Imagine visiting one of the world's best schools in 2035. What would you expect to see?

For schools, restricting a new technology used to be relatively straightforward. A website could be blocked, phones could be put away, or an app could be restricted. Artificial intelligence is becoming a different kind of problem.

AI Smart Glasses Are Already Reaching Schools. Are We Ready? For years, schools could usually see the technology they were trying to manage. A phone was in a hand. A laptop was on a desk. Smart glasses may change that.

Are Schools Entering a New Era Beyond Screens? For years, one direction in education seemed almost inevitable: more devices, more digital content, and more learning through screens. Now, some school systems are beginning to ask a different question.

The United Arab Emirates is expanding AI education across its school system. On September 2, 2026, its Cabinet approved implementing an AI curriculum across all public and private schools, following a pilot and evaluation in public schools. The announcement also highlighted a program to train 22,000 teachers and educators to use AI in areas such as teaching, assessment, curriculum analysis, and lesson planning. The scale is striking. But it also raises a larger question: expa