More than 200 high-school students in Elk Grove, Calif., packed 20,000 meals for families in Vietnam affected by floods and landslides as part of the international initiative Rise Against Hunger. The event, organized by groups such as the Interact Club and National Honor Society at Laguna Creek High School, aimed to foster community involvement and has inspired students to plan for packing even more meals next year.

The Deer Valley Unified School District in Phoenix has seen a surge in demand for its Mandarin Immersion Program, coinciding with the expansion of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing in the region. The program, which started in 2009, now has 496 students, up from 300 in 2022, and aims to create globally minded students, which educators see as crucial for future job opportunities in the semiconductor industry.

Matt Novak, an elementary-school principal, developed a weekly "MAP" -- a meeting of alignment and priorities -- to help school leaders stay grounded in their mission and concentrate on high-impact work amid daily demands. The process emphasizes reflection, prioritization and intentional planning to ensure strategic tasks such as coaching teachers and improving instruction remain at the center of leadership efforts.

Cyberbullying among children and teenagers has increased in all 29 European countries studied, with Lithuania, Latvia, the UK and Ireland among the most affected, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Rates of cyberbullying are higher among girls and children from single-parent households, according to the report, which notes that the pandemic contributed to the rise by increasing online activity.

A study by Eedi.com has found that AI tutors, when paired with human oversight and detailed student data, can outperform human tutors alone. The randomized controlled trial involving British secondary school students showed that the AI-human combination solved new problems 66.2% of the time, compared with 60.7% for human tutors.

A New York Times analysis traces how enthusiasm for new technologies used by young people -- from smartphones to social media -- often swings toward backlash, a pattern researchers call the "Hype Cycle," and one that may now apply to classroom AI tools. As countries like Australia impose sweeping youth social media bans while schools simultaneously explore AI chatbots for instruction, experts warn that early optimism can obscure long-term risks and say policymakers should avoid repeating mistakes made during the rapid adoption of phones and social platforms.