The Signal in Education News
Just weeks after approving limits on screen time for preschoolers, Alabama lawmakers are mounting a last minute push to set screen time limits for all public school students. The House Education Policy Committee Thursday approved HB 584,
NYC’s AI guidelines outline approved and restricted uses in schools. The takeaway? Bigger issues like privacy, student use, and other gray area cases are unresolved.
Some New York City students say SmartPass feels invasive because it tracks when and why they leave class. Schools say the digital hall pass system helps monitor missed class time and hallway traffic.
In the classroom and in district offices, K–12 schools are increasingly implementing artificial intelligence. According to a report from Cambium Learning Group, 61% of administrators are using AI to interpret or analyze student data, and 56% are using it to manage student records. In order for districts to use AI to it…
A recent survey from Common Sense Media found that 70% of teenagers have used at least one generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, and the World Economic Forum projects that 65% of children who entered primary school in 2016 will ultimately...
Chromebooks and iPads are untouched in classrooms at a rural elementary school in northern Michigan. School leaders hope that more books and less screen time for students will solve a literacy crisis.
After years of maligning teachers unions, Moms for Liberty has joined forces with its former adversaries to push for limits on laptops in classrooms.
Artificial intelligence in a K–12 setting? At the Jewish Leadership Academy in Florida, they’ve never known it any other way. Built from the ground up and opened in 2023, JLA was designed for hybrid learning, with Zoom classrooms equipped with interactive flat panels, ceiling-mounted microphones and auto-tracking camer…