If AI is in your school, a big tech company might have put it there

I'm the author of this article, which explains how AI went from being blocked by school districts to being broadly embraced by them — and big tech companies' role in it all.

Tl;dr: Last year, I learned about a Colorado partnership, involving nonprofits and private enterprise, to spend $3 million bringing AI into schools. It turned out it was part of a quiet movement by tech companies to get their AI products into classrooms, most recently with the help of the Trump Administration, partly by convincing teachers about their usefulness — even as research on the subject is inconclusive at best, teachers are wary, and Americans in general are feeling increasingly negative about AI use by teachers and students. Also — if you've heard of the private school, Alpha, that says it uses AI to squeeze a day's worth of learning into two hours a day? There's more to that story, too.

Submitted September 04, 2025 at 07:50PM by ConversationSevere36 https://ift.tt/fO0Pb7F