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Wednesday, April 30, 2025

The president's executive order would push AI education in K"12 schools; the idea gets support from education experts, but raises concerns about how early students should learn about the technology.

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... President Donald J. Trump recently signed an executive order to bring AI into K-12 education to boost literacy around the technology and create a new White House task force to lead the effort.

The task force plans to form public-private partnerships with AI experts to develop online resources for K-12 AI literacy and critical thinking and will seek industry commitments and federal funding to support the effort; the goal is to ensure resources are available for K-12 instruction within 180 days. As part of the plan, the US Secretary of Education must within 90 days issue guidance on using federal grants to support AI in education and find ways to use existing research programs to help states boost student success.

Some, however, say the executive order on AI in education doesn't go far enough.

"AI education has to start even earlier than kindergarten!" Karen Panetta, a fellow with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), wrote via email when asked about Trump's order. "Why? Because children need to be aware of the influences of things that are and are not real." (IEEE is a global professional organization that advances technology through standards development and education.)

Children will encounter realistic but fake AI-generated content, so it should be an imperative teach them early to question what they see and ask trusted adults for help, according to Panetta. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-30 04:30 PM | Reply

Gotta lie to 'em when they're young.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-30 05:37 PM | Reply

Curios to see the extent to which Republicans,
who have fought tooth and nail against any national standards in the curriculum, now pivot to
Trump AI Is What Our Failing Schools Need.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-30 05:42 PM | Reply

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