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Candidates outline differing approaches to AI and future skills for Sioux Falls students
Summary
At the League of Women Voters forum, candidates debated how the district should handle artificial intelligence in classrooms — incumbents described district guidance and blocked ChatGPT on Chromebooks, challengers called for curriculum and early training to make students AI-capable.
Artificial intelligence and preparation for future work were a central focus at the Sioux Falls School District 49-5 candidate forum, with multiple candidates urging a balance of practical coursework, ethics and oversight.
Stuart Willett and other challengers pressed for an explicit AI curriculum beginning in early grades. "We want them to actually be directing it," Willett said, arguing that students should learn to make AI a…
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