September 4, 2026
NYC Says Balance. The Policy Says Ban.
New York City is calling its new AI policy a balance, but for the 600,000 students in Pre-K through 8th grade, it's actually a ban, just a smarter one than 2023's.
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August 10, 2026
Struggling Freshmen? Have a Fake A and Call It a Day
Hiding freshman grades treats the symptom of a student mental health crisis while ignoring what's actually causing it, and strips away the incentive to push through hard classes in the process.
July 29, 2026
AI in the Classroom, Part 3: Where It Actually Earns Its Place
From personalized instruction to removing the blank page for kids who've never had a way to show what's in their heads, this is where AI actually earns its place in the classroom, and why that matters most for the kids with the least.
July 28, 2026
AI in the Classroom, Part 2: The Fears, Real and Imagined
Cheating, plagiarism, screen time, equity, privacy: the fears about AI in schools are real, but most of them aren't new. AI didn't break education, it just shone a spotlight on problems that were already there.
July 27, 2026
AI in the Classroom, Part 1: What's Actually Happening Now
A room full of educators went quiet when I suggested assignments shouldn't have a word count. That reaction is the real subject of this post: the "well, this is how we've always done it" mindset that's slowing AI adoption in the classroom, and why it's worth pushing past, carefully.
July 1, 2026
The ColdFusion Summit Welcome Video
Last week I presented a keynote at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2026. The team created this (admittedly somewhat over the top) intro video for me.
June 25, 2026
So What's The Real Reason College Costs So Much?
What's behind the spiraling cost of higher education? Administrative bloat? Athletics spending? Fancy dorms? All of those are real. But they're symptoms, not the cause.
June 23, 2026
Overwhelmed In Vegas
I am sitting on a flight heading from Las Vegas, and I am feeling utterly overwhelmed.
June 15, 2026
The UK's Social Media Ban: Necessary, and Bound to Fail
The UK is moving toward banning social media for under-16s and they're probably right to do it. But if parents think that means the problem is solved, we're in bigger trouble.
June 10, 2026
You Can't Keep Raising Prices and Then Complain About the Debate
A professor recently wrote an opinion piece pushing back on the trend of evaluating higher education purely through the lens of earning potential. His argument: college is about more than money. That's a genuinely important point, and I don't want to dismiss it. But.
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