AI in classrooms
Bend parents protested an AI chatbot. A tech company shelved it, then school leaders defended it
OPB
Bend, OR (Bend-La Pine Schools)
Our summary
Bend parents objected to an AI chatbot available on student iPads through MagicSchool. The company disabled it, but a district IT leader defended student chatbot use without knowing it had already been switched off. The story notes ODE's 2023 AI guidelines are advisory and the state does not track which AI tools districts adopt.
- Oregon
- Elementary
- Generative AI
- Parent organizing
- State policy
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