Overview
- Boston announced a plan to make every Boston Public Schools graduate proficient in AI, aiming to be the first major U.S. city to do so.
- A $1 million seed gift from Kayak co-founder Paul English will fund summer training for one teacher at each BPS high school.
- UMass Boston will build the coursework with industry partners, and classroom instruction is scheduled to start in the fall.
- An industry board chaired by Paul English and Ellen Rubin will connect students and teachers to internships, guest speakers, site visits, hackathons, and other real-world exposure.
- City leaders say lessons will focus on ethics and critical use of AI, complementing a new state program that offers free Google AI certificate classes.