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COMMENTARY: Teachers in Atlantic Canada left to navigate AI without training or policy guidance  

As the school year has wound down, a new survey finds that many Atlantic Canadian teachers are being left to navigate the entrance of artificial intelligence (AI) into classrooms without adequate training or policy guidance.

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According to the survey (conducted by Leger), despite the widespread use of AI by young people, only 33.3 per cent of teachers in grades 6 to 12 in Atlantic Canada say their “school or school board provided any training or tools for them as a teacher to use to help in identifying students using AI.” And only 46.3 per cent say their school or school board has a........

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