{"id":236751,"date":"2026-06-24T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T00:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:25:12","slug":"school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/","title":{"rendered":"School Board Pauses Generative Artificial Intelligence in PPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/schools\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/\">School Board Pauses Generative Artificial Intelligence in PPS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/schools\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/\">https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/schools\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-24 19:06:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wweek.com\">www.wweek.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Portland School Board has adopted a temporary halt on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in its schools to develop a more formal policy.<\/li>\n<li>The resolution applies to the existing and future contracts of Portland Public Schools.<\/li>\n<li>The district is required to provide a comprehensive report within 120 days detailing its generative AI uses, contracts, costs, data sharing, and future usage recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns have been raised about the ethical implications of student data collection by a partnered learning company that uses generative AI.<\/li>\n<li>Contracts related to generative AI will need prior board authorization regardless of their dollar amount.<\/li>\n<li>The resolution adds a sense of urgency to the debate sparked by the Portland chapter of Schools Beyond Screens, urging caution on AI use in classrooms.<\/li>\n<li>There was some dissent within the board regarding the manner in which the policy was introduced, with concerns over inclusivity and proper policy development channels.<\/li>\n<li>The School Board aims to balance urgency and the need for inclusion in shaping its long-term policy on generative AI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School Board Pauses Generative Artificial Intelligence in PPS https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/schools\/2026\/06\/24\/school-board-pauses-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-pps\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-24 19:06:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/resizer\/v2\/46QT27LX2NAXJCS4QNVJYL4OUU.jpg?smart=true&auth=44096b0453ef57916ffa5c6af3c5ecf089ef524904702ab561297822ef6a3b36&width=1200&height=630","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20,19],"class_list":["post-236751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236751"}],"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=236751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236755,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236751\/revisions\/236755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}