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AI gives more praise, less criticism to Black students

As schools introduce artificial intelligence into the classroom, a new analysis suggests that these tools could be steering students in different directions depending on who they are. Researchers from ...
Phys.org

More and more teachers and students are using AI, even though it might do more harm than good

K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms, whether it is teachers turning to AI to refine lesson plans or students asking AI to help them ...
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Stanford study finds AI writing feedback shifts by student identity

Stanford University researchers found that AI writing tools give different feedback depending on perceived student identity, offering more praise and less criticism to some groups. In tests with 600 ...
Fast Company

More teachers and students are using AI despite potential risks

K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms, whether it is teachers turning to AI to refine lesson plans or students asking AI to help them ...
The Washington Post

In some classrooms, teachers ask: Can AI teach students to write better?

When Craig Schmidt gave his high school English students an assignment based on “Fahrenheit 451,” he threw them a curveball: He told them to use ChatGPT. Schmidt asked the class to write several ...
Education Week

Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AI

Whether students should use AI in the classroom is a hotly contested issue. Will it boost their learning and prepare them for the workforce or will it lead to digital dependence and cognitive atrophy?
KQED

Feedback Bias? How AI Adjusts Replies Based on Race and Gender, Research Finds

Identical essays get different feedback in Stanford study and that can have consequences on what students learn.
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Once banned in schools, AI now embraced as a learning tool

Using technology to help write a school paper or essay used to be considered cheating. Treasure Coast teachers are using AI to develop better lesson plans, better assessments and to be more efficient ...
Inside Higher Ed

Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI

The world’s largest professional organization of writing educators disagrees with the notion that the rise of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom is unavoidable. Earlier this month, ...
Phys.org

AI pragmatists: How language teachers are navigating AI with nuance

A pervasive narrative has taken hold in education: generative AI (genAI) is an unstoppable force, and educators must adapt or be left behind. Teachers have long been labeled or framed by technology ...
Education Week

Do Teachers Have the Skills to Use AI? New Test Aims to Find Out

The nation’s largest purveyor of licensing exams for teachers now offers a gauge of whether teachers have the skills to use artificial intelligence—the latest sign that the technology continues to ...