Earlier this week, I was meeting with members of a team for one of my projects. I’d been asked to give an overview of AI and its implications for our work. I talked about what AI is, its history, and the challenges and opportunities specific to education. I described the incredible potential for personalized learning, data-driven instruction with real-time feedback, and accessibility and support at a level we’ve never not been able to yet. At this point, someone interrupted:

As someone who works with Jewish day schools and educational organizations to help them design intentional, human-centered systems for teaching and learning, I spend a lot of time thinking about how innovation meets reality. So when I attended the DenAI Summit -- a gathering largely focused on how governments and the social sector can use artificial intelligence to improve lives -- I went with one question in mind: What can schools learn from the way other sectors are approa

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