How AI Could Close The Education Inequality Gap – Or Widen It

Within months of ChatGPT’s launch at the end of 2022, the nation’s largest public school system had banned the chatbot. It would have negative impacts on student learning, the NYC education department said, also citing concerns about the security and accuracy of ChatGPT’s content. 

Across the Hudson River, Franklin School took exactly the opposite approach. The private school in Jersey City, New Jersey, made AI a central part of its curriculum. Opened in 2022, the school began integrating AI tools not to replace teachers, but to enhance their work and deepen student engagement. 

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