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aiEDU brings AI Literacy, AI Readiness agenda to Congress
CEO Alex Kotran emphasizes importance — and urgency — of building skills that will help students compete and keep up.
AI Trailblazers Charting New Territory
An update on the aiEDU inaugural AI Trailblazers Fellowship program. Gathering 25 exceptional high school educators across 18 states to integrate AI literacy into teaching and empower educators through community collaboration.
A Comprehensive New Toolkit from the State of Ohio and aiEDU Helps Educators Responsibly and Effectively Integrate AI into Education
The new toolkit is a practical guide for developing policies and actions in response to the proliferation of AI tools. It is aimed at enhancing education and assessment while addressing concerns related to privacy, fairness and human agency.
aiEDU Supports New Bill Promoting Accessible AI Literacy Education
aiEDU is proud to support the AI Literacy Act, which aims to define AI literacy, empower educators and make AI education accessible to all.
aiEDU Secures Transformational Grants to Advance AI Literacy and Bridge the Opportunity Gap in Education
aiEDU announces a $1 million grant from The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation and a $250,000 grant from NewSchools Venture Fund — significant investments that will advance aiEDU’s mission of closing the opportunity gap in AI education, literacy and skills development.
aiEDU Receives $2 Million Unrestricted Grant from Ballmer Group
Today, aiEDU announced a generous $2 million unrestricted grant from Ballmer Group that will enable new opportunities for teachers and students of all backgrounds across the country and transform the education system for the better.
Announcing a multi-year collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton
Today, aiEDU announced it is collaborating with Booz Allen Hamilton on a marquee program to scale our “Introduction to AI” curriculum, with a focus on engaging with the greater Washington, D.C. region. The collaboration is the largest in aiEDU’s history as a nonprofit, and our first significant regional program on the East Coast.
Readout from our Leadership Roundtables at SXSW
Most of the aiEDU team was on the ground in Austin, TX for the 2022 SXSW EDU conference, one of the biggest education events of the year. In addition to some long-overdue in-person team bonding, we hosted two Leadership Roundtables on AI Education and Workforce Readiness.
The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
The AI Education Project is proud to announce that we are the recipients of a $200,000 grant from The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation as part of a push to drive digital equity across America.
Survey shows strong, bipartisan support for community-level AI education
Today, Seed AI, a new nonprofit advocating for more artificial intelligence (AI) resources for communities nationwide, released the results of a survey they conducted in partnership with Morning Consult investigating the public’s perceptions of AI. In short, there is broad, bipartisan, pan-generational support for investing in AI education.
aiEDU partners with Florida’s Leading Regional Economic Development Organization to prepare students for careers of the future
Building on its commitment to serve the underserved, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (The Corridor Council) is partnering with The AI Education Project to solidify the fast-growing nonprofit’s presence in Florida and bridge the gap preventing disadvantaged communities from basic access to AI knowledge