The White House casts views of the education of AI – the newspaper

The White House casts views of the ia education

A new executive decree President Donald Trump aims to advance America's position in artificial intelligence technology by integrating AI into education and providing AI training to educators.

“The AI ​​quickly transforms the modern world, stimulates innovation, improving productivity and reshaping our way of living and working,” said the order of April 23, noting that “young people in America need opportunities to cultivate the skills and understanding necessary to use and create the next generation of AI technologies”. In turn, according to the prescription, this requires “to invest in our educators, to provide them with tools and knowledge to train students on AI and use technology in class”.

As a first step in promoting literacy and the competence of AI, President Trump creates a White House working group on AI education. Chaired by the director of the Office of Scientific and Technological Policy of the White House, the working group will be:

• Implement a presidential challenge of the AI, to “encourage and highlight the achievements of students and educators in AI, promote a broad geographic adoption of technological advancement and promote collaboration between government, university world, philanthropy and industry to meet national challenges with AI solutions”; And
• Establish public-private partnerships to provide resources to AI K-12 education.

In addition, the order has oriented that the Secretary of Education would favor the use of AI in the discretionary subsidy programs for teacher training, while the director of the National Science Foundation will favor research on the use of AI in education.

The order also addressed a certain number of efforts to prepare the country's workforce at AI:

• The Secretary of Labor is invited to “take advantage of the authorities and financial incentives to increase participation in learning -related learning”, as well as to “encourage states and beneficiaries to use innovation and opportunities (WIOA) of the innovation and opportunity law to develop IA skills and support for work in the use of AI”;
• The Secretary of Labor, the Deputy Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training, and the Director of the NSF collaborate with labor organizations and providers of training for states and premises to “identify and promote courses and certifications for training high quality AI skills across the country”; And
• The Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education and the Director of the NSF “will work together to create opportunities for high school students to take AI lessons and certification programs”.

In a press release, CosnThe Professional Association of ED K-12 technology leaders has urged the White House to include all key stakeholders in the development and implementation of AI education policies. “We are ready to collaborate, offering our expertise to ensure that the progress of AI in education is both innovative and effective, preparing all learners for success in a rapidly evolving technological landscape,” said the association.

“To ensure the effective and successful integration of AI in the education of kindergarten in the 12th year, it is imperative that the votes of school district leaders, educators and other leading practitioners are actively involved in the training of these initiatives,” said Keith Krueger, CEO of Cosn. “Their leadership and experience are crucial to developing practical and evolving strategies that will help students and educators navigate and take advantage of AI.”

“We are heading towards a world where AI could considerably rationalize the daily workflows of teachers,” noted Sal Kahn, the founder of the Khan Academy. “This can help them create lessons, perform administrative tasks and allow more class differentiation. AI can free up time for very human work to install a classroom full of children. But providing professional development is essential – so that we give teachers in time and space to learn new tools. A lot of potential.”