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SUMMARY:What’s Wrong with AI in Schools
DESCRIPTION:In the next 10 years the AI education market is projected to reach between $112 billion and $127 billion — more than double the federal government’s entire K–12 education budget. Tech executives\, administrators\, and even some teacher union leaders are urging educators to utilize AI for everything from lesson planning to giving feedback\, and to teach students how to use AI “ethically.” Join Rethinking Schools contributors and editors in conversation about what’s wrong with AI in schools\, and how we can teach and organize for human-centered learning.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \n  \nDate: Thursday\, April 9th  \n  \nTime: 4 pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7 pm ET \n  \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation.
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SUMMARY:Until the Last Gun Is Silent
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 13: Until the Last Gun Is Silent \nHistorian Matthew Delmont joins Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones to discuss his latest book Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism\, the Vietnam War\, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul\, which tells the story of the Vietnam War through lives of Coretta Scott King and Dwight “Skip” Johnson and includes the history of schooling in Detroit\, SNCC\, Winter Soldier events\, the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago\, the Fort Hood Three\, the massacres at Jackson State and Kent State\, racism in the military\, the Tet Offensive\, Rep. Conyers\, PTSD\, and much more.
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SUMMARY:Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 4: Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea \nHistorian Marcus Rediker\, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian\, will discuss his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors\, Slaves\, Commoners\, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\, and talks about the many enslaved people who fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South not by land but by sea.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/freedom-ship-the-uncharted-history-of-escaping-slavery-by-sea/
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SUMMARY:Teacher Unions Fighting Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Join Rethinking Schools for a conversation on how teacher unions are leading the fight against fascism and ICE in their communities and schools. In this webinar\, we will learn\, celebrate\, and amplify the lessons of the people heroically fighting back against ICE occupation — from Chicago to Los Angeles to Minneapolis. From the classroom to the street\, we need to defend our students and together learn the most effective ways to kick ICE out of our schools and communities.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Thursday\, May 14th\nTime: 4 pm PT/6 pm CT/7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation
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