New York City has also banned AI for younger students as concerns over classroom use grow
Another school district has banned AI from being used in the classroom by students across all grades. While this isn’t the first ban of its kind that we’ve seen, what’s interesting is that it was introduced just weeks after the district started piloting Google Gemini for older students. Frederick County became the latest school district to ban AI use in the classroom this week, voting 6-1 to restrict the technology from pre-K through 12th grade. Initially, the board considered only banning AI for younger students, but eventually extended the ban through high school.
Well, even if there are budget constraints, and they’ll end up using Gemini because of these: They should have looked at alternatives at least, just to know what else exists, because knowledge is the basis for education… Alternatively, they could have been stated the true reason. I’m merely criticizing the poor wording.
Are there really any AI offerings that are specifically tailored to kids? It’s all a crap shoot. I do agree they should at least consider others, but it wouldn’t have made a difference.