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East Hartford schools to pilot AI tools; district outlines cautious, teacher-first rollout
Summary
Superintendent Thomas Anderson told the Board of Education the district is one of seven in Connecticut selected for a Department of Education AI pilot. The district will initially give teachers access to selected tools, finalize a statement of purpose and monitor student use; the pilot includes roughly $100,000 for tools.
Superintendent Thomas Anderson told the East Hartford Board of Education that the district will participate in a state Department of Education pilot to test artificial intelligence tools in classrooms.
The pilot matters because it will shape what software and safeguards teachers and students use at middle and high school levels and because the district expects state funding to cover tool purchases. “We are 1 of 7 districts that was selected in Connecticut to be a part of the AI pilot by the Department of Education,” Anderson said, adding the pilot comes with “about a hundred thousand dollars to pay for any of the tools that we're going to use as part of that…
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