AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - AI Restrictions Continue to Widen As New School Year Begins
Education leaders are citing concerns over student learning, screen time and the risks of rapidly advancing technology. Source
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - A growing movement wants AI out of schools
America's two largest school districts both imposed sweeping AI bans this past week, hitting the brakes on a technology that's rapidly making its way into classrooms around the country. Why it matters: Research on AI's educational value is mixed. Some studies have found personalized AI tutors can improve learning, while other research has linked AI-assisted essay writing to weaker critical thinking. Driving the news: New York City's public school district blocked AI use for roughly 600,000 students in Pre-K through 8th grade, restricting it to specific uses for high school students. - Hours later, Los Angeles Unified imposed a districtwide moratorium on AI use on school devices for the 2026-27 school year, following a separate…
YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - NYC bans AI for students through 8th grade
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Mamdani implements AI restrictions for K-12 students in NYC
The moratorium also introduces an AI literacy module for high school students twice a year. According to the Mayor’s Office, the modules will cover “AI-related bias, risks, ethical considerations and impacts on careers and future skills.”
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - This congressman thinks banning AI in schools will put kids at a disadvantage
Congressman Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., joins “The Hill on NewsNation” to discuss the use of artificial intelligence in schools. Recently, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a one-year ban on AI for most of the city’s public-school students. Meanwhile, China has mandated AI education for children in third through fifth grade. "The Hill on NewsNation" combines the power of two trusted news sources to define today's most-pressing issues, and question Washington's power brokers on what matters most to the people they serve and what matters most to Americans.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - AI to be banned in New York City elementary and middle schools, among other technology rules
Under the rules, about 600,000 students in the city's school, which is approximately two-thirds of all students in the city's public education system, won't be allowed to use AI until they enter high school, where it will be allowed only in specific cases.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - New York City Public Schools banning AI use through middle school this year
Students in the nation's largest school district return to classrooms next week.
NYTIMES (Matthew Haag) - A.I. Is Largely to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools
A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.
AMERICANALMANAC (Lynn Jenkins) - Researchers reconstruct sounds of Jurassic insects from fossilized wings
Scientists have used fossilized insect wings and advanced modeling to recreate the strange calls that once filled Jurassic forests, offering a glimpse into a long-lost world that challenges our assumptions about the past. A team led by Dr. Fernando Montealegre-Zapata from the University of Lincoln analyzed 20 fossils from nine insect species, all found in […] The post Researchers reconstruct sounds of Jurassic insects from fossilized wings appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists have used fossilized insect wings and advanced modeling to recreate the strange calls that once filled Jurassic forests, offering a glimpse into a long-lost world that challenges our assumptions about the past. A team led by Dr. Fernando Montealegre-Zapata from the University of Lincoln analyzed 20 fossils from nine insect species, all found in China’s Inner Mongolia region and dating back roughly 165 million years. These ancient bugs, ancestors of today’s grasshoppers and katydids, left behind wing structures with microscopic ridges and a scraper known as a plectrum, clues that helped the team reconstruct their calls. Using microscope scans, laser measurements, computer modeling, and machine learning, the researchers…Open
NYTIMES (Ruth Franklin) - How Should ‘Huckleberry Finn’ Be Taught?
I traveled around the country to find out if “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” still has a place in the classroom.