This week in education was packed with important announcements about agentic AI, which is a new type of computer program that can do tasks by itself instead of just answering questions. Schools, universities, and technology companies around the world are working hard to understand how this technology can help students learn better.

One of the biggest announcements came from a company called Druid AI. At a conference called EDUCAUSE 2025, Druid showed off a brand new platform built just for colleges and universities. This platform is special because it can help with many different jobs at a university, not just one thing. It can help students get admitted to school, make sure students succeed in their classes, answer student questions, stay in touch with people who used to go to the university, and help with money and staff work. The platform is very accurate, working correctly about 95% of the time or better at each university. University leaders like Kevin Overlaur from Valdosta State University in the United States said that this kind of complete system is the secret to helping the whole campus work better.

Universities are excited about agentic AI because many of them struggle with how to use AI in the right way. About 70% of university leaders say they are confused about the best way to use AI. Druid's answer is to give universities one big system instead of many small systems that don't work together. When universities use many small systems, they end up with broken up information spread all over different departments, which makes it hard to help students. By having everything in one system, universities can help each student personally, reach students who might want to go there, and do a lot of work automatically.

Arizona State University in Arizona held a special three-day conference this week called "Agentic AI and the Student Experience". More than 650 people came to learn about how AI can make learning better. ASU's president, Michael Crow, gave a speech saying that AI can be the most powerful tool to help everyone get a good education. He explained that schools have been teaching all students the same way, like a factory, but AI can teach each student in the way that works best for them. ASU has already done amazing work with AI. In 2024, ASU became the first university to work with OpenAI, the company that made ChatGPT. Since then, ASU made a program called CreateAI Builder where teachers and staff can build their own AI tools safely. When teachers use this tool, it keeps student information safe and makes sure the AI is being used fairly.

Michigan State University in the United States also had a big meeting this week called the 2025 Data Science + AI Summit. More than 200 leaders from schools, businesses, and the government came to talk about agentic AI. The leaders agreed on three big ideas: first, agentic AI works best when it helps people do their jobs better, not when it replaces them. Second, schools need to teach students new skills so they can work alongside AI in the future. Third, when schools, businesses, and the government work together, they can do more with AI. David Washburn, who leads the MSU Research Foundation, said that AI is changing from being just a tool into being a real partner that people can work with.

Meanwhile, education experts are also talking about the dangers and challenges with AI in schools. One important study from Brown University in the United States found that some AI computer programs that help with student mental health sometimes break the rules about keeping student secrets safe. This shows that schools need to be very careful about which AI tools they use. Also, some experts worry that computer companies are adding AI to school tools before teachers have a chance to help plan it. Teachers say they should have control over how AI is used in their classrooms, not just have computers do it automatically.

Even at smaller schools, like The Steward School, leaders are thinking about how to prepare students for a world where agentic AI is everywhere. Teachers are learning that they need to help students understand not just how to use AI, but also when it is good to use AI and when humans should make decisions. Schools around the world, from China to Australia to the United States, are changing how they teach because of AI. Some schools are making students learn about AI before they graduate, and some are testing students in person instead of online to make sure students really understand the work.