Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week’s news: AI is already in the classroom — the rules aren’t AI is already in the classroom, but the rules are missing. As a result, decisions fall to individual teachers and students, and it takes a toll on trust. This week’s newsletter tackles the question of who actually gets to decide. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: The Wrong Assignments Everyone is waiting for a national AI strategy. Meanwhile, high school students are holding their own AI summit, and Birgitte Vedersø is urging teachers to change their teaching now. Because the problem isn't just cheating. It's the assignments we give. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's news: Students are cheating themselves without realizing it This week's theme is mistrust. A student censors their own language, another was accused by their favorite teacher, and new data from SDU shows that students are cheating themselves without knowing it. What happens to school when no one trusts anyone? Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's news: What do we want from AI once the safeguards are in place? Following the Sorø meeting, the question is no longer just how schools curb AI-enabled cheating, but what we actually want to achieve with AI in education. This week's newsletter gathers new data, research, and debate on students' use of AI, learning, judgment, and teachers' competencies. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
Photo: Ministry of Education Education policy Two Easy Solutions and One Hard Question from the 2026 Sorø Meeting Impressions from the 2026 Sorø Meeting, where the education sector convened around AI. On the rapid-response package, technological literacy, and the tough question: What do we want school to be for? Per Størup Lauridsen • 8 min read
Illustration: Midtjourney Newsletters This week's news: The bill comes due at exam time 26,000 Chinese students spent 30 percent less time on assignments and got higher grades. On the exam, grades fell by 18 and 24 percent. The same pattern is now emerging in Danish high schools. Per Størup Lauridsen • 18 min read
Technological Understanding from Preschool to University A book for anyone who wants to integrate computational approaches and engage more thoughtfully with technological understanding—in preschool, primary school, high school, or higher education. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
The Irreplaceable – Pedagogy and Bildung with AI New book on pedagogy and Bildung in the age of artificial intelligence. Per Størup Lauridsen • 4 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: The First AI Graduating Class The first cohort that had AI throughout high school has graduated. 25 teachers agree: Students can do less than their grades suggest. This week's newsletter is about what we do now. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's news: The questions that come after The Sorø meeting was supposed to be about early childhood provision. Now it's about AI. A new government wants a national AI strategy, and the question is whether it will focus on detecting cheating or on helping students learn. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
Strategic Approaches to AI in Schools This article has been machine-translated into English. Therefore, there may be nuances or errors in the content. The Danish version is always up-to-date and accurate. Read the original Danish article here. The book draws on concrete experiences from schools and municipalities that are already working with AI Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Strategic Approaches to AI in Schools NEW BOOK: Strategic approaches for an intentional and responsible AI practice in schools - based on experiences from schools and municipalities. Per Størup Lauridsen • 4 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: The strategy is coming—but what should it actually do? The government has put AI at the top of the education agenda, and a national strategy is on the way. But what does the strategy actually need to do to be effective? Estonia has a clear piece of advice: Don't forget the teachers. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Environment UN report quantifies AI's environmental footprint A new UN report finds that the world's data centers used 448 TWh of electricity in 2025, with AI responsible for about one-fifth of that. Per Størup Lauridsen • 2 min read
Embarrassing Uncles — and other things we'll need in a future with AI In Embarrassing Uncles, Christiane Vejlø explores the distinctly human qualities we risk losing—and why we'll need them in a future with artificial intelligence. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Education policy What the government's policy platform says about artificial intelligence in schools The government's policy platform promises a strategy for AI across the entire education sector. That's a genuine step forward. But the decisive question is what it will actually focus on. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Control or Trust Cheating, comma errors, and professional anxiety dominate this week's debate about AI in high school. And in my commentary I argue that what really breaks is not the exam, but the relationship between teacher and student. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
AI in Lesson Planning The book introduces AI as a thought partner for teachers before, during, and after lessons. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: The Honest Students Lose Examiners declare the written assignment dead, and a Berlingske editorial warns that honest students are losing the race for grades. This week's newsletter focuses on exams as the arena where the AI debate is now truly heating up. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: When Students Miss Their Own Voice Teachers and experts are calling for new exam formats and a rethink of pedagogy. But behind those demands lies something else the students themselves have articulated: they miss their own voice when AI has polished the text. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Schools are beginning to find their own way with AI Gymnasiefællesskabet, Ordbogen, and teachers across the country are starting to find answers to how AI can enhance teaching. It's no longer just a matter of rules, but of direction. Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
High school AI is the area where the most upper secondary teachers want professional development EVA's new report shows that 36 percent of upper secondary teachers strongly want more professional development in AI, making it the most in-demand area within general pedagogy. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's Newsletter: When AI Creates an Illusion of Work Students aren't dodging the work; they believe they've done it. This week's newsletter is about the cognitive debt that arises when AI does the thinking first. Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's Newsletter: When AI Steals the Productive Struggle AI can speed up schoolwork, but what happens to learning when that productive struggle disappears? This week's newsletter brings together new examples from schools and the workplace, where AI both creates opportunities and raises questions about thinking, mastery, and the purpose of education. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
AI in History AI in History—practical applications and exercises—is aimed at history teachers and offers a subject-specific perspective on how artificial intelligence can be integrated into history teaching. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's newsletter: Learning is not a technical problem This week's newsletter rounds up a set of stories that revolve around the same question: What do we actually expect AI to solve in schools? Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney OpenAI OpenAI's education strategy - what we must not repeat from social media OpenAI has launched a new framework to measure learning. But behind the pedagogical terminology is a familiar social-media logic that threatens to take over the definition of good education. Per Størup Lauridsen • 5 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Cognitive Support or Cognitive Decline? AI hasn't just lowered the bar in schools. It has removed it entirely. Read this week's newsletter on the balance between AI as cognitive support and the danger of outsourcing thinking to machines. Per Størup Lauridsen • 14 min read
AI in the Humanities AI isn't just relevant in tech subjects. A new book shows how teachers can use AI in history, social studies, and religious education to teach source evaluation, ethics, and alternative perspectives. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Qualitative Research with AI Can AI enhance qualitative analysis without taking over? A new book offers a concise, practice-oriented introduction to how generative AI can be used for reflection, analysis, and the development of new perspectives in qualitative research. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Illustration: Midjourney and Nano Banana 2 Misinformation AI in the 2026 Election Campaign AI has become a central part of the modern election campaign. From humorous AI videos and chatbot recommendations to deepfakes and digital campaign assistants, the technology is changing the way voters encounter politics. Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Newsletters This week's news: Are we measuring what matters? Exams are losing their value, a homework researcher wants to bring homework into the classroom, and debate is raging over what teachers should actually spend their time on. This week, it's about what AI reveals about the system we've built—and what we should be measuring instead. Per Størup Lauridsen • 11 min read
Leadership Tomorrow - Leading in the age of artificial intelligence A new issue of Leadership Tomorrow focusing on artificial intelligence as a leadership responsibility. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Fear Drives Students' AI Use The EVA report has reignited the familiar debate about cheating. But the key finding is about fear. Fear creates a culture where students go underground instead of being equipped to navigate the technology. Per Størup Lauridsen • 13 min read
AI reports New EVA report: Nine out of ten use AI. Two-thirds have cheated. And we hardly teach them about it. A new report from the Danish Evaluation Institute presents the most detailed picture to date of high school students' AI use. The numbers are unequivocal, and they should have consequences. Per Størup Lauridsen • 6 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's news: Should AI replace or support? Should AI replace or support? In the U.S., the teacher is being removed. In Estonia, the focus is on pedagogy. Also read about autonomous AI agents, the EPX debate, and why we're still asking the wrong questions about learning. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney AI agents OpenClaw: When AI agents act on their own AI agents are no longer science fiction. With OpenClaw, we've gotten a glimpse into a future where AI not only answers questions, but acts autonomously on our behalf. In this article, I review the technology and the questions we in the education sector should already be asking. Per Størup Lauridsen • 15 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: When the Struggle Disappears AI is already in classrooms, but when students can get answers to everything with one click, what happens to learning? This week's news suggests that the guardrails are missing, and the struggle is disappearing. Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Does AI Make Students Smarter or Dumber? Two major reports warn that AI in schools may harm students' cognitive development. In Denmark, SkoleGPT is criticized for being unreliable. But the solution lies neither in bans nor in the pursuit of perfect machines. It lies in pedagogy and in human interaction. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
10 Things You Should Know About Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence Thomas Telving shows how philosophy can be used to understand and discuss the ethical and human questions that AI raises. Per Størup Lauridsen • 1 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: Who's in Charge of AI in Education? We can't buy our way out of responsibility. While the U.S. is betting on error-prone detectors and STIL is tightening data rules, we're at a crossroads. The solution isn't new software, but reinventing pedagogy. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This week's newsletter: Is AI cheating a symptom of a broken system? High school students are using AI to cheat, but is it a sign of laziness or of an education system with misaligned priorities? The first newsletter of the year takes a close look at how we should use AI in teaching, and why the focus should be on learning rather than control. Per Størup Lauridsen • 15 min read
Illustration: ChatGPT Leadership New mini-guide to help schools use AI legally A new mini-guide from STIL makes it easier for schools to assess whether an AI solution is legal. Per Størup Lauridsen • 2 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week’s News: The Battle for the Human Element What do we lose when we strip away the awkward? In the final newsletter of the year, we take a close look at the battle for the human element in an era of virtual teachers, effective chatbots, and warnings from Anders Søgaard. Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week’s News: Pen, Paper and Expulsions The education sector is under pressure. In Sweden, hundreds of students have been expelled for AI cheating. In Denmark, one in five examiners report problems with AI in assignments, and several universities have scrapped take-home exams in favor of pen and paper. Per Størup Lauridsen • 9 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week's News: The Educational Car Crash Do we lose the ability to think when AI writes for us? This week we spotlight Thomas Telving’s op-ed in Politiken on cognitive offloading, chatbots creeping into public primary schools, and new figures from the University of Copenhagen that show an overwhelming need for AI education. Per Størup Lauridsen • 12 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Newsletters This Week’s News: Human writing is more important than ever More than half of all content on the internet is now written by AI. That makes human authenticity more important than ever. Read this week’s newsletter about the tech giants’ power, the future job market, and why we must insist on what machines can’t do—being real human beings. Per Størup Lauridsen • 10 min read
Illustration: Midjourney Education policy New TALIS Report: How Teachers Use Artificial Intelligence A new TALIS report provides insight into the use of artificial intelligence in primary and lower secondary schools and in upper secondary education, and points to an urgent need for professional development. Per Størup Lauridsen • 3 min read
