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Jenkintown SD staff pilot ‘Magic School’ AI tools; district plans policy before student rollout
Summary
District staff presented a yearlong pilot using a vetted 'walled garden' AI platform (Magic School) for teachers, reporting strong faculty uptake (73 registered, 59 consistent users) and announcing a task force to draft a district AI policy before student access begins this spring.
Jenkintown School District staff told the school board on Feb. 23 that a pilot of Magic School, a vetted ‘walled garden’ of classroom AI tools, has produced high faculty engagement and will inform a district AI policy before students begin using the platform.
“At this point we have 73 registered users and 59 consistent users,” a district presenter said, adding that the pilot shows an 81% conversion from registered to consistent use among staff who opted in. The presenter described four guiding priorities for the rollout: lifelong learning, efficiency, differentiation and innovation.
The presenters said Magic School and companion tools (Google Classroom, Gemini and Canva) are being used to streamline lesson…
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