Hyon-Young Kim

Updated: This article was updated Jan. 5, 2026, after EdWeek learned more information about a shooting that took place Dec. 12, 2025, at Stephenson High School in Stone Mountain, Ga. With the additional information, EdWeek determined the shooting—in which a person was accidentally shot while in a car during dismissal time—meets the criteria for inclusion in our tracker.

A mother holds her children at a memorial outside Annunciation Catholic Church following the Aug. 27 shooting at the Minneapolis Catholic school. The shooting, in which two children died and 21 people were injured, was the largest school shooting of 2025, a year during which there were fewer school shootings than in any year since 2020.

Grading “assistants” that use generative artificial intelligence offer teachers a tantalizing promise: You can spend less time poring over hundreds of student essays while still giving kids the thoughtful feedback they need to make their writing better. But how do these tools actually stack up against experienced educators? Education Week wanted to find out.