How should kids use AI in school? A Kansas program is helping teachers navigate the AI revolution
Help from KU and funding are allowing Kansas school districts to study ways to use AI in classrooms.
Lawrence school board to consider approving property tax rate, hear AI update
Lawrence school board members on Monday will consider setting the maximum property tax rate for their upcoming budget, and they’ll hear an update on artificial intelligence.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Judge rules Lawrence school district must pay $113K in attorney fees tied to open records violations
A federal judge has ordered Lawrence Public Schools to pay more than $113,000 in attorney fees and costs after finding the district violated the Kansas Open Records Act in bad faith in a case tied to use of student-monitoring software.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Lawrence school district committee members question AI’s effects on learning, integrity
Members of the Lawrence school district’s AI committee raised concerns Tuesday about the integrity of learning and whether families should be able to opt in or out of AI usage.
Lawrence school district must answer record requests from plaintiffs in AI surveillance lawsuit, judge rules
Lawrence Public Schools must quickly comply with open records requests related to a controversial AI monitoring software at the heart of a federal lawsuit after months of delays, a federal judge has ruled.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Public Schools delays public records for months, wants $13K for fulfillment
The Lawrence school district has delayed responding for months to an open record request related to its silent switch from one AI monitoring software to another. It’s also asking for thousands of dollars to produce the records.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Free State journalism students, former Lawrence High adviser net national awards
Several Free State High School students claimed national awards for reporting, photojournalism and design, and a local journalism instructor netted the National Scholastic Press Association’s highest honor for educators.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Students allege open records violations in amended lawsuit against Lawrence school district’s AI surveillance
A group of current and former Lawrence high school students added claims to their lawsuit against the Lawrence school district over its use of an AI monitoring software, alleging open records violations and arguing the district’s switch to a new software does not absolve it of the claims.
Lawrence school district creating AI advisory group; applications open through Friday
The Lawrence school district is accepting applications for volunteers for a new group to advise AI (artificial intelligence) policies, practices and curriculum guidelines.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence schools no longer using Gaggle, but a new tool has taken its place
The Lawrence school district has replaced Gaggle with a seemingly similar AI surveillance tool, according to Superintendent Jeanice Swift, though that change was not mentioned in documents in a lawsuit related to the software.
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