Author: Lee V. Gaines
New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship. That’s according to new research from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a nonprofit that advocates for civil rights, civil liberties and responsible use of data and technology. CDT conducted national surveys of roughly 800 sixth through 12th grade public school teachers, 1,000 ninth through 12th grade students and 1,000 parents. The vast majority — 86% of students,…
When Georgia State University professor G. Sue Kasun taught a new course this summer, she used generative artificial intelligence to help her brainstorm. Kasun, a professor of language, culture and education, teaches current and future language educators. And she used Gemini — Google’s generative AI chatbot — to come up with ideas for readings and activities for a course on integrating identity and culture in language education. “There were suggestions of offering different choices like having students generate an image, having students write a poem. And these are things that I could maybe think of but we have limits on…
Jamilah McBryde works up a sweat to cut weight in preparation for the 2025 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women’s Wrestling National Championship, hosted in Wichita, Kan., in March. Geoff Stellfox for NPR hide caption toggle caption Geoff Stellfox for NPR Jamilah, Zaynah and Latifah McBryde never expected to become college athletes, much less change the rules of American women’s wrestling. The sisters are devout Muslims who were homeschooled and grew up wrestling one another in Buffalo, N.Y. “We always said we would never be able to wrestle in college,” said Jamilah, 22. Coaches recognized their talent when they…
Megan Mainzer, the McKinney-Vento liaison for Middletown Public Schools in Rhode Island, speaks with a young girl at a school food and clothing pantry that’s managed, in part, with federal grant money. /Josephine Sittenfeld for NPR hide caption toggle caption /Josephine Sittenfeld for NPR Megan Mainzer works with children and families experiencing homelessness at Middletown Public Schools in Rhode Island. Last year, the federal government sent $65,000 to her district to help support those students – funding that was made possible by the decades-old McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, a federal law that includes legal protections and a grant program to…