Happy Tuesday! It's a big week for me and a lot of you, as ISTELive 26 and ASCD Annual kick off this weekend in Orlando. Several Whiteboard Advisors team members will be on the ground, and we've created a landing page that has it all in one place: the sessions we're looking forward to, where to find us, and how to reach out.

We're also co-hosting the Solutions Summit with ISTE+ASCD again this year, a day that brings together education executives, product leaders, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs committed to driving meaningful innovation in teaching and learning. The programming is shaping up to be the best yet and the event is nearly sold out, so if you've been waiting, register now.

On Tuesday, June 30, from 3 to 4 p.m. I'm moderating "Trusting AI in Schools: Putting Students at the Center." I'll be joined by Jennie Magiera of Google, Karim Meghji of CodeAI (, Yvette Renteria of Common Sense Media, and Tammy Wincup of Securly. They see the trust gap between schools and technology companies from very different seats. If you're in Orlando, stop by.

I also recently joined Alex Sarlin as a guest co-host on EdTech Insiders' Week in EdTech, talking through the Claude Fable launch, the latest NAEP recovery numbers, Code.org's rebrand to CodeAI, and the growing techlash.

A few reads stuck with me as I pack for Orlando. Education Week lays out what students lose when recess gets squeezed off the schedule, just as the American Academy of Pediatrics calls for at least 20 minutes a day. My bet: recess mandates are the next cellphone ban — low-cost, hard to argue with, and fast to spread once a few states move first. The Hill ran the line that caught my eye, with Michael McShane of EdChoice calling school choice programs "the avocado toast of state education funding" and arguing the dollars are too small a slice of state budgets to be straining them. And The Hechinger Report follows Michigan's free-tuition push to enroll more men in college, flyers on pizza boxes included, which hasn't moved the numbers yet.

See you in Orlando!

— Thomas

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