👨‍⚖️ US Gov Brings AI into K-12 Schools

On Wednesday, April 23rd, President Trump signed an executive order with the goal of advancing AI education for American youth. This initiative aims to create new educational and workforce development opportunities in AI to ensure America's continued global leadership in this rapidly evolving technological landscape.

The order details the creation of the White House Task Force on AI Education, which will be responsible for planning and implementing a Presidential AI Challenge. This challenge aims to encourage and showcase achievements in AI by students and educators, promote the widespread adoption of AI technology, and foster collaboration between government, academia, philanthropy, and industry to address national issues using AI. The order will also help to establish public-private partnerships to provide resources for AI education in K-12 schools, as well as explore additional initiatives to further advance AI education and prepare students for an AI-driven workforce.

The future of AI in classrooms is here and likely to stay. In this edition, we’ll explore various ways educators can integrate AI into their classrooms, along with some pitfalls and considerations to keep in mind.

Here is an overview of today’s newsletter:

• Upcoming AI x Education Webinars Featuring PBL Learning

• The Studio Ghibli Trend and the Rise of AI Image Generation

• Pedagogical Biases in AI-Generated Lesson Plans

• A Conversation with an Art Educator on the Impact of AI

🚀 Practical AI Usage and Policies

⭐️ Upcoming webinars from our AI x Education Webinar Series

The AI Assignment Playbook: Practical Strategies for Teaching with and about AI (May 7th at 12 pm PST)

With generative AI making its way into all manner of domains, educators have a role to play in teaching students how to use AI effectively and ethically, as well as when to avoid using it altogether. This can be hard to do when we're still figuring out what roles AI might usefully play in our teaching and scholarship!

In this session, you'll discover practical strategies for partnering with students in this AI revolution, not policing them, through thoughtfully designed activities across disciplines. Leave with concrete examples you can implement immediately, whether you teach literature, engineering, business, or anything in between.

Reimagining Learning: How AI and PBL Can Empower the Next Generation (May 13th at 12 pm PST)

Today’s students are not just preparing for careers. They are preparing to shape the future. As artificial intelligence begins to transform education, we are asking a