'Skills before screens': Portland area parents protesting use of AI in schools

After Google Warns Schools About Disabling AI Feature, Protesters Say ‘We Don’t Want Your Gemini’

Questions over the extent to which tech companies should be involved in public education — and what districts like CPS should do about them — were on full display this week.

Editorial: CPS wants Google without the AI. That shouldn’t be an impossible ask.

We will not today debate the wisdom of tech in the classroom. Our point is simply: Schools are right to limit students’ use of AI as they’re learning how to write.

Boulder teachers and parents protest increased AI use in schools

A group of parents and teachers protested outside Google's Boulder office on Wednesday, calling for increased guidance regarding how students use technology for learning.

Chicago parents, students protest Google’s new no-AI, no-search policy with schools – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo – Wirepoints

"We can't afford to let marketing executives at Google, who have no experience or background in education, decide these questions for us," said science teacher James Klock, a Chicago Teachers Union delegate.

'Skills before screens': Portland area parents protesting use of AI in schools

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Concerned parents and advocates with OR Unplugged spent Wednesday protesting outside Google’s Downtown Portland office. Their message: rein in tech in the classroom and, for some, get AI completely out of it. “The best motto is skills before screens,” the group’s outreach coordinator Kathy Masarie said. She said AI is outsourcing students’ [...]

Protest against AI in schools, search block planned outside Google's Chicago office Wednesday

Parents, students and teachers plan to protest outside Google's Chicago office over the company's restriction of Google search in schools and embedded generative AI.