NPR is reporting that high school students from all 50 states recently gathered in Boston to develop policy recommendations for artificial intelligence use in schools. It said these students, at an event organized by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and Day of AI, created a proposal offering guidance on student chatbot use, AI on assignments and how teachers should respond to suspected AI misuse. The initiative aims to fill a policy vacuum as there is no national standard for AI in education.
NPR is also reporting on a student in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, who is building a robot that uses non-generative AI to speak Indigenous languages. It said Danielle Boyer invented these SkoBots to help Indigenous children learn their tribes' languages, such as Anishinaabemowin, which includes Potawatomi, Odawa and Ojibwe. Boyer, through a nonprofit, mentors Native American children in building their own SkoBots.
Separately, NPR is reporting that a rural school district in upstate New York has paused plans to deploy a humanoid robot in the classroom. It said this decision followed concerns raised by state education officials, teachers and local residents, including the robot maker's ties to a company that produces hyper-realistic sex bots.
NPR is reporting that a class-action lawsuit filed against the first Trump administration by student loan borrowers is concluding. It said more than 450,000 borrowers are expected to receive relief through this lawsuit, which sought loan forgiveness for students whose schools allegedly misrepresented job prospects or salaries.
NPR is reporting that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, often manifests differently in women and girls. It said that for decades, research on ADHD primarily focused on boys, leading to a different understanding of the condition in girls.
NPR is reporting that pediatricians and health officials are sidestepping the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for vaccine advice due to a rupture of scientific trust. It said some doctors are launching their own vaccine education efforts to fill the information gap.
Finally, NPR is reporting that the Cutler-Orosi Joint Unified School District in rural California has built an aquatics center to offer low-cost swim lessons to its students. It said this initiative followed a student drowning two years prior and addresses the shrinking access to public pools in the area.