The Philadelphia School District is launching a pilot program to train teachers and administrators on how best to integrate artificial intelligence in city schools, an initiative its University of Pennsylvania partners are calling the first of its kind in the country.
Approaches to AI vary in schools across the United States. Some systems have banned it, full stop; but best practices “are where there is some overall guidance and they empower the teachers to be creative and to come up with new ideas,” said L. Michael Golden, a vice dean at Penn’s Graduate School of Education.
The district already has guidelines in place about using generative AI, but “Pioneering AI in School Systems,” scheduled to begin in March, will train district administrators, principals, and teachers in best practices and possible pitfalls in incorporating artificial learning…