NYTIMES (Shael Polakow-Suransky) - The A.I. Classroom Is Quiet. Way Too Quiet.
A.I. tutoring is seductive, but ultimately ineffective.
NPR (Lee V. Gaines) - Most K-12 teachers say AI's impact on education will eclipse the internet or computers
A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - AI's education explosion leaves teachers in the dark
Data: Gallup; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios AI tools are reshaping the classroom and students' critical thinking — but school leaders are lagging on giving teachers formal guidance for using the tech, a new report shows. The big picture: AI should amplify the best parts of the classroom and streamline work for already stressed teachers, education experts tell Axios — not create an added burden for educators or replace human connection. - "AI is out there," All4Ed CEO Amy Loyd tells Axios. "It's not a question of whether or not our students are going to be using it; it's a question of how well our educators are supported and receive the ongoing professional learning and capacity building to be able to be confident in it." - A…
JUSTTHENEWS (Amanda Head) - Pop star Pitbull partners with AI company to create civics lessons taught by Founding Fathers
With civics education at startlingly low levels, this partnership brings the Founding Fathers and other historical figures to life through AI.
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Canvas outage delays college finals across the country
Universities across the country are rescheduling or canceling finals after a cyberattack shut down a learning platform used by thousands of schools for course information and assignments. The big picture: The attack comes at a critical moment for college students who are cramming for finals — and underscores education's growing reliance on singular technology platforms. Driving the news: With caps and gowns already purchased at campuses across the country, several universities announced that the shutdown forced them to reorganize or scratch finals. - Penn State announced that Thursday night and Friday exams had been canceled. Administrators are working with faculty to determine what that means for final grading. Students can still…
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Study Finds AI Writing Feedback Varies by Students’ Race, Gender
A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems used to evaluate student writing may respond differently depending on how a student’s identity is […] Source
THEFEDERALIST (Auguste Meyrat) - Ed-Tech Vendors Fleece Schools Out Of Millions Of Dollars For Software That Makes Kids Dumber
Ed tech has created more problems than it solved and has fundamentally compromised today’s K-12 instruction.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - How AI is helping advance students' education as push to include it in schools increases | The Hill
Education entrepreneur Mackenzie Pierce joins NewsNation to discuss co-founding Alpha School, an AI-powered school, and its use of AI to enhance students' overall learning capacity. "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.
AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - Blue books make a comeback at colleges in the AI era. Why not "chisels," critic mocks
Colleges besieged by AI-generated writing brought back blue book exams to deter cheating , but some educators say hand-written tests don't showcase students' best work and disadvantage swaths of learners. Why it matters: Educators say AI cheating is real — if sometimes overstated — but reverting to pen-and-paper tests sidesteps the reality that many employers want graduates who are comfortable using AI tools. State of play: Education has fundamentally changed since OpenAI dropped ChatGPT in 2022. - Blue books can help prevent copy-and-paste cheating. But Professor Dan Melzer, at University of California, Davis, says educators won't be able to completely "outsmart ChatGPT" use because students will find workarounds. Zoom in: Steven…
NYTIMES (Vivian Wang and Jiawei Wang) - China’s Parents Are Outsourcing the Homework Grind to A.I.
Parents in China are turning to A.I. chatbots and other tools to help their children gain an edge and ease the fighting over homework.