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As educators prepare for the next school year, one consideration is becoming increasingly pressing: whether and how to embrace AI in schools.

The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter last month reminding educators — including those in New Hampshire — of the opportunity to use federal funds toward artificial intelligence learning tools.

And this summer, a coalition of New Hampshire groups has produced 77 pages of guidelines for teachers and school administrators to responsibly use those AI tools.

“We have to buckle down and understand it, so that we can help kids be prepared for it,” said Ellen Hume-Howard, the exe

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