Greg Toppo@gtoppo

Senior Writer, @The74; Co-author, RUNNING WITH ROBOTS: The American High School’s 3rd Century @running_robots; author of THE GAME BELIEVES IN YOU @gamebelieves

 Maryland, USA
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Joined August 2008
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It’s got history. It’s got time travel. It’s got a feisty Ernest Hemingway chatbot. It’s RUNNING WITH ROBOTS: THE AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL’S THIRD CENTURY, out today from @mitpress. @Running_Robots runningwithrobots.com
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Such an outsized response to Nikole Hannah-Jones's raw & honest piece about her daughter. Many of the folks giving her absolute hell for her choices are the same ones who talk endlessly about *checks notes* educating their kids in accordance with their values. A little grace pls?
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Absolutely huge must-read from @The74's @beth_hawkins and freelancer Nick Perez: Private Equity Is Cashing in on #Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price the74million.org/article/pri…

Private Equity Is Cashing in on Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price

Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense

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To Get Past AI Hype, Researchers Watch Students Use Actual Tools in Class - my latest for @The74 the74million.org/article/to-…

To Get Past AI Hype, Researchers Watch Students Use Actual Tools in Class

Instruction Partners' Emily Freitag spent six months in real classrooms and found that a few AI tools worked well … others not so much.

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Schools Have a Motivation Problem — #AI Is Making It Impossible to Ignore - my latest for @The74: the74million.org/article/sch…

Schools Have a Motivation Problem — AI Is Making It Impossible to Ignore

Experts say chatbots have stripped away teachers’ last excuse to reform how they approach schoolwork and assessments.

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Reading aloud makes the adult reader a co-creator, author Mac Barnett tells @gtoppo — choosing pace, voices, emphasis. "You're an artist." buff.ly/MvUe20u
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Journalist Calls Out ‘Collective Amnesia’ of Schools’ Romance with Big Tech - my latest on @natashanyt's incisive new book @The74: the74million.org/article/jou…

Journalist Calls Out ‘Collective Amnesia’ of Schools’ Romance with Big Tech

In new book, New York Times business reporter Natasha Singer writes, ‘Never has so much market power lined up behind a single curriculum cause.’

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AI Tutors Not Yet a Replacement for Humans, Research Says - new from @The74's @lrj417: the74million.org/article/ai-…

AI Tutors Not Yet a Replacement for Humans, Research Says

With tools like Amira and Khanmigo, ‘the take-up is very low,’ according to Stanford University’s Susanna Loeb.

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Thanks for giving me a chance to talk through this stuff, @alexanderrusso ... we're at a big turning point re how we write about edtech for sure.
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Aug 24
I really appreciate @gtoppo coming on The Education Show and handling my questions about past media coverage of edtech and where to go from here:
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Yes, edtech coverage has been deeply flawed, says @The74's @gtoppo. But jumping on the backlash bandwagon isn't really going to help:
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Truth bombs from @gtoppo about edtech backlash coverage in today's Secret Bonus Section:
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Yes, edtech coverage has been deeply flawed, says @The74's @gtoppo. But jumping on the backlash bandwagon isn't really going to help:
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He even came in under time.
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“The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum,"
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Holy @#&! I've been reading about these AI-generated U.S. maps that are absolutely out there. I didn't quite believe it so I asked Gemini to create "a labeled map of the U.S. for young students." It produced ... this:
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FWIW, this is what Claude produced:
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Denver District Accused of Keeping Kids In English Learner Program Far Too Long - new must-read by @The74's @Jo_Napolitano: the74million.org/article/den…

Denver District Accused of Keeping Kids In English Learner Program Far Too Long

The former program director said thousands of students who earned the chance to be reclassified and deemed English proficient were wrongly held back.

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“we sandboxed the agent” meanwhile the agent:
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Measles Cases Hit 35-Year Record High Just As Kids Head Back to School — new must-read from @The74’s @amanda_geduld: the74million.org/article/mea…

Measles Cases Hit 35-Year Record High Just as Kids Head Back to School

South Carolina and Utah account for half of the 2026 cases. In S.C., 50 districts are already back in session and Utah schools are soon to follow.

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Exclusive: Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center - new must-read by @The74's @lrj417: the74million.org/article/exc…

Exclusive: Nearly 1,900 U.S. Public Schools Within a Mile of a Data Center

Research shows lower math scores among students attending schools nearby.

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THIS from @RobGeorge says more about the casting choices in the new Christopher Nolan "Odyssey" film than anything you'll read this summer. From Holland to Homer open.substack.com/pub/thepun…
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In Boston, Students Convene to Hammer Out #AI Bill of Rights for Schools - my latest for @The74: the74million.org/article/stu…

Students Convene to Hammer Out AI Bill of Rights for Schools

Steeped in the technology for nearly four years, teens vote on a detailed proposal that urges schools to embrace AI literacy, fairness and in-person interactions.

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