It’s Thursday, September 3.
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Today: The AI takeover is closer than you think.
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But first: Does AI belong in the classroom?
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It’s back-to-school season.
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As parents and students reacclimate to early mornings and nights full of homework, one subject is top of mind: artificial intelligence.
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AI’s capabilities are expanding by the day, transforming the educational landscape.
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On Wednesday, New York City public schools—the largest district in the country—announced that it will ban the use of AI for elementary and middle school students.
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Other districts may follow.
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Does AI help or hurt students?
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And how can we use the technology productively—if that’s even possible?
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To shed light on these questions, we reached out to people on the front lines: two high school English teachers.
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First up is Deb Eaton, a teacher in Illinois who banned AI for her students three years ago.
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Today, she explains why—and why she believes other teachers should do the same.
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Louisiana teacher Rod Naquin disagrees.
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He uses AI and encourages his students to do the same.
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Educators who refuse to integrate AI productively into their classrooms, he writes, are missing a profound opportunity to reshape education for the better.
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Together, Deb and Rod illuminate the stakes of one of the most consequential debates in education today, from the best vantage point possible: the inside.
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Iran launched a new round of missile and drone attacks at U.S. allies across the Middle East.
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The Islamic Republic said the attacks were in response to a U.S. strike earlier this week, which it claims hit a wedding in Iran.
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The U.S. responded that “the military never targets civilians,” and is actively investigating the matter.
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Three soldiers were wounded in a shootout between two Ukrainian intelligence agencies on Tuesday.
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The incident exposed the latest example of mounting tensions within Ukraine’s defense forces as the war with Russia rages on.
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The jury in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case remains deadlocked after five days of deliberation.
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If the deliberation results in a hung jury, the case could potentially end in a mistrial.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Google will not have to break up its ad tech business.
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While the company will have to make small changes to its business model to avoid antitrust violations, the decision to keep the company intact remains a major victory for the tech giant.
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A new Gallup poll shows that nearly 90 percent of Americans believe corruption is widespread within our government.
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The results mark the highest rate in two decades, and a 10 percent jump from last year’s numbers.
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The U.S. Postal Service is developing a new program to screen mail ballots for fraud.
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The change comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing legal battle over mail-in voting before November’s midterm elections.
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The Free Press is hiring!
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A previous version of The Front Page referred to Deb Eaton as being a teacher in Philadelphia.
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She teaches in Illinois.
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This has been updated.
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The Free Press regrets the error.
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