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ARTIFICIAL intelligence in the state's K-12 education systems has begun to take root in the form of guidance and revisions to Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for libraries, computer science and technology areas.
Conversations at the district level delve into even basic discussions around what can be considered good information from АТ, information stewardship and ethics, said Sean Jackson, the state's CS/IT Academy program manager and K-12 computer science lead for the Office of Education Technology.
Kentucky was one of the first to offer guidance. The 2024-2030 Kentucky Education Technology System (KETS) Master Plan, a regulation by reference, has an area of emphasis that includes AI.
"Al is with us to stay," said Brian Yearwood, Jefferson County Public Schools new superintendent. "We can expect students to be using Al to write papers, so we must teach children to use AI ethically and
we must embrace it. We must be purposeful in our use of AI"
The success of our nation depends on the development of AI, he added, and our children need to be at the top of its usage early on.
Jackson indicated that in the next 12 months, we can continue to see guidance for districts across Kentucky with up-to-date resources on how to appropriately push out generative Al to teachers and student populations as well as internal departments. At this juncture, the most definitive document remains the Kentucky Department of
Education's Artificial Intelligence Guidance Brief of 2024 that Jackson put together with several colleagues.
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), of which Kentucky is a member, is also an important guiding light in offering frameworks and guidance for new learning.
"Our brief is not a mandate, nor is it a directive. It fleshes out our attitudinal statement for our education district leaders....