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JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Parents in Florida being given choice to opt their kids in or out for AI tools in class

The proposed changes to the internet safety policy would set minimum requirements for school districts to adopt regarding the use of artificial intelligence for educational purposes.

THEFEDERALIST (Katie Allen) - Supreme Court Data Privacy Ruling Threatens EdTech That Tracks Students’ Parents 24/7

The tension between these K-12 education programs and Chatrie is bound to create a stir as parents — and their students — begin questioning these surveillance practices and asserting their Fourth Amendment constitutional rights.

JUSTTHENEWS (Christina Park, Lane Smith) - Senators join education tech leaders in looking for answers on how to bring AI into K-12 education

Senators and educational technology leaders discussed best practices to integrate AI in schools in the hearing,"The Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

AMERICANTHINKER - What's the value of college composition in the age of AI

We need to ask ourselves: without cogito, what are we?

AXIOS (Rebecca Falconer) - Classrooms lean into analog learning in the AI era

Parents, educators and lawmakers are pushing schools to curb classroom screen use amid concerns about student attention, behavior and learning. Why it matters: School cellphone bans are expanding into broader efforts to limit screen use and establish guardrails around AI in education. The big picture: At least 16 states — both red and blue — have introduced bills to limit classroom technology. Case in point: Schools Beyond Screens formed with fewer than a dozen parents in Los Angeles Unified School District last year, but the nonprofit has grown to include thousands of parents and educators nationwide, SBS policy director Kate Brody tells Axios. - SBS worked with the school board in the nation's second-largest district to pass a…

NPR (Jonaki Mehta) - Overworked and understaffed: Special ed teachers turn to AI for help

A fast-growing number of special educators nationwide are using AI to create customized education plans. Despite the risks, some research shows it could improve the quality of teachers' work.

WASHINGTONPOST (Susan Svrluga, Ian Duncan, Lauren Lumpkin) - Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

This week’s hack into information from almost 9,000 schools included personally identifying data. It was not the first big edtech breach.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Ashley N. Soriano) - Why one CEO says AI colleges are the future

The classroom was once just a room with desks, books and dry erase boards, but in the age of technology, it's been reimagined.

NYTIMES (Molly Worthen) - You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education

Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.