Schools across the US are warning parents about an Internet trend that has students purposefully trying to damage their school-issued Chromebooks so that they start smoking or catch fire.

Milwaukee Public Schools will reassign 181 central office staff, including 40 teachers, to classrooms next year to boost academic outcomes. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius says the move targets “broken systems and structures.”

Colorado-based researcher Elliott Hedman, who studies user interaction with technology, says AI like ChatGPT can transform thinking and writing. He proposes using AI to offer students immediate writing suggestions.

One of the largest providers of education tech paid off hackers so that they wouldn’t publish tens of millions of children’s personal information. But school districts are facing extortion attempts anyway.