TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) – New York City school leaders have temporarily banned generative artificial intelligence (AI) from kindergarten through eighth-grade classrooms, a move made to restrict classroom technology. District officials there said they decided to do so to protect students’ critical thinking skills.
It is not clear if Alabama school districts will do the same, but Tuscaloosa City Schools leaders say this is something they are watching.
The Tuscaloosa City Schools provides instruction to more than 11,000 Pre-K through 12th grade students throughout metropolitan Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to their website.(WBRC)
The district plans to continue examining how it will approach AI in classrooms. Superintendent Dr. Mike Daria said the district’s focus is on making sure AI is used in an ethical and safe way.
“It is here. It exists in our classroom,” Daria said. “Our focus is making sure our students and our educators use it in an ethical way and in a safe way, but we know we’ve got to continue to examine where it fits best and how much exposure, on grade-based, on students ages.”
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Daria said there is no specific timeline for the Tuscaloosa City Schools board to come up with a new policy, if it comes up with one at all. He said the focus is just on using AI in a “balanced way.”
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