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FILE -New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, on the school campus in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers. Now they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of America's culture war. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Thu,03/30/23-10:46AM , 112 Reads
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed.
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FILE -New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, on the school campus in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers. Now they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of America's culture war. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

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A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Thu,03/30/23-12:02AM , 122 Reads
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed.
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Bella Whitice talks with classmate Katherine McCormick as they try and outwit the "robot" that was creating writing assignments in Donnie Piercey's class at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.The robot was the new artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT which can generate everything from essays and haikus to term papers in a matter of seconds. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

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Amid ChatGPT outcry, some teachers are inviting AI to class
By JOCELYN GECKER - AP Education Writer
Tue,02/14/23-6:05AM , 749 Reads
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try and outwit the “robot” that was churning out writing assignments.
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Chef Josh Gjersand prepares a sandwich for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The school district in suburban San Francisco has been part of a national "farm-to-school" movement for years, where schools try to buy as much locally as possible. But the mission has been kicked into higher gear with a California program that provides free meals to all public school students in the state, along with unprecedented new funding. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Tue,01/24/23-6:04AM , 108 Reads
CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — As the fine-dining chef at a suburban high school gave samples of his newest recipes, junior Anahi Nava Flores critiqued a baguette sandwich with Toscano salami, organic Monterey Jack, arugula and a scratch-made basil spread: “This pesto aioli is good!"
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