Connecting Students to AI Accountability News Stories

The Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network aims to support journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments' and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more. After surveying our network of educators, we know this reporting aligns with themes and questions being explored in K-12 classrooms. Despite the growing interest, teachers report feeling unequipped to engage students in these conversations. To bridge this gap, we established the Information & Artificial Intelligence Teacher Advisory Council, a cohort of 12 teachers who developed and tested resources to introduce and engage with reporting created through the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. 

In this virtual panel, Council Members will detail their experience exploring news stories about AI accountability and creating curricular tools to support educators and students eager to utilize reporting on AI as a tool for better understanding the impact of artificial intelligence in their schools and communities.

After this workshop, educators will be able to ….

• Define and identify examples of AI accountability reporting  
• Utilize public resources developed by the Information & Artificial Intelligence Teacher Advisory Council to engage with news stories about artificial intelligence and accountability  
• Center student voice and impacts on marginalized communities when engaging with AI news stories.