{"slug": "boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator", "title": "Boston and Boston Public Schools Launch Inaugural Cohort of BPS AI Educator Ambassadors", "summary": "Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper launched the inaugural BPS AI Educator Ambassadors cohort of 25 secondary school teachers, backed by a $1 million gift from entrepreneur Paul English and curriculum from Day of AI, to make Boston the first major school district where every student graduates AI literate. The teachers completed a five-day Summer Institute and will pilot classroom projects this year, with findings shared district-wide by June.", "body_md": "## Backed by a $1 million gift and curriculum from Day of AI, originally incubated at MIT's RAISE initiative, the program aims to make Boston the first major school district where every student graduates prepared to use AI responsibly.\n\nMayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Mary Skipper this month launched the inaugural BPS AI Educator Ambassadors — 25 secondary school teachers who completed a five-day Summer Institute in responsible and innovative AI practices. The cohort is a centerpiece of the BPS AI Literacy Initiative, a public-private effort seeded by a $1 million gift from entrepreneur Paul English, to make Boston the first major school district where every student graduates AI literate.\n\nLeading the Summer Institute was [ Day of AI](https://dayofai.org/about-us), the AI curriculum and professional development organization created at MIT in 2021 by faculty and researchers at\n\n**(Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education) headquartered at the**\n\n[MIT RAISE](https://raise.mit.edu/)**. Day of AI has since become an independent nonprofit.**\n\n[MIT Media Lab](https://www.media.mit.edu/about/overview/)Each Ambassador leaves with a defined classroom project to pilot this year, with findings shared openly across the district by June.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator", "canonical_source": "https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator-ambassadors/", "published_at": "2026-09-01 15:58:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-01 16:22:40.189942+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Michelle Wu", "Boston Public Schools", "Mary Skipper", "Paul English", "Day of AI", "MIT RAISE", "MIT Media Lab"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/boston-and-boston-public-schools-launch-inaugural-cohort-of-bps-ai-educator.jsonld"}}