"Technology-first solutions left a global majority of learners behind," reads a new report from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). As a result, learning inequalities became "supercharged."
With every decision feeling more divisive, technology evolving at hyperspeed, and the needs of school communities getting greater, leaders today have to adapt, innovate, and communicate in fundamentally different ways.
New guidance from the makers of ChatGPT includes insight from educators who are already using generative AI to enhance learning and streamline tasks as well as some example prompts you can copy and paste directly into the chatbot and try out yourself.
Several school districts report having a number of buildings that lack the proper air conditioning needed to support students and staff as heat indexes reach the mid-to-high 90s in some areas. How are they adapting?
"We sadly live in a time when we can no longer ignore the looming shooting threats that continue to plague the US school system," Adrian Public Schools Superintendent Nate Parker said in a statement.
"AI is not magic," a new report from the National Association of Elementary School Principals reads. "Magic is mysterious and cannot be understood or controlled. AI is neither of these things. The more we seek to understand the concepts behind AI, the better we will be able to control it and use it for constructive purposes in education."
The approach goes beyond robotics and computer science class. Teachers and students embrace artificial intelligence in nearly every subject taught, from English to art class. So far, the machines seem to be winning over students, parents and teachers, but there is still a lot to learn.
The number of teacher vacancies in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools—more than 500 as of last week—was big enough to grab attention. But the back-to-school scramble to find teachers isn’t limited to the state’s second-largest district.
This troubling trend is impacting not only student health, academic performance and social well-being but also school finances, with districts spending thousands annually on enforcement, education, drug testing and prevention efforts.
"The volume and pace of these proposals represents a startling uptick in this ideological attack on public education," reads a new report from PEN America.
