Most superintendents and other administrators share two views of generative AI: the technology will improve instruction and educators need more guidance in adopting it, a new survey has found.
Considered by some to be "a demon unleashed" while other consider it "a panacea for education's myriad challenges," AI's impact on schools is only going to grow as learning platforms become more adaptive, teachers work to further personalize instruction and leaders seek more administrative efficiencies in running their districts.
They have everything to do with closed swimming pools and, more importantly, putting students on track for successful futures in college and the workforce, Superintendent Michelle Hubbard says.
In total, the checklist presents leaders with nearly 100 questions they must ask ahead of AI policy implementation, starting with executive leadership.
"The fact remains: seven out of 10 districts are led by men even though women make up the overwhelming majority of the education workforce," said Dr. Julia Rafal-Baer, CEO of ILO Group and founder of Women Leading Ed, in a new report.
In Los Angeles, parents said they were protesting LGBTQ+ instruction in schools while holding signs that read, among other things, "No pride in grooming." Meanwhile, across the street, advocates of LGBTQ+ rights and education were counterprotesting.
District leaders are now shifting their focus to school culture as the bedrock for reform efforts. Simply put, when teachers work in a supportive culture, schools improve.
A new election season for local and citywide education councils kicked off Monday with a significant change that opens the door to greater participation from parents of children with severe disabilities.
