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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 Announces $200,000 Gift from Griffin Catalyst
Griffin Catalyst’s gift will help scale aiEDU's mission to expand access to AI literacy in K12 schools across the United States at a moment when generative AI and large language models are poised to redefine our society and economy.
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.
Innovation in Colorado: aiEDU Co-hosts the Colorado Summit on AI & Education
Over 200 leaders in education joined the conversation on AI and education— focusing on what it means for schools in Colorado. aiEDU hosted presentations by OpenAI and Colorado Education Commissioner, Kathy Anthes.
aiEDU rallies 50+ partners to launch movement for AI education
Today, we announced a historic Call to Action (CTA) to bring AI education to every student in America. The CTA is a rallying cry for schools, nonprofits, universities, companies, and other stakeholders in the education ecosystem to band together behind a single goal: expand access to learning opportunities about artificial intelligence to ensure students are prepared to thrive as workers, consumers, creators, and citizens in the age of artificial intelligence.
aiEDU at the Dell Technologies Innovation Summit
Our friends at Dell Technologies convened a great group of educators, industry leaders, and district leaders for a summit on education innovation. aiEDU’s Christian Pinedo spoke directly to this audience on the impact of AI in education.
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.
aiEDU at the 2022 ASU+GSV Summit
aiEDU’s leadership team spent four days in San Diego last week with 5,000+ educators, investors, policymakers, and entrepreneurs at the 2022 ASU+GSV Summit.
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.
aiEDU’s Public Comment to the Ohio Department of Education
Last month, The AIEDU was invited to sit on an advisory group that is working on the state of Ohio’s strategy to revise its Computer Science Learning Standards. As part of that workstream, we submitted a public comment articulating our view about why it’s so important to include fundamental AI literacy as part of these revised standards. That full comment, along with the signatories from our network, is below.
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
AIEDU held a meeting with the officials leading Ohio’s workforce transformation. Here’s a summary...
On March 4, business executives, policymakers, educators, and nonprofit leaders from across Ohio and the U.S. gathered virtually for The AI Education Project’s Ohio Leadership Forum on AI Education and Workforce Transformation.
The J.M. Smucker Co. Announces Multi-Year Support for AIEDU
The J.M. Smucker Co. today announced a multi-year gift to The AI Education Project to help us expand our ‘Intro to AI’ program across Ohio and support schools with high quality remote learning during COVID-19.