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Legal Risks and Obligations for Schools Using AI Tutors

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Many educators and administrators feel unprepared to manage these legal and ethical challenges effectively. A University of Pennsylvania study from 2024 found that students using AI for math prep scored lower. Since 1990, the ADA has helped universities improve access for students with disabilities.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

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The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

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How K-12 Districts Can Navigate Compliance, Staffing, and Instructional Risk in 2025

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Legal obligations, such as ensuring appropriate services for students with disabilities or English learners, remain intact. Special Education Compliance: Still Law, Now Less Clear The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) remains intact. But the legal and ethical responsibility to serve every learner has not changed.

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AI’s transformative role in accessibility

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The report is a comprehensive guide for educators, district leaders, and policymakers as it offers insights into the benefits and challenges of AI in education and offers practical strategies for effective and ethical AI implementation, with a focus on enabling accessibility.

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Students using AI: It’s not that scary and shouldn’t be banned

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Educators can guide students to interrogate the reliability of AI outputs and discuss the ethical implications of biased algorithms. For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers. Rethinking AI as a tool for empowerment 1.

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New Resources For Managing AI in Schools

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Authored by Fernanda Pérez Perez, a recipient of The Blaschke Fellowship, the report explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance educational accessibility and support for students, particularly those with disabilities.

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New AI Tools Are Promoted As Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good?

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Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. Peirce Caudell, of Indiana University, says her students have raised ethical issues with using AI tools as well.

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