It’s no secret that the education landscape is changing fast. Technology is shifting, with emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and new fields of study, like data science, popping up in schools across the country. Is our education system ready to embrace these changes while protecting and supporting students? This year at the National Summit on Education, we are thrilled to offer three strategy sessions that tackle these emerging challenges.
Emerging research confirms alarming effects on children and teens who excessively use cell phones and actively engage in social media. Learn more about the complex ways these activities are affecting the well-being and developing brains of our students. Equally important, explore how policymakers can, and must, take action to reduce the harm while promoting more balanced and healthier use of 21st-century technologies.
This past year saw an explosion of new tools and digital platforms around artificial intelligence (AI) and language generation. In K-12 education, AI has the potential to transform the way we teach, the way students learn and how we assess student performance. Yet there also are risks around data privacy, platform bias and academic integrity. Experts in education, policy and technology share their state-level strategies to leverage—and regulate—these powerful tools.
Data is everywhere. Yet the skills to extract insights and meaning in this vast ocean of information are much more limited. School systems can prepare young people with the skills and competencies they need in today’s “data economy.” Learn why data literacy and data science are so important in the workplace and what states are doing to prepare students to succeed in a data-driven world.
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