Lexington-Richland Five school district is adding an artificial intelligence program, AI Magic School, to all classrooms. – WLTX.com

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Lexington-Richland Five School District is rolling out a new artificial intelligence program aimed at assisting teachers and personalizing learning for students. It’s called AI Magic School, and it’s designed to reduce teachers’ workloads and improve student achievement across various subjects.
Lexington-Richland Five Superintendent Dr. Akil Ross said the AI initiative is already being used in several classrooms and is centered around enhancing student performance at all levels. He stressed that the program is meant to support teachers, not replace them.
“Magic Schools AI gives us a safe place where we can use this and teach people how to use it effectively,” Ross said. “Everything in this program is designed for teachers in the classroom space. To one source, it may give the child the answer, but in this platform, it helps the child discover the answer. It tutors them along the way, and so it’s really designed for the educational world.”
He said AI Magic School tailors lesson plans to meet individual student needs, which should reduce the time and effort teachers spend on creating lessons. The tool also helps develop tests better aligned with state standards, provides feedback based on student performance, and ensures that classrooms are taught at the same level.
lyssa Powers, a fifth-grade teacher at Oak Point Elementary, said the program has been particularly helpful in her English Language Arts (ELA) and social studies classrooms, making her lesson planning more efficient. 
“For me as an ELA and social studies teacher, I use it in both subjects, reading, writing, and social studies,” Powers said. “It has been really helpful in saving me time. An example of when I first used it was in a class for argumentative writing. I put that list in Magic School AI and said, ‘Create a 4-point argument for fifth graders.’ It whipped it out in 10 seconds. It saved me a lot of time and energy.”
Dr. Ross also highlighted how the tool alleviates some of the burden teachers face.
“Teachers talk to us about the plate, all of the things that are on the plate. Well, finally, they have a tool that takes things off the plate so they can be teachers and focus on teaching each individual child,” Ross said.
He thinks the AI program is particularly helpful for students with varying learning needs. It helps tailor instruction based on each student’s achievement and reading levels, as well as provides support for non-English-speaking students.
Powers said she’s also used AI Magic School’s “text leveler” feature, which adjusts reading materials to suit students’ varying reading abilities.
“What this does is I’ve pasted a fifth-grade level text into here and let’s say I wanted to bump it up to a 9th-grade level text because my students are reading above grade level,” Powers explained. “In a matter of seconds, it will generate the same story and plot but at a 9th-grade complexity level.”
As the program continues to develop, Powers said she’s excited about the potential of the full version, which she hopes will provide even more opportunities for student growth.
“This opens the door to all of the possibilities because if I can do all of this with the free version, I’m only imagining what I can do with the paid version,” Powers said. “I think it offers a lot of classroom support to teachers that they have been asking for.”
The full version of AI Magic School is pending approval by the Lexington-Richland Five School Board. If approved, the district plans to offer full access to the program, including a student version, beginning July 1.

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