ROCHESTER, Ill. (WAND) - Artificial Intelligence is becoming more and more popular, and school districts are facing the choice to embrace it or remove it from schools.

Rochester CUSD 7th-12th-grade instructional coach Traci Johnson said teachers know many students are using artificial intelligence to cheat on assignments. They are trying to tackle this issue by introducing their own form of AI, designed specifically for educators.

"We have to teach students the responsibility of thinking for yourself and make sure you are checking your sources no matter what the source is," Johnson said. "Instead of ignoring those and burying our heads in the sand, we are taking it head-on, we're being proactive, we're trying to teach them to be responsible."

The district uses a program called Magic Sch

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