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October 15, 2026
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The STEM & AI School Briefing
This week in AI and STEM education, for the people who run schools.
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The big story · AI policy
Schools are pulling back on student AI
The worry: "cognitive outsourcing", when students let the tool do the thinking.
AERO's advice →
The Frederick vote →
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Edtech
Chatbots do the work instead of teaching it
10 AI models, 48,540 simulated chats.
Read →
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STEM
Finding young math talent early
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$30M
from the US National Science Foundation, over 4 years
Matched by private donors
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Spot strong students early.
Read →
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Pedagogy · Why coding by hand still matters
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The people who understand what lies underneath will be the ones who get to build what comes next.
Jake Gordon, head of computer science, Cambridge Maths School ·
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For your classrooms
Margaret Hamilton, 1936–2026
She led the team that wrote the Apollo flight software.
Try it: show the photo of her beside the printed code. Ask: what if one line were wrong?
Her story →
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3 steps for your school
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Write AI rules by age group. Parents will ask.
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Pick tools that make students reason step by step.
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Keep some work AI-free, like hand-written code.
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Bringing computer science and AI to your students? Stem Quest Academy works with schools through personalized courses, live classes and teacher training.
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Stem Quest Academy · An American STEM academy, Ohio, USA ·
stemquestacademy.com
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