Lessons Learned From One District’s Experiment Bringing AI Into the Classroom
A Major New Jersey School System Is Experimenting With the Technology and the Implications for Instruction
In the Newark Public Schools, conversations about artificial intelligence started last fall, as the release of ChatGPT thrust the fast-evolving technology into the spotlight.
District leaders were fielding questions from both students and educators about AI, said Timothy Nellegar, director of educational technology for the 38,000-student district in New Jersey. That led to conversations among…