AI explodes across campuses this week
AI literacy surfaced everywhere this week: National AI Literacy Day events ran Mar 27, Lincoln University announced an AI business course for fall, and a teacher‑free AI K–8 school with $55,000/year tuition was unveiled in Chicago on Mar 28 — signaling fast adoption and market segmentation. (whec.com) (newstribune.com) (chicagotribune.com)
National AI Literacy Day on March 27, 2026 was organized by the AI Education Project with partner coalitions that include the EDSAFE AI Alliance, The Tech Interactive and Common Sense Media. (ailiteracyday.org) The Tech Interactive in Silicon Valley hosted what organizers called the largest National AI Literacy Day event, reporting attendance of more than 1,000 students and educators at hands‑on workshops. (markets.businessinsider.com) Local coverage from WHEC highlighted Rochester‑area classrooms and professional‑development sessions on March 27 that focused explicitly on treating generative tools as instructional aids rather than replacements for human teachers. (whec.com) Jefferson City’s News‑Tribune published a March 28 subscriber exclusive that Lincoln University will add an AI‑for‑business offering this fall, and Lincoln University’s career services lists short courses such as “Driving AI Adoption as a Business Leader” taught by Vidhi Chugh. (newstribune.com) Alpha School’s Chicago campus will open for PreK–8 in Lakeshore East inside the former GEMS World Academy, advertises AI‑delivered core instruction with uncredentialed human “guides” supervising, and lists annual tuition at $55,000 on its enrollment pages. (chicagotribune.com) Coverage from Fox32, Hoodline and CBS Chicago chronicles public pushback in recent weeks, citing concerns about lesson accuracy, student data privacy safeguards, and the absence of credentialed classroom teachers as the Alpha model expands. (fox32chicago.com)
