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Everywhere we go, we hear the same story: a student accused of cheating because an AI detector flagged their work. One of our school partners even shared that an AI detection vendor's sales pitch amounted to: better to use ours, because your teachers will just find another one anyway. The thing is, AI detectors are…

Almost four years ago I met Erin Mote from InnovateEDU at a co-working spot in Brooklyn and shared the idea of starting a National AI Literacy Day. Our founding steering committee turned that idea into reality within months, and it's grown every year since. AI Literacy is more important than ever. Students and educ…

A new report on 9-17 year olds' use of AI by Common Sense Media puts a spotlight on the widening gap between AI usage and AI literacy. While 85% of students who use AI turn to it for schoolwork, a large majority lack even the most basic knowledge of how AI works. The report found that out of the respondents who sa…

There are two very important questions about GenAI in schools right now, and only one of them is getting attention. The first question has two parts centered on the educational value of GenAI chatbots and Edtech tools: Do they genuinely support learning at any educational level and what is the cost when the tools b…

Everywhere we go, we hear the same story: a student accused of cheating because an AI detector flagged their work. One of our school partners even shared that an AI detection vendor's sales pitch amounted to: better to use ours, because your teachers will just find another one anyway. The thing is, AI detectors are…

A new report on 9-17 year olds' use of AI by Common Sense Media puts a spotlight on the widening gap between AI usage and AI literacy. While 85% of students who use AI turn to it for schoolwork, a large majority lack even the most basic knowledge of how AI works. The report found that out of the respondents who sa…