Four months after restricting access, educators are now eager to "embrace its potential." Says University of Washington professor Jason Yip, "Banning ChatGPT is like using a piece of paper to block this flood that is coming."
Declining enrollment, failed levies and other financial pressures are forcing superintendents and their teams to make tough and unpopular spending decisions, including cutting school employees.
While public backlash against Native American stereotypes has pushed professional sports teams in Washington, D.C., and Cleveland, Ohio, to change their names, there remain countless high schools across the U.S. that continue to use Native American-themed mascots and logos.
"We will have to make tough choices. Our resources must match our revenue," Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones said in a message to the community.
School closures may be necessary for some districts that continue to overspend without producing meaningful outcomes, said Director of Georgetown University's Edunomics Lab Marguerite Roza in a webinar Wednesday.
Generative AI is advancing faster than its creator can fix its most critical flaw: "how easily it can be weaponized by malign actors to manufacture misinformation campaigns," according to a new report.
For teachers already facing myriad demands in the classroom, incorporating internet literacy can be a challenge — especially given how politicized misinformation about vaccines, public health, voting, climate change and Russia’s war in Ukraine has become.
"Just as we had 'Big Tobacco' we now have 'Big Tech' exploiting children," said one attorney representing the San Mateo Board of Education. The 107-page lawsuit alleges that social media companies knowingly use AI and machine learning to deliver damaging content to students.
A rising star in Massachusetts joined the list of the recently ousted superintendents during yet another week of continued conflict between K12 leaders and boards of education, mayors and other officials.
Despite ongoing reports of teacher shortages, superintendents are having to make tough personnel decisions as COVID-era budget surpluses turn to post-pandemic shortfalls that have been compounded by enrollment declines.
