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Charles County Public Schools issues guidance on classroom uses of artificial intelligence
Summary
District technology and curriculum officials presented an emergent-technologies guidance document advising controlled, human‑reviewed uses of AI by staff and students and recommending training, age-appropriate limits and data‑privacy safeguards ahead of the Aug. 25 school year start.
Charles County Public Schools officials on Aug. 12 presented district guidance on artificial intelligence intended to let teachers and students use AI tools while limiting privacy, bias and academic‑integrity risks.
The guidance, developed by a task force led by Charmaine Thompson, chief of instructional technology, and Laura Bennett, executive director of IT strategy, lays out permitted and prohibited uses for staff and students and emphasizes that AI should supplement — not replace — human judgment.
Thompson said the district was given a board charge to study AI and produce guidance because Maryland has not yet issued statewide rules and because tools such as ChatGPT and intelligent tutoring systems are already in use. “This is guidance. It’s not policy,” Thompson told the board. “We do have the opportunity to grow as these tools matriculate and mature.”
Why it matters: The guidance attempts to balance classroom benefits — personalized practice, accessibility supports for multilingual or special‑education students, and…
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