Code.org is replacing its global 'Hour of Code' with an 'Hour of AI,' expanding from coding into AI literacy for K–12 students. The effort is backed by Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic, ISTE, Common Sense, AFT, NEA, Pearson, and others, and adds the National Parents Union to elevate parent buy‑in.
— This formalizes AI literacy as a mainstream school priority and spotlights how tech companies and unions are jointly steering curriculum, with implications for governance, equity, and privacy.
Tyler Cowen
2026.01.11
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Cowen reports giving a talk about how AI can let small colleges offer courses they otherwise could not afford — directly connecting to the existing idea that AI literacy and AI‑powered instruction are migrating into formal education (the 'Hour of AI' shift). The actor is Cowen and the site is University of Austin; the concrete claim is operational: AI can expand course offerings at resource‑constrained institutions.
Paul Bloom
2026.01.05
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Bloom’s essay focuses heavily on faculty reactions to generative AI in teaching and research—resistance, bans, or refusal to learn—directly connecting to the existing idea that AI literacy is becoming a school priority and that academic practice must adapt, making classroom and curricular change a live public policy issue.
2026.01.04
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The EAG spotlight on vocational education and the contrast between U.S. CTE and OECD VET systems connects to the broader education‑tech shift: as curricula change (including AI literacy initiatives), countries with stronger vocational pipelines may integrate new technical skills differently than the U.S. optional‑CTE model.
2025.12.30
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The YouGov poll shows strong public endorsement of computer science, engineering and nursing as desirable majors — empirical support that complements and helps explain institutional moves (e.g., Code.org shifting toward AI literacy) to reorient K–12 and higher‑education curricula toward tech and applied fields.
Arnold Kling
2025.12.28
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The proposal that colleges should start career exposure and employer engagement 'from day one' and train students for AI‑shaped skill sets parallels the push to make AI literacy a core, early curricular goal (as K–12 adopted an 'Hour of AI'), implicating education policy and industry‑education alignment.
Tyler Cowen
2025.11.30
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Several grants are expressly educational (math olympiad training, summer programs, robotics training, high‑school economics education). This aligns with the broader shift from basic coding literacy to targeted AI/STEM capacity‑building in schools and programs across regions that have been underrepresented in global tech pipelines.
BeauHD
2025.10.11
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Microsoft’s Elevate Washington launch featured Code.org’s Hadi Partovi and reiterated the pivot from 'Hour of Code' to 'Hour of AI,' with Code.org committing to engage 25 million learners; Microsoft’s program operationalizes that shift statewide.
msmash
2025.10.03
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Code.org’s press release announcing 'Hour of AI' and its coalition of Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic, AFT, NEA, ISTE, and others.