Draft Executive Order Outlines Plan To Integrate AI Into K-12 Schools (washingtonpost.com) 38
A draft executive order from the Trump administration proposes integrating AI into K-12 education by directing federal agencies to promote AI literacy, train teachers, and establish public-private partnerships. "The draft is marked 'predecisional' and could be subject to change before it is signed, or it could be abandoned," notes the Washington Post. From the report: Titled "Advancing artificial intelligence education for American youth," the draft order would establish a White House task force on AI education that would be chaired by Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and would include the secretaries of education, agriculture, labor and energy, as well as Trump's special adviser for AI and cryptocurrency, David Sacks. The draft order would instruct federal agencies to seek public-private partnerships with industry, academia and nonprofit groups in efforts to teach students "foundational AI literacy and critical thinking skills."
The task force should look for existing federal funding such as grants that could be used for AI programs, and agencies should prioritize spending on AI education, according to the draft order. It would also instruct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to prioritize federal grant funding for training teachers on how to use AI, including for administrative tasks and teacher training and evaluation. All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says. It would also establish a "Presidential AI Challenge" -- a competition for students and educators to demonstrate their AI skills -- and instruct Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to develop registered apprenticeships in AI-related occupations. The focus is on K-12 education, but the draft order says, "Our Nation must also make resources available for lifelong learners to develop new skills for a changing workforce."
The task force should look for existing federal funding such as grants that could be used for AI programs, and agencies should prioritize spending on AI education, according to the draft order. It would also instruct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to prioritize federal grant funding for training teachers on how to use AI, including for administrative tasks and teacher training and evaluation. All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says. It would also establish a "Presidential AI Challenge" -- a competition for students and educators to demonstrate their AI skills -- and instruct Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to develop registered apprenticeships in AI-related occupations. The focus is on K-12 education, but the draft order says, "Our Nation must also make resources available for lifelong learners to develop new skills for a changing workforce."
The orange tumor is a real zero master (Score:3)
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That's not true. A good 5% of the decisions are actually positive overall, and of the 95% that are net negative, each bad decision is 5% positive. A pro-wrestling magnate may decide that children should not be educated, but my taxes will be lower, and WWE viewership will rise.
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A.K.A. "Broken Clock Theory"
A One (Score:4, Funny)
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Children, and their adrenochrome, are delicious, but not salty or tangy enough without a bit of A1 Steak Sauce.
Yet another hand out to tech bros (Score:3)
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So we can't have money to feed students who are too insecure, but we can spend money to force AI into classrooms where it isn't needed and will, in all likelihood, worsen student learning by encouraging them to outsource the act of generating answers to an AI? Fuck I need to get my kids the fuck our do this stupid fucking country.
Well... one of those things helps rich people and corporations make money and one doesn't. Even the secondary outcome of stifling critical thinking and keeping the unwashed masses dumb helps them. Seriously, this President got elected twice.
Running towards a Dystopia! (Score:3)
This might be one of the most dystopian things I've ever heard of.
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This, the GOP has been trying to ruin free public education for decades. With AI being a "thing", they found a sure fire method.
We all know the high-end private schools will never go to AI. That is how you know what the rich and their owned political party is trying to do.
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This might be one of the most dystopian things I've ever heard of.
Wait until you hear about everything else this administration is doing.
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Fucking exactly!
Re: Running towards a Dystopia! (Score:2)
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Oh, sure. They'll be moved to social movements. Check out the Hitler Youth. The The Children of the Revolution will lead with their purity.
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Well, then you believe in the power of positive thinking.
Critical thinking (Score:2)
Oh the irony of trumplicans promoting the idea of critical thinking skills!
Critical Thinking Skills (Score:2)
This is something severely lacking in so many people, so I wholeheartedly back this being taught in schools.
As the order is "predecisional", I fear this is a part that might be cut...
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This means: Can you quote the appropriate bible passage to justify Trump's latest actions? Can you articulate why Fox News is so consistently more accurate than CNN? When did Columbus navigate the Gulf of America?
AI will never venture beyond the documents *they* provide. It makes them the ultimate purveyors of truth.
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I thought the Feds were supposed to stay out of Ed (Score:5, Interesting)
Haven't they been bleating from the rooftops that The Feds Have No Business Interfering With Educatuon, Which Is Best Left To The [Red] States That Clearly Know Best(tm).
Yet here we go with Federal mandates for state+local education curricula.
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Haven't they been bleating from the rooftops that The Feds Have No Business Interfering With Educatuon, Which Is Best Left To The [Red] States That Clearly Know Best(tm).
Yet here we go with Federal mandates for state+local education curricula. .
They're the same people who have been going on about how schools and businesses shouldn't be told who to hire... unless they're hiring non-white, non-male, non-straight, non-Christians... in which case they need to be told who to hire.
This is asinine on multiple levels.
From a practicality standpoint, by the time a K-12 student hits the workforce, AI tools will have evolved through several iterations and skills won't be applicable. This is technology in its infancy and every 12 months we're seeing massive change. This won't be "I learned Lotus 1-2-3 in school, now my employer wants me to use Excel." It'll be "I learned Python in school, now my employer wants me to explain my dreams to a dolphin using pantomime."
Second this is a set of skills that has extremely limited - but overhyped - applicability in the real world. The vast majority of students who graduate aren't going to have any use for AI in their nice, shiny, freshly on-shored factory jobs. The fear of a nation being left behind in a skill that nobody really can explain its mass appeal is silly.
When kids graduate, if they happen to be looking to become graphic artists they'll learn the tool, just like learning Photoshop or whatever. The AI arms race is in the R&D labs, desperately trying to make the tech not shit before the hype bubble pops. Not the classrooms.
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I think you're overhyping AI a bit.
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Oh no it’s totally different when WE do it. Like demanding Harvard change the curriculum and policies or lose funding. I thought you wanted the government to stop telling people what to do?
Calm down (for now, on this issue only) everyone (Score:2)
Trump wants to bring the AI into the schools... (Score:1)
Thus, the only sane, rational, scientific approach must be to not only keep AI out if the schools, it must be to excise anything having to do with computers out of the schools. No AP CS. No graphing calculators. In fact, math and physics are CS-adjacent, so better get rid of those just to be safe.
I also hear RFKjr wants to ban artificial food coloring and isn't a fan of the added sugar. Can't wait for the Dems to start larding up on twinkies and pre-packaged red velvet cakes just because.
Re: Trump wants to bring the AI into the schools.. (Score:1)
Is there a conspiracy theory about Trump you guys *won't* believe?
Mike Pence is gonna put all the gays in cattle cars.
RFKjr is gonna UgEnIx the aspies.
Tulsi Gabbard is Lizard People.
There's no such thing as biological sex.
Biden is sharp as a tack and runs circles around his younger staff. [youtube.com]
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Your dad didn't use Viagra to conceive you.
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No conspiracy theory needed. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23... [npr.org]
Wonder if Elon will make the list? He admitted he has aspergers.
Re: Trump wants to bring the AI into the schools.. (Score:2)
Trump Educational AI - Sample Dialog (Score:2)
Of course how an AI will teach and provide critical thinking skills depends on the AI is coded and trained. For example:
Good Morning Student. Have you praised our Dear Leader this hour?
According to our surveillance system, you have not. You can reduce the 100 demerits you will earn to only 50 if you praise now.
Thank you. Your lunch ration shall now only be reduced by 50%.
Today's lesson is about how tariffs work. Tariffs are paid by countries who send us their stuff not by consumers. REMEMBER this for the t
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None of them have been vetted, although "peer review" is performed on the mechanics. Do educators, the people we hold responsible for teaching/learning agree?
Probably not, but I can't speak for them.
Instead, watch the textbook and learning materials industry go into the ditch. Watch teachers thwart AI because 1) it's not linked to chains-of-authorities and 2) they're going to eventually lose their jobs, and AI becomes responsible for imbuing humanity and character, and it has neither.
EOs (Score:2)
Executive.
Orders.
Are.
Not.
Laws.
Re: EOs (Score:1)
Does that mean we can deport the daca kids? I think it does mean we can deport the daca kids.
Let's Go to the Executive Order Signing Video! (Score:2)
1. "A very smart person, said that AI is the way to the future." [staticflickr.com] 2. "I don't know if that's right or not," [staticflickr.com] 3. "but certainly very smart people are investing in it heavily." [staticflickr.com] [President signs the Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth executive order [whitehouse.gov]]