The Friday Download: Kindergarten Bots, Blue Books, and the State-by-State AI Scramble (May 29, 2026)
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JR discusses the contrasting uses of AI in education, highlighting kindergarten literacy tools and high school testing methods.
This week on The Friday Download, JR tackles one of the most contradictory weeks yet in the world of AI and education. In New York City, kindergarten students are building reading skills with Amira, an AI-powered literacy assistant now used in approximately 150 schools. Meanwhile, high school students across the country are sitting down with paper blue books and handwritten exams designed specifically to keep ChatGPT out of the testing process. At the same time, the First Lady has made AI int...
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