The Pulitzer Center invites educators supporting student instruction in grades K–12 to apply to be members of this year’s Information and AI Teacher Advisory Council.
Donor Name: Pulitzer Center
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Program
Deadline: 05/16/2025
Size of the Grant: Less than $1000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This program support journalism and audience engagement 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.
This K-12 engagement program equips educators with resources to engage with in-depth reporting on information and artificial intelligence and apply the questions of AI ethics and accountability raised by the reporting to their everyday work in the classroom. The program recognizes that, as a target audience for many AI tools, educators and the institutions they work for can offer meaningful insights as communities work to address the challenges and opportunities in AI development. This program is designed to provide educators with support developing their own awareness of AI accountability and directly engaging in conversations about AI ethics in the education space.
Council members will participate in six virtual evening workshops to explore underreported news stories about information and artificial intelligence, connect with Pulitzer Center-supported journalists reporting on AI accountability, and use Pulitzer Center education frameworks as tools in their collaborative discussions about the opportunities and challenges for K-12 classrooms seeking to engage with questions about AI accountability.
Council members will engage with the following guiding questions:
- What roles have schools and education spaces played in the history of AI development? How does academia cultivate and inform questions about AI accountability and ethics?
- What role can reporting on information and AI accountability play in helping teachers and students better understand and engage with AI technologies?
- What strategies do journalists use to question, investigate, and advance the conversation about AI accountability and how can educators leverage these strategies to inform classroom practice and empower students’ voices?
- How can best cultivate productive learning spaces for educators to engage in dialogue about the challenges of AI while centering AI accountability and AI ethics?
- How can teachers and students provide critical feedback to journalists reporting underreported information and AI stories?
Upon successful completion of the program, Council members will be provided with:
- A $600 stipend (made in two payments of $300 disbursed in July and September)
- A Pulitzer Center AI Council Member digital badge
- A certificate for 20 hours of professional development.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program is open to all educators working with K-12 students and educators in public, charter, independent, and alternative schools in the United States and U.S. territories. Applicants must be currently working as a K-12 educator and/or administrator and must be planning to continue their work in their current school or district through the end of 2025
- Applicants should be able to provide confirmation of their ability to facilitate the AI Accountability Teacher Training with at least 20 other educators in their school/district either through the nature of their role (principal, instructional coach, etc.) or by having all relevant school and district leaders sign commitment to participate form for submission with the application
- Because all sessions will be held virtually, applicants must have stable internet access and a computer with a webcam and microphone
- Educators who are interested in applying to this Council should complete the AI Accountability: Education Interest Survey. They encourage educators to share the survey with other teachers and administrators in their network
- The Pulitzer Center is committed to making real, measurable progress on diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of programs and partnerships. Educators from historically marginalized backgrounds, and/or educators who are teaching students from historically marginalized backgrounds, are strongly encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit Pulitzer Center.
