSky #EduSkyAI open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

The CIA World Factbook quietly ended in 2026. Students relied on it. Libraries relied on it. Especially schools without database access. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

The “for or against AI” framing in librarianship is a false choice. Avoiding the conversation doesn’t protect students. It leaves them unprepared. Libraries have never opted out of powerful technologies. We teach discernment. #TLSky #EduSkyAi open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Students asked to be heard. Policies were bypassed. I wrote about why this matters and shared a petition supporting student voice and due process. Please sign!! #TLSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

The Librarians airs on PBS Feb 9. This film is personal. Many of the librarians featured are friends and mentors. Their stories show what censorship and defamation really look like in schools and communities. Worth watching. Worth sharing. #TLSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Censorship doesn’t always look like a ban. In libraries, it often looks like silence. This piece is about self-censorship, quiet removals, and how access shrinks without a single challenge. #TLSky #censorship #librarians open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

“If I agree with it, it’s real. If I don’t, it must be AI.” That shortcut is replacing evidence. This edition is about why it’s happening and why literacy has to stay focused on reasoning, not detection. #TLSky #EduSky open.substack.com/pub/aischool...

Hey, gang! The Brownie Troop we helped last week has reached its goal. Another Minneapolis troop needs our help. Learn more about them & watch their touching video below. Then grab a few boxes to enjoy or donate. This is an easy way to help kids & show them they are surrounded by a caring country.

Going analog can help students think. Going backward will not. Responding to AI means redesigning assessment, not reviving practices that already failed many learners. That tension is what this special edition explores. open.substack.com/pub/aischool...