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Suffield Board holds professional development on AI, emphasizes "durable" student skills
Summary
At its April 20 meeting the Suffield Board of Education participated in a professional development session led by Jonathan Costa of EdAdvance, who urged a focus on durable, human-centered skills — such as information curation, creative synthesis and algorithmic thinking — in response to AI-driven change.
Maureen Sattan, board chair, called the Suffield Board of Education—onference to order at 6:35 p.m. April 20 in the Suffield High School Media Center. The board convened its regular meeting and then took part in a professional development session led by Jonathan Costa, executive director of EdAdvance.
Costa framed his presentation around the accelerating pace of disruption tied to artificial intelligence, saying many transactional tasks are increasingly automated and that schools…
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