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Arlington board approves Magic School AI platform with professional development and privacy safeguards
Summary
The board unanimously approved a service agreement with Magic School, a K–12 education AI platform, after a presentation by the technology director emphasizing data-privacy protections, in-district professional development, and a phased rollout; the board recorded interest and some student advisor concerns about reducing teacher-student interactions.
The Arlington School Board voted unanimously to approve a service agreement with Magic School, an education-focused AI platform, after a presentation by Director of Technology Dr. Matt Durk explaining the district's recommended approach to artificial intelligence.
Dr. Durk told the board the Technology Advisory Committee evaluated tools and recommended Magic School because it is built for education, provides data-privacy protections that prevent district-supplied content from being used to train vendor models, and includes teacher- and student-facing features that can be integrated with Google Classroom. The…
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