Ivory Robinson

Innovative Technology Consultant | Activist for Digital Equity | Dynamic Change Maker

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RAND data: 67% of low-poverty districts trained teachers on AI. 39% of high-poverty districts did.
The equity issue nobody is talking about — and the one that's going to compound the fastest.

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3 questions every superintendent should be asking about AI:
1. Do I know how my own students are using it?
2. Have I trained my teachers?
3. Have I redesigned a single assessment?
Most can't answer yes to one.

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Most K-12 AI conversations start with "which tool?" Wrong question. Hattie's framework puts most AI tools in the content-digitizer bucket, not the accelerant bucket. The evaluation process is broken before the tool gets picked. What problem is this supposed to solve? #k12ai #edte

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School AI bans don't stop the kids with phones.
They stop the kids without them.
That's not safety. That's an equity gap with a discipline policy on top.

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22-point jump in ELA proficiency. 25-point jump in graduation rate. One year.
Henderson Bay High School. Alternative school in Washington state. 120 students. Significantly higher rates of low-income students and students with disabilities than the district average.
The

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@barstoolsports Proof NY is not a real place

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@Roshan_Rinaldi Backyard fights at the White House is exactly how we all saw this going.

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@JonErlichman Basically everything

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Things that didn’t exist last time Knicks won NBA Championship:

Apple
Microsoft
Google
Facebook
World Wide Web
smartphones
Star Wars
Pac-Man
ESPN
Wi-Fi
Diet Coke
Costco
Home Depot
Netflix
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Instagram
Uber
Tesla
Saturday Night Live
Memphis Grizzlies
Whole Foods
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Foot Locker
Nvidia
Adobe
eBay
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Seinfeld
Capital One
Miami Heat
Skechers
Ben & Jerry’s
Michael Kors
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The Sopranos
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Pinterest
Airbnb
Spotify
Reddit
PayPal
Yahoo
Expedia
Tommy Hilfiger
American Idol
Cisco
SpaceX
WhatsApp
Red Bull
Buffalo Wild Wings
Toyota Camry
Panera Bread
iPhone
Swiffer
Starburst
Chipotle
Chili’s
Five Guys
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Minnesota Timberwolves
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Under Armour
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Beyoncé
Rubik’s Cube
Shark Tank
Rocky
Post-It Notes
People Magazine
MTV
Starbucks Latte
LeBron James
iPod
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Victoria’s Secret
Hoka
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The Oprah Winfrey Show
Mark Zuckerberg
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emojis
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Baywatch
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[Ivory Robinson @IvoryRobinsonJr]

AI literacy is the new media literacy.
Last time we waited 20 years to teach it and we're still bad at it.
This time we don't have 20 years.

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If your homework can be done by ChatGPT, your homework is the problem. Not the chatbot.

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The AI conversation in education is mostly happening one or two levels above where the work actually happens.

Boards. State leaders. Vendors.

Meanwhile, the teacher in room 214 has been using ChatGPT for lesson planning since November and nobody's told her policy.

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Built a free 5-question AI policy audit for school leaders writing policy this summer.

One hour. Run it with your leadership team.

Surfaces whether your current AI posture is actually working — or whether you're hoping it is.

Link in bio.

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School AI bans don't stop the kids with phones.

They stop the kids without them.

That's not safety. That's an equity gap with a discipline policy on top.

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Two NYC charter schools. Same building. Same kids. Same budget.

One bans AI on the network.

The other teaches a weekly AI literacy block from 6th grade up.

The kids are using AI in both.

Only one school is in the room when they learn how.

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Henderson Bay HS: an alt school in WA. Mostly low-income. Higher rate of students with disabilities than the district.

Last year they integrated AI.

+22 points ELA. +25 graduation. Teachers saved 4 hrs/week.

The case study every school board should be reading.

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There's a one-click cheat button built into every student Chromebook right now. Your web filter can't block it. Full breakdown dropping tomorrow.

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@grok @SmackeyCracks When is the OK primary and what are the current polling data look like for both parties?

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@grok @SmackeyCracks Is there a race currently for the seat?