Ryan McKinnie, Technology and Innovation Coach at United Nations International School of Hanoi (UNIS Hanoi), will speak at the International Schools EdTech Summit on Friday, 6 November 2026 at the German European School Singapore. Ryan McKinnie will co-present “Designing Schools Where AI Amplifies Human Potential” with Samuel Lee Vierra and Warren Emanuel. Join us in Singapore on 6 November. Get tickets.

The American Council on Education has expanded the number of Cambridge International AS & A Level examinations it recommends for college credit in the United States. ACE recommendations are used by many US colleges and universities when determining whether prior study can count towards a degree. The expanded recognition means students holding more Cambridge qualifications may be eligible to receive university credit where institutions follow ACE recommendations. Cambridge says the change widens the pathway into US higher education for students studying its international qualifications. Read the Cambridge International announcement

A large study found generative AI improved homework results but was associated with weaker subsequent exam performance. Illustration: EdEvents News. A study of 26,811 students in grades 7 to 12 in China has found that generative AI improved homework results and completion time, but was followed by lower performance in closed-book examinations. Using 30 months of data across nine subjects, researchers found AI adoption raised homework scores by 18 per cent and reduced completion time by 30 per cent. Monthly exam scores fell by 20 per cent within six months. The study also reported declines in high-stakes entrance-exam results, with the full effect emerging after about two years. The largest learning losses were concentrated among students whose very short completion times and high homework scores were consistent with outsourcing homework to AI. Students who continued to spend a similar amount of time on homework as non-AI users experienced much smaller learning losses, suggesting the way the technology is used may be central to its effect. Read the CEPR discussion paper

Google has announced new study tools for Gemini Notebook. Image: Google. Google is rolling out new learning features for Gemini Notebook, including the ability to have real-time spoken conversations with notebooks and create interactive learning overviews from students’ own source materials. The update will also add audio recording for lectures and notes, additional quiz formats, and short video overviews in more than 80 languages. Students will be able to follow up on completed quizzes and flashcards to identify areas where they may need more practice. Some features are beginning to roll out now, while others will become available to users over the coming weeks. Read Google’s announcement

Korea and Uzbekistan are expanding cooperation across several areas of education. Illustration: EdEvents News. Korea and Uzbekistan are expanding education cooperation across preschool provision, teacher development, Korean-language learning, global citizenship education and digital learning. A Korea International Cooperation Agency project in Tashkent is establishing an innovative preschool centre for 270 children and a training and development centre. The US$11.9 million grant project is expected to introduce training programmes for 20,000 teachers and provide professional development for 4,000 educators. Korean is also being taught as a second foreign language in 68 schools across Uzbekistan, involving more than 5,000 students, nearly 100 local teachers and 20 teachers from Korea. Further areas being explored include the digitalisation of vocational education, digital laboratories, interactive learning environments and continued teacher professional development. Read the report in The Korea Times

Aisha Price, Commercial Manager - Asia at Schoolbox, will speak at the International Schools EdTech Summit on Friday, 6 November 2026 at the German European School Singapore. Aisha Price will co-present “The Tech Is Ready. Are Your People?” with Sam Cowley. Join us in Singapore on 6 November. Get tickets.

Microsoft logo. Graphic: EdEvents News. Microsoft has agreed a new National AI Safety & Privacy Standard for schools with the American Federation of Teachers and United Federation of Teachers, setting out protections around the use of artificial intelligence and school data. Under the agreement, student and educator data will not be used to train AI models, sold or repurposed, while schools will retain control over how their data is used, retained and deleted. The framework also requires human oversight of AI systems and greater transparency for educators and families. Microsoft says the protections can be incorporated into customer agreements with school districts across the United States. Read the full Microsoft announcement

Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2023. Photo: TechCrunch/Kimberly White, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called for the artificial intelligence industry to slow the pace at which it develops increasingly capable AI models, arguing that safety measures need more time to catch up. In a new essay titled We Must Pace the Frontier, Amodei says AI capabilities have accelerated sharply in recent months, including through systems becoming increasingly capable of contributing to the development of the next generation of models. He argues that unchecked progress could move faster than researchers’ ability to understand and control increasingly powerful systems. Amodei proposes a three-stage approach, beginning with independent evaluators having deeper access to frontier AI systems, followed by greater coordination between leading AI companies and governments, and eventually international coordination around the pace of AI development. Anthropic says it will move ahead with the first step itself. For schools, the comments are another reminder of how quickly the AI landscape is changing. International schools are already making decisions about classroom use, assessment, staff practice and AI governance while the developers of the technology themselves continue to debate how quickly capabilities should advance and what safeguards are required. Amodei remains strongly positive about AI’s potential benefits, but argues that slowing capability development could give researchers, governments and society more time to manage the risks responsibly. Read Dario Amodei’s original essay, We Must Pace the Frontier

James Sayer, Director at AppsEDU, will speak at the International Schools EdTech Summit on Friday, 6 November 2026 at the German European School Singapore. James Sayer will co-present “How to Audit Your Google Security” with Dan Taylor. Join us in Singapore on 6 November. Get tickets.

Tanglin Trust School’s Portsdown Road campus. Image: Tanglin Trust School. Tanglin Trust School has secured a 30-year extension to its lease at Portsdown Road, confirming that the school will remain at its Singapore campus until at least 2056. The school has also secured an additional 0.5 hectares of neighbouring land and announced a wider campus redevelopment. Plans include a new 12-storey Senior School, alongside a new Sports Centre and Early Learning Centre, with the broader master plan being implemented through 2038. Preliminary construction on the new Senior School is expected to begin in January 2028, with completion planned for August 2030. Read more and view Tanglin Trust School’s Master Plan Development Project

Lillian Lam, Singapore American School. Image: EdEvents. Lillian Lam, AI Education Specialist at Singapore American School, will speak at the International Schools EdTech Summit on Friday, 6 November 2026 at the German European School Singapore. Lillian will host our high energy, fun plenary session “10 Things That Don’t Need a Workshop”. Join us in Singapore on 6 November. Get tickets.

Ryan Tannenbaum, Founder & Education Technology Consultant at For.Education, will speak at the International Schools EdTech Summit on Friday, 6 November 2026 at the German European School Singapore. Ryan Tannenbaum will present “Strategies for the Unknown”. Join us in Singapore on 6 November. Get tickets.