2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (633+ words) A 2,100-acre data center is being built in Frederick County, Md., with one piece of its property sketched out to be about 500 feet from a public elementary school. As data centers become more ubiquitous around the country, there are growing questions…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (602+ words) If a teacher uploads detailed lesson plans to her school’s AI-based curriculum tool, could her work or her students’ data end up training the next model? Often, teachers have no way of knowing. “We can get angrier and angrier, or…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (692+ words) A new survey shows educators feel confident they can integrate teaching about AI into their instruction, and most parents believe schools are ready to teach about the technology. A survey commissioned by IBM and conducted by Morning Consult of 1,019 educators…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (755+ words) A new kind of story has made its way into elementary school classrooms, joining the books in classroom libraries and the passages in early reading curricula: AI-generated text. Tools designed for educators to use can rewrite articles to different reading…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (902+ words) New York City and Los Angeles—the two largest school districts in the country—each announced last week that they are banning student use of generative artificial intelligence. New York’s ban applies to elementary and middle schools, while Los Angeles…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (344+ words) Personalized learning through AI tutors is touted a lot by ed-tech proponents. But is anyone buying what they are selling? Michael Pershan is a math teacher who writes about teaching at pershmail.substack.com: A decade ago, Bill Gates invested…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (236+ words) The nation's second-largest district is pausing student use of generative artificial intelligence....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (95+ words) Do you hate AI? That’s all the more reason to teach AI literacy....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1300+ words) New York City Public Schools is banning artificial intelligence-powered learning tools for elementary and middle school students, nixing individual devices for younger children, and recommending strict age-based screen-time limits, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Sept. 2. The policy—which Mamdani called the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (929+ words) One of the most popular tech platforms used by schools, Google Classroom, recently opened use of its Gemini chatbot to K-12 students of all ages, giving schools little time to determine how to restrict or monitor its use. Until August, Gemini…...