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AI in education and lifelong learning — what technology genuinely improves in the classroom, and what only human teachers can do.

ACTUAL Intelligence: What AI in Education Gets Right — and What It Can't Replace

Introduction EDUCAUSE — the nonprofit that shapes technology strategy for higher education institutions — spent months in early 2026 developing a framework for what AI-enhanced education should actually look like. The resulting framework is built around an acronym: ACTUAL. Agency. Connection. Trust. Uniqueness. Adaptability. Lifelong Learning. What strikes me about this framework is what it prioritizes. It doesn't start with capabilities. It starts with values. It asks not "w

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