Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
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Schools, colleges, and universities face growing challenges in keeping their communities informed, connected, and engaged.
Educational research has never been more abundant, yet its impact on classroom practice remains uneven at best. While universities continue to produce studies on instructional strategies, student outcomes, and emerging technologies, many K-12 educators rarely engage with this work in meaningful ways.
Google’s Gemini can provide free, vetted SAT practice tests with real-time feedback. It’s one of the latest AI tutoring features unveiled by the tech giant.
ClassPoint is here to make slide-based teaching easily interactive for greater engagement.
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Schools can keep QR logins safe and seamless by blending clear visual cues, ongoing user education, and risk-based checks behind the scenes
CMS unveiled new details of its new RAPID pathway, which is designed to close the gap between FDA approval and Medicare coverage for breakthrough medical devices. Industry reaction has been largely positive, as medical device companies often sit in “coverage purgatory” for years. The post How CMS Is Tackling ‘Coverage Purgatory’ for Medical Devices appeared first on MedCity News .
Tanvi Patel, vice president and general manager of Amazon Pharmacy, and her co-panelists at the recent Bullseye event, explained why PBMs, payers and doctors are all hampering consumer choice when it comes to patients getting affordable drugs. The post Amazon Pharmacy Executive: Formularies are Anti-Choice appeared first on MedCity News .
Small group insurers are proposing a median 14% premium increase for 2027, driven by rising healthcare costs. The post Small Businesses Could Face Double-Digit Premium Hikes in 2027 appeared first on MedCity News .
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, maker of the blockbuster epilepsy drug Epidiolex, is acquiring Actio Biosciences and its lead drug in pivotal testing for a rare type of epilepsy with no FDA-approved treatments. It’s Jazz’s second epilepsy deal in the past year. The post Jazz Pharma Expands Again in Epilepsy With $820M Actio Bio Acquisition appeared first on MedCity News .
The first evaluation of outcomes-based contracting found student achievement sometimes improved under this approach
Updated When Jen Hanson, a veteran multilingual educator, first arrived at Denver’s Cherry Creek School District in June 2025, she said she quickly suspected the district was creating its own rules for moving students out of its English learner program, leaving her to question whether it was holding on to kids — and the state […]
Standardized testing has long been the gold standard of student success. Large-scale assessments give districts a big-picture view of student progress, offering convenient data points to compare performance, identify trends and demonstrate accountability. But numbers can only tell part of the story. They never capture the child behind the score — the effort behind mastering […]
A university is a small city in itself: There’s lighting, waste management, traffic control. That means, when researchers look to optimize a campus, they can simultaneously build a “smart cities” proof of concept for a municipality. It’s a logical fit. “Universities are often at the cutting edge of technology. What they lack is a city use case,” says Chris Lucero, technology and design director for The Connective, a smart city consortium for the greater Phoenix region. Cities meanwhile “have resource constraints and budget issues but would like to pilot new technologies to solve municipal…
Artificial intelligence has transformed many areas of education, from lesson planning and personalized learning to administrative tasks. It can analyze data, identify patterns in student learning that might otherwise go unnoticed and provide insights that support instructional planning and earlier intervention. AI systems can analyze patterns in student participation, attendance, assessment data and even student engagement within digital learning environments. These systems may identify patterns suggesting that a student is at risk academically long before those concerns become apparent…
In this episode of the MedCity Pivot Podcast, CVS Health Aetna’s chief digital and technology officer talks about how the insurance business is using AI, especially agentic AI, in healthcare. Point to note: AI is not used in automatic denials of coverage. The post MedCity Pivot: How Aetna is Adopting Agentic AI appeared first on MedCity News .
Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.
As students head back to class across the country, Varsity Tutors for Schools, one of the nation’s largest providers, has gone out of business. In a shareholder letter last week, Chuck Cohn, CEO of Nerdy, Varsity’s parent company, wrote that leaders would “wind down” the online service they launched during the pandemic as districts nationwide […]
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Drug development isn’t limited by the amount of data we collect, but by our ability to preserve the context, meaning and relationships that transform data into evidence. The post AI in Drug Development is Not a Data Problem — It’s An Evidence Problem appeared first on MedCity News .
COVID funding provided underfunded Philly-area schools with laptops. ‘RAMageddon’ might send them back in time as the worldwide computer memory shortage drives up the cost of laptops. The post Rising computer costs threaten school-issued laptop programs appeared first on District Administration .
Black Texas families weigh whether to send their children to schools with more academic resources — but potentially fewer of their values. The post Tough choices face Black parents when schools struggle appeared first on District Administration .
For the past several years in Miami public schools, every student — including my own children — could stand in the same cafeteria line, carry the same tray and eat lunch for free. But on July 22, the Miami-Dade County School Board voted to end its universal school lunch program, reversing a policy that had […]
Ascension is pushing AI beyond note-taking to tackle the billing, order entry and nursing handoff work still weighing on clinicians after a patient visit ends. The post How to Keep Clinicians Satisfied, the Ascension Way appeared first on MedCity News .
[Sponsored] With home health fraud growing more sophisticated through AI, post-pay audits are no longer enough. Payers must shift to proactive, tech-driven prevention to catch improper claims before paying them. The post Compliance Alone Won’t Fix the Home Health Fraud Problem appeared first on MedCity News .
It’s 2026. Satellites connect to devices in our pockets, artificial intelligence algorithms can drive cars and scan X-rays, and Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem is the basis for the summer’s hottest movie. But there’s always a but. And right now, in a time when public school absences remain stubbornly high since Covid closures five years ago, it […]
Over the last 15 years, I have observed a recurring pattern. A new principal, whether brand new to the role or a veteran principal arriving at a new school, wants to make an immediate impact.
School purchasing can seem like an administrative backwater, far removed from the heart of teaching and learning. But the way schools buy products and services like educational software or tutoring programs can influence whether students actually learn, some policymakers argue. Instead of paying vendors simply for delivering these tools, school districts are experimenting with a […] The post Paying vendors for student results appeared first on The Hechinger Report .
One of the best deep research AI tools we’ve come across, CoChat acts as a lightning-fast research assistant.
NoodleTools is the research and citation assistance platform built to help make student life easier.
The atmosphere inside the Global Connect/American Accounting Association conference at Caesar’s Palace in August 2026 was a study in contrasts. Outside, the Las Vegas sun was punishing, an environment so relentless that I joked that the swag bags should have swapped out sunblock for flame retardant. The post Beyond a keynote speaker: A strategic roadmap for AI in higher education appeared first on eCampus News .
Digital Boom Drives Down Cost of College Course Materials kathryn.palmer… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer
Linda McMahon’s Trojan Horse Elizabeth Redden Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Don’t kid yourself: This administration is not letting up its attacks on higher ed. Byline(s) Brian Rosenberg
Texas Could Shortchange New Funding Model Champions Sara Weissman Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Community colleges’ student outcomes soared under a new performance-based funding model. But Texas lawmakers didn’t budget for so much success. Byline(s) Sara Weissman
Is State Aid Broken—and Can It Be Fixed? Johanna Alonso Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Each year, some states end up unable to meet demand for financial aid. Some officials are studying how to make their programs more reliable, but that might mean making sacrifices. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso
Helping Caregivers Rebuild Careers Joshua.Bay Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM At Marymount University, unpaid family caregivers turn life experience into IT careers through training, mentorship and community. Byline(s) Joshua Bay
BU Offers Free Tuition to Families Earning Up to $200K Susan H. Greenberg Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg
How Should Leaders Respond to McMahon’s Letter? jessica.blake@… Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Inside Higher Ed spoke with legal experts, scholars and PR specialists about what colleges need to consider in responses to the administration’s latest attempt to reform higher ed. Byline(s) Jessica Blake
Haverford Settles Antisemitism Lawsuit Susan H. Greenberg Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg
Favorite Aphorisms From Readers Sara Brady Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM But have you tried trying? Byline(s) Matt Reed
What Does the AAUP’s 1915 Declaration Really Say? Sara Brady Mon, 08/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Not what John Tomasi claims it does. Byline(s) John K. Wilson
Top-ranked colleges and the Trump administration are embracing the exams, but that doesn’t mean test-optional policies are falling out of favor everywhere.
We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
After wide-ranging academic cuts, the public institution’s leaders worked with faculty to make some previously doomed programs more efficient and viable.
We’re rounding up last week’s news, including HHS’ proposal to overhaul Head Start and the online safety bills heading to the Senate floor.
School marketing and five benefits of education research.
Schools and districts can take steps to modernize campuses and prepare for weather disruptions, says UndauntedK12.
Listen to the whole series TRANSCRIPT Justice Stephen Breyer, a Harvard Law alum with judicial roots in the Boston area, including helping create this federal court. Bella Ramirez is a high-achieving student who hustles. As an undergrad at Boston University, she worked as a resident assistant on campus. Boston has very high costs of living, […] The post College Uncovered: Who should hold power over higher education? appeared first on The Hechinger Report .