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A comprehensive collection of academic research on generative AI in preK12 education organized into three categories:
Research that describes how generative AI is being used in classrooms, schools, or districts or how products are designed and built.
What LLMs Must Forget To Teach Effectively A Diy Approach To Premodern Japanese Language Pedagogy
Ariel Stilerman, Andrew Nelson, Alan Cheng, Caleb Langley, Sera Wang, Camilla Piana, Pelin Çılgın, Qianhe Qin, Teisha Nishimitsu, Liaoliao Zhang, Huiting Liu, Josh Eyret, Gavin Sherry. (06/2026). arXiv.
Beyond Models: Reflections On Engineering AI-Enabled Systems In A Project-Based Course
Amir Mashmool, Kishan Ravindra Sawant, Mojtaba Shahin, Nico Hochgeschwender, and Rainer Koschke. (06/2026). arXiv.
Scan: A Decision-Making Framework For Effective Task Allocation With Generative AI
Fendi Tsim, Alina Gutoreva. (06/2026). arXiv.
Beyond Tool Adoption: A Practical Five-Stage Developmental Continuum For AI Literacy In Higher Education
J. Paul Liu, Rachel Levy. (06/2026). arXiv.
Cotal: Human-In-The-Loop Prompt Engineering For Generalizable Formative Assessment Scoring And Feedback
Clayton Cohn, Ashwin T S, Naveeduddin Mohammed, Gautam Biswas. (06/2026). arXiv.
Culturally-Aware AI For Cross-Boundary Community Learning: Undergraduate Innovation At The Intersection Of Computation And Design
Jiaojiao Zhao, Weisheng Zhang, Jiawen Cai, Haibin Gao, Luyao Zhang. (06/2026). arXiv.
Descriptive – Implementation and Use Descriptive – Product Development
Studies that test how well something works including but not limited to randomly dividing people into groups and comparing the results.
Teaching with Gemini: Measuring the impact of Guided Learning on student mathematics progress in Sierra Leone
LearnLM Team, Google & Fab AI. (05/2026). Google.
Maic-Ui: Making Interactive Courseware With Generative Ui
Shangqing Tu, Yanjia Li, Keyu Chen, Sichen Zhang, Jifan Yu, Daniel Zhang-Li, Lei Hou, Juanzi Li, Yu Zhang, Huiqin Liu. (04/2026). arXiv.
The Economics Of Algorithmic Personalization: Evidence From An Educational Technology Platform
Keshav Agrawal, Susan Athey, Ayush Kanodia, Shanjukta Nath, Emil Palikot. (03/2026). NBER.
Report From Workshop On Dialogue Alongside Artificial Intelligence
Thomas J McKenna, Ingvill Rasmussen, Sten Ludvigsen, Avivit Arvatz, Christa Asterhan, Gaowei Chen, Julie Cohen, Michele Flammia, Dongkeun Han, Emma Hayward, Heather Hill, Yifat Kolikant, Helen Lehndorf, Kexin Li, Lindsay Clare Matsumura, Henrik Tj‚àö‚àènn, Pengjin Wang, Rupert Wegerif. (11/2025). arXiv.
A Meta-Analysis Of LLM Effects On Students Across Qualification, Socialization, And Subjectification
Jiayu Huang, Ruoxin Ritter Wang, Jen-Hao Liu, Boming Xia, Yue Huang, Ruoxi Sun, Jason (Minhui) Xue, Jinan Zou. (09/2025). arXiv.
From Chalkboards to Chatbots: Evaluating the Impact of Generative AI on Learning Outcomes in Nigeria
Mart’n De Simone, Federico Tiberti, Maria Barron Rodriguez, Federico Manolio, Wuraola Mosuro, Eliot Jolomi Dikoru. (05/2025). arXiv.
Impact – Randomized Controlled Trial Impact – Quasi-experimental
Studies that combine and summarize all the research on a specific genAI topic to find patterns and answers.
The Creative Link Between Words and Ideas is Weakening in the AI Era
Kibum Moon, Kostadin Kushlev, Andrew Bank, Benjamin Lira, Indre Viskontas, James C. Kaufman, Dan R. Johnson, Angela L. Duckworth, Adam E. Green. (06/2026). PsyArXIV.
Using AI In Engineering Education: A Balancing Act, Driven By Clear Purpose
Olya Kudina. (06/2026). arXiv.
Large-Scale Semantic Mapping Of Learner Agency And Autonomy Reveals What Measurement And Generative AI Research Overlook
Fei Qin, Xiaobo Liu, Yaowen Zhang, Xuming Li, Fei Wang, Mutlu Cukurova, Jingjing Chen, Yu Zhang. (06/2026). arXiv.
A Survey Of Deep Learning For Geometry Problem Solving
Jianzhe Ma, Wenxuan Wang, Qin Jin. (06/2026). arXiv.
Quantifying Perception-Based Student Success With Generative AI: An Exploratory Monte Carlo Simulation
Seyma Yaman Kayadibi. (06/2026). arXiv.
AI Diffusion Gaps: Unequal Integration of AI Across K-12 School
Christopher Campos, John D. Singleton. (06/2026). NBER.
We aim to include all research in the above categories on generative AI in preK12 education in the US. As research diverges from genAI for preK12 in the US - such as machine learning, education systems beyond preK12, or studies conducted outside the US - inclusion in the repository is based on relevance to our target audiences:
All students and learners that engage directly with genAI technology.
Let’s Chat: Leveraging Chatbot Outreach for Improved Course Performance
Katharine E. Meyer, Lindsay C. Page, Catherine Mata, Eric Smith, Brendan Tyler Walsh, Candice L. Fifield, Michelle Tyson, Amy E. Eremionkhale, Michael Evans, Shelby Frost, Eye Eoun Jung. (07/2026). NBER.
Teaching Students to Question the Machine: Short-Term Effects of an AI Literacy Workshop on Middle-School Students' Regulation of LLM Interaction
Olivier Clerc, Rania Abdelghani, Chloé Desvaux, Eliott Poisson, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Hélène Sauzéon. (06/2026). arXiv.
Access is Not Enough: Human Support Improves Engagement with AI Tutoring
Carly D. Robinson, David Gormley, Ana Trindade Ribeiro, Susanna Loeb. (06/2026). EdWorking Papers.
The Creative Link Between Words and Ideas is Weakening in the AI Era
Kibum Moon, Kostadin Kushlev, Andrew Bank, Benjamin Lira, Indre Viskontas, James C. Kaufman, Dan R. Johnson, Angela L. Duckworth, Adam E. Green. (06/2026). PsyArXIV.
What LLMs Must Forget To Teach Effectively A Diy Approach To Premodern Japanese Language Pedagogy
Ariel Stilerman, Andrew Nelson, Alan Cheng, Caleb Langley, Sera Wang, Camilla Piana, Pelin Çılgın, Qianhe Qin, Teisha Nishimitsu, Liaoliao Zhang, Huiting Liu, Josh Eyret, Gavin Sherry. (06/2026). arXiv.
Using AI In Engineering Education: A Balancing Act, Driven By Clear Purpose
Olya Kudina. (06/2026). arXiv.
Education support organizations (unions, parent groups, etc.).
Design Principles And Observable Indicators For AI-Enabled Pedagogical Accompaniment: Evidence From The Amico Dual-Mode Prototype In Italy And China
Pier Paolo Benedetti. (05/2026). arXiv.
Adesua: Development And Feasibility Study Of An AI Whatsapp Bot For Science Learning In West Africa
George Boateng, Evans Atompoya, Philemon Badu, Samuel John, Samuel Ansah, Patrick Agyeman-Budu, and Victor Kumbol. (05/2026). arXiv.
Pacee: Parent-Centered AI Scaffolding For Emotion Education In Early Childhood Conversations
Yu Mei, Xutong Wang, Ziyao Zhang, Yiming Fu, Shiyi Wang, Qingyang Wan, Qinghuan Lan, Chang Liu, Jie Cai, Chun Yu, Yuanchun Shi. (03/2026). arXiv.
Ai4Career: Responsible AI For Stem Career Development At Scale In K-16 Education
Sugana Chawla, Si Chen, Julia Qian, Gina Svarovsky, Alison Cheng, Rick Johnson, Nitesh V. Chawla, Ronald Metoyer. (03/2026). arXiv.
A Privacy By Design Framework For Large Language Model-Based Applications For Children
Diana Addae, Diana Rogachova, Nafiseh Kahani, Masoud Barati, Michael Christensen, Chen Zhou. (02/2026). arXiv.
Division Of Labor And Collaboration Between Parents In Family Education
Ziyi Wang, Congrong Zhang, Jingying Deng, Xiaofan Hu, Jie Cai, Nan Gao, Chun Yu, Haining Zhang. (02/2026). arXiv.
Academic researchers and Global education leaders.
Generative AI Can Harm Teaching
Alp Sungu, Benjamin Lira, Angela L. Duckworth. (07/2026). SSRN.
Let’s Chat: Leveraging Chatbot Outreach for Improved Course Performance
Katharine E. Meyer, Lindsay C. Page, Catherine Mata, Eric Smith, Brendan Tyler Walsh, Candice L. Fifield, Michelle Tyson, Amy E. Eremionkhale, Michael Evans, Shelby Frost, Eye Eoun Jung. (07/2026). NBER.
What LLMs Must Forget To Teach Effectively A Diy Approach To Premodern Japanese Language Pedagogy
Ariel Stilerman, Andrew Nelson, Alan Cheng, Caleb Langley, Sera Wang, Camilla Piana, Pelin Çılgın, Qianhe Qin, Teisha Nishimitsu, Liaoliao Zhang, Huiting Liu, Josh Eyret, Gavin Sherry. (06/2026). arXiv.
The Missing Layer: Why EdTech Needs Design-Time Generative Ui, Not Just Runtime Personalization
Seyed Parsa Neshaei, Abhinand Shibu, Fatma Betül Güres. (06/2026). arXiv.
Scan: A Decision-Making Framework For Effective Task Allocation With Generative AI
Fendi Tsim, Alina Gutoreva. (06/2026). arXiv.
What Do You Mean By 'Human-AI Collaboration'? Prerequisite Functions And The Affordances Needed To Achieve It
Professor Mutlu Cukurova. (06/2026). arXiv.
Superintendents, state, and federal K12 leaders; Leadership and product teams at technology companies.
AI Diffusion Gaps: Unequal Integration of AI Across K-12 School
Christopher Campos, John D. Singleton. (06/2026). NBER.
Practitioner Beliefs And Behaviors In AI-Enhanced Education: Dot Framework Survey Evidence
David Gibson, M. Elizabeth Azukas, Gerald Knezek. (05/2026). arXiv.
Prediction Model Of Motivators And Demotivators Of Integrating Large Language Models In Software Engineering Education: An Empirical Study
Maryam Khan, Muhammad Azeem Akbar, Jussi Kasurinen, Estefanía Martín-Barroso. (05/2026). arXiv.
Governing generative AI in higher education: a global Delphi study on policy and practice
Helen Crompton, Diane Burke, Christine Nickel, Aras Bozkurt, Fengchun Miao, Mike Sharples, Jeffrey Alan Greene, David Parsons, Lucy Gill-Simmen, Adam Edmett, Mark Pegrum, Inge de Waard, Curtis J. Bonk, Manuel B. Garcia, John H. Curry, LeeAnn Lindsey, Mohan Yang, Stephen Marshall, Maha Bali, Nellie Deutsch, Suzaan le Roux, Mourad Benali, Mohd Ali Bin Samsudin, Hasan Tinmaz, Matthew L. Bernacki, Mari van Wyk, Lenandlar Singh, Agnes Chigona, Lance Eaton, Junhong Xiao, Johanna Velander, Jinhee Kim, Francisco Bellas, R. Rajalakshmi, Andréia de Bem Machado, Agnieszka Palalas, Sean Yu. (05/2026). International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education.
Mapping AI Programs In The U.S: A Status Report From Early 2026 And An Analysis Of AI Majors And Minors
Felix Muzny, Carolyn Jones, Carter Ithier, Hasnain Sikora, Hrutika Harshadbhai Patel, Carla E. Brodley. (05/2026). arXiv.
Agentic AI Ecosystems In Higher Education: A Perspective On AI Agents To Emerging Inclusive, Agentic Multi-Agent AI Framework For Learning, Teaching And Institutional Intelligence
Vidya K Sudarshan, Anushka Sisodia, Reshma A Ramachandra, Batra Sia, Josephine Chong Leng Leng. (05/2026). arXiv.
