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A graduation cap is in the photo as well.</media:description><description>&lt;img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/GES_Badgeathon_ArticleHero_2784.max-600x600.format-webp_fiay1SU.webp"&gt;An overview of upcoming training sessions from the Google AI Educator Series (GES), and how teachers are putting these tools to work.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/new-ai-educator-trainings-september-2026/</guid><category>Learning &amp; Education</category><og xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#"><type>article</type><title>Start the year AI-ready with the Google AI Educator Series</title><description>An overview of upcoming training sessions from the Google AI Educator Series (GES), and how teachers are putting these tools to work.</description><site_name>Google</site_name><url>https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/new-ai-educator-trainings-september-2026/</url></og><author xmlns:author="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><name>Jennie Magiera</name><title>Global Head of Education Impact</title><department/><company/></author></item><item><title>Our new partnership brings long-duration energy storage to West Virginia.</title><link>https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/west-virginia-long-duration-energy-storage/</link><media:content height="540" medium="image" url="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Bringing_Long-Duration_Energy_s.max-600x600.format-webp.webp" width="540"/><description>&lt;img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Bringing_Long-Duration_Energy_s.max-600x600.format-webp.webp"&gt;Google is collaborating with  MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises on a new clean energy project on the PJM grid.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/west-virginia-long-duration-energy-storage/</guid><category>Global Network</category><category>Sustainability</category><og xmlns:og="http://ogp.me/ns#"><type>article</type><title>Our new partnership brings long-duration energy storage to West Virginia.</title><description/><site_name>Google</site_name><url>https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/infrastructure-and-cloud/global-network/west-virginia-long-duration-energy-storage/</url></og></item><item><title>Partnering with Khan Academy on building AI tools for classrooms</title><link>https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/khan-academy-back-to-school/</link><media:content height="540" medium="image" url="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Khan_Academy_hero.max-600x600.format-webp.webp" width="540"/><media:description>Adults standing in front of Google sign smiling</media:description><description>&lt;img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/Khan_Academy_hero.max-600x600.format-webp.webp"&gt;Interactive visual aids and teacher-controlled practice materials — both built with Gemini — are launching for the new school year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/khan-academy-back-to-school/</guid><category>Learning &amp; 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