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Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying

As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance or try to raise reading scores. But as school districts make decisions on which tools are safe and worth spending thousands or millions of dollars on, som...

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What happened Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying.
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Left / center-leftSchools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying

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Arkansas AdvocateNews report · Aug 13, 10:00 AM

Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying

As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance or try to raise reading scores. But as schoo...

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Rhode Island CurrentNews report · Aug 13, 9:00 AM

Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying

As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance or try to raise reading scores. But as schoo...

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Indiana Capital ChronicleNews report · Aug 13, 8:00 AM

Schools spend billions on AI, but struggle to figure out what’s worth buying

As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance or try to raise reading scores. But as schoo...

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Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 3 sources · 1 bucket.