School board approves AI pilot to support credit recovery and differentiated instruction

The School City of East Chicago board voted to approve a subject‑AI pilot aimed at supporting credit recovery and differentiated instruction.

Superintendent staff said the pilot will provide students with personalized curriculum pathways and AI assistance where appropriate to help with credit recovery and differentiated instruction. The superintendent framed the pilot as an implementation of a superintendent goal to bring AI practice into district teaching and learning.

A district presenter described the pilot as combining synchronous curriculum with AI support for students who need credit recovery or differentiated instruction. "It is just a personalized attempt to provide our students with credit recovery," the presenter said, describing AI as a tool to support synchronous lessons and individualized remediation.

Trustees asked about safeguards and alignment to district goals; the board approved the pilot by roll call. The board did not detail vendor names, procurement terms or a timetable for pilot evaluation at the meeting; staff said additional operational details would be provided as the pilot is implemented.

What’s next: Staff will develop implementation details, training plans and evaluation metrics for the pilot and present those to the board in future packets.