'The Big Money Show' panel analyzes education in America as a report indicates NYC lawmakers calling for a YouTube ban in schools and the surge in homeschooling.
After more than 30 years, New York state is moving to make Regents exams — the rigorous end-of-year tests that determine whether students receive a diploma — optional. The move is aimed at eliminating barriers to graduation for some students while offering other ways to demonstrate that they have mastered required material. State education officials say the new approach will maintain high academic standards, while critics are concerned it could weaken them. Meanwhile, the two largest school districts in the country — New York City and Los Angeles — have imposed restrictions on the use of generative artificial intelligence in schools. Educator and author of the New York Times bestseller “The Well-Educated Child,” Dr. Deborah…
The nation's largest teachers union is weighing in on artificial intelligence and how students should be taught to use it, not depend on it. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, joins "The Hill" on NewsNation to discuss the union's proposal for teaching students how to master the technology rather than let it master them. "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.
Tech-industry families in San Francisco are pulling their children out of traditional schools and building AI-powered home curricula, part of a nationwide homeschooling surge that has doubled since 2019. In the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, 32-year-old Mrugesha Sathappan starts her children's school day with a 20-minute phonics or math session built by artificial […] The post Silicon Valley parents abandon traditional classrooms for AI-driven homeschooling as nationwide trend accelerates appeared first on American Almanac .
Tech-industry families in San Francisco are pulling their children out of traditional schools and building AI-powered home curricula, part of a nationwide homeschooling surge that has doubled since 2019. In the Nob Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, 32-year-old Mrugesha Sathappan starts her children's school day with a 20-minute phonics or math session built by artificial intelligence. After that, her preschool and elementary-aged kids head out on field trips she and her husband design around whatever subject has captured their attention that week. Lately, it has been rockets. Her husband Kartik, a 34-year-old investor, bought their son a rocket kit that can reach 500 feet. No permission slip required. The Sathappans are not religious…Open
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…
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.
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.