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โ€œChaoticโ€ Middle School Assembly Underscores PPSโ€™ AI Problem

A recent assembly celebrating the districtโ€™s partnership with Colin Kaepernickโ€™s AI startup left some parents and teachers disturbed.

On a Friday last month, some Portland middle schoolers went home from school with new Nike swag and tales of an unusually eventful assembly.  The event, hosted at Beaumont Middle School on May 8, featured former NFL player, activist, and EdTech CEO Colin Kaepernick, Rip City Remixโ€™s DJ O.G. Too, and a bunch of free […]

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