Gradu-AI-tion Day

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges teachers face in integrating artificial intelligence into education amidst a disinterested Department of Education.

It’s an awkward time to have a Department of Education that seems so disinterested in, uh, education. It’s leaving teachers to grapple with how to integrate artificial intelligence into the classroom—if at all.  Guest: Randi Weingarten , president of the American Federation of Teachers. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Ducharme, Patrick Fort, Rob Gunther and Paige Osburn. Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Randi Weingarten

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• education
• classroom integration
• Department of Education
• teachers
• Randi Weingarten

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• education
• teachers
• Randi Weingarten
• Department of Education
• classroom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Department of Education, American Federation of Teachers, Slate Plus, Slate Podcasts

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