Today’s White House meeting of the AI Education Task Force produced one of the most consequential coalition-building moments yet between the federal government and a major tech vendor: Microsoft unveiled a broad package of commitments — from free access to Copilot-infused Microsoft 365 for U.S...
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Microsoft has taken a major step forward in democratizing artificial intelligence for younger learners by announcing the general rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for students aged 13 and up. This move marks a significant expansion of generative AI’s reach into K-12 educational environments...
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Tam Nguyen will probably never forget the call from the Department of Homeland Security that cracked open his winter break in December 2023 like a sledgehammer to a snow globe. As the tech chief for Orange Unified School District in California, Nguyen’s first impulse was skepticism—after all...
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