{"id":218907,"date":"2026-05-22T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/educators-warn-of-a-i-risks-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:45:09","slug":"educators-warn-of-a-i-risks-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/educators-warn-of-a-i-risks-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Educators warn of A.I. risks in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/florida-lieutenant-governor-ai-risks-schools\/71389252\">Educators warn of A.I. risks in schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/florida-lieutenant-governor-ai-risks-schools\/71389252\">https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/florida-lieutenant-governor-ai-risks-schools\/71389252<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 18:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\">www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Educators raised concerns about students using artificial intelligence (A.I.) tools for cheating during a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins in Collier County.<\/li>\n<li>Collins, who has seen firsthand examples of students misusing A.I. for academic dishonestly, fears that it could hinder students&#8217; development of essential skills necessary for adulthood.<\/li>\n<li>Former educator and professor Helena Berdote stressed that many parents are unaware of how their children are using A.I. in the classroom due to their busy schedules.<\/li>\n<li>Educators, like Berdote, emphasized that A.I. should not replace critical thinking and independent problem-solving abilities, considering it a major issue facing current education.<\/li>\n<li>There were concerns about the environmental impact of A.I. data centers, including high energy consumption and stress on natural resources, which Governor Collins ruled out as a serious threat to Florida&#8217;s power grid and economy.<\/li>\n<li>The debate over A.I. data centers became a contentious topic in the campaign, with Collins&#8217; opponent, Byron Donalds, in favor of building A.I. data centers against the educators&#8217; warnings.<\/li>\n<li>As the campaign progressed, concerns about A.I. in schools and broader implications grew, becoming a point of consideration for voters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educators warn of A.I. risks in schools https:\/\/www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com\/article\/florida-lieutenant-governor-ai-risks-schools\/71389252 Publish Date: 2026-05-22 18:25:00 Source Domain: www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/kubrick.htvapps.com\/vidthumb\/16de5c9c-6bdc-468c-a9af-e57d20d8a3a9\/03066d4d-8d76-4ef9-9700-e50be5797ce8.jpg?crop=0.749xw:0.749xh;0.0195xw,0.0751xh&resize=1200:*","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-218907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218911,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218907\/revisions\/218911"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}