{"id":228772,"date":"2026-06-09T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-the-presidential-ai-challenge-with-north-carolina-teacher-named-national-champion-nsf\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T13:20:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:20:22","slug":"nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-the-presidential-ai-challenge-with-north-carolina-teacher-named-national-champion-nsf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-the-presidential-ai-challenge-with-north-carolina-teacher-named-national-champion-nsf\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF-supported teams advanced through the Presidential AI Challenge, with North Carolina teacher named national champion | NSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-presidential-ai\">NSF-supported teams advanced through the Presidential AI Challenge, with North Carolina teacher named national champion | NSF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-presidential-ai\">https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/nsf-supported-teams-advanced-through-presidential-ai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-09 13:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nsf.gov\">www.nsf.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National Champion:<\/strong> A team led by second-grade educator Carrie Robledo from North Carolina State University won the inaugural Presidential AI Challenge, showcasing how hands-on AI learning can drive classroom innovation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives:<\/strong> The Presidential AI Challenge aims to ignite interest and develop foundational AI expertise among American youth as part of a national initiative to ensure future educators and students are equipped for the technological era.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Funding &amp; Mentorship:<\/strong> The competition, supported by nearly $1 million in NSF funding and active NS-funded project principal investigators, provided mentors and resources for projects addressing real-world challenges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Competitive Projects:<\/strong> Teams across the U.S. developed AI solutions for community needs, from teaching machine learning to insect identification to creating ethical AI practices and enhancing senior care workflows.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Impact &amp; Recognition:<\/strong> NSF, along with U.S. leadership, congratulated all participants for their creativity and innovation, emphasizing the crucial role of AI education in preparing the next generation of AI leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NSF-supported teams advanced through the Presidential AI Challenge, with North Carolina teacher named national champion&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov\/styles\/_inline_image_full_width\/s3\/media_hub\/AI_PresChallenge_NSF_Hero.jpg?itok=UeVwAkGq","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228772"}],"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=228772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228774,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228772\/revisions\/228774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}