“We have pushed high school students into maximizing every part of their days and nights,” Tim Donahue, a high school English teacher, writes in the guest essay “High Schoolers Need to Do Less So That They Can Do Better.” “We need to let them slow down.”

You’ve probably heard about AI's large language models. But what is a "small language model" and why might this fine-tuned version of artificial intelligence work better in K12? 

Teachers in many English classes across America are having students read fewer full-length books. Recently, the Associated Press explored the issue in education. It reports that students instead are given only short parts of books. Educators said this is because they believe current students have shorter attention spans than those of the past.

Develop a position statement on AI rather than a policy. Then, train staff from the top down, advises Jeff McCoy, associate superintendent for academics at Greenville County Schools.