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.

Mayor 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.

Leading the Summer Institute was Day of AI, the AI curriculum and professional development organization created at MIT in 2021 by faculty and researchers at MIT RAISE (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education) headquartered at the MIT Media Lab. Day of AI has since become an independent nonprofit. 

Each Ambassador leaves with a defined classroom project to pilot this year, with findings shared openly across the district by June.