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Good morning! This is Alex with Chalkbeat New York.
As college counselors are often stretched thin, some New York City public schools are experimenting with AI to help guide students. Urban Assembly, a network of public schools, is experimenting with its own chatbot to help students see what jobs are in demand and and what credentials they require.
“Even when students have access to the highest-quality college counselors, they can’t possibly know all the information around labor markets,” said Urban Assembly CEO David Adams.
Read more about the effort — and what students make of the promise and pitfalls of AI-powered college counseling — in today’s top story produced by our friends at the Hechinger Report.
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