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Oct 29, 2026
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5 min read
From Chicago to Maryland, candidates are running on AI positions, some promising multi-year pauses and others promising AI literacy. Whoever wins, superintendents will be governing alongside people who campaigned on this. It's worth getting ready now.
Oct 14, 2026
6 min read
Some districts are turning to complete AI bans when the only control larger AI providers offer is an 'on or off' switch. Others are pausing rollouts over parent visibility into AI and consent. Both share the same fix: a district-controlled layer between AI companies and students, plus visibility parents can count on.
Sep 17, 2026
The New York Times recently mapped how tech companies shape what schools teach and buy. During that same week, Bill Gates wrote that nobody has a plan for the AI era. Until somebody comes up with a plan, the only AI policy that dictates how your students use AI will come from your district.
Sep 2, 2026
In a column in the NY Times, Adam Grant says redesigned exams won't stop cheating because the root is motive, not opportunity. He's half right, and the half he's missing is the assignment that openly includes AI, which may be the best integrity training a school can offer.
Aug 19, 2026
AI lets one person do what used to take a team, from any zip code. Districts should be teaching kids to build where they live.
Aug 5, 2026
The cheating fight is producing viral gotchas, dead honor codes, and lawsuits over faulty detectors. It is not producing students who know what AI is for. The districts getting this right are designing assignments around AI use, not against it.
Jul 23, 2026
Districts built policies for vetting AI. The AI that most students and some teachers use bypasses those policies, in most cases.
Jul 8, 2026
Ohio just became the first state to make district AI policies mandatory, with more states behind it. The statute tells you the floor. It says nothing about the destination, and the districts that write both documents will be the ones this era rewards.
Jun 24, 2026
The AI fight in K-12 right now isn't really about technology. It's about districts that can't say what they're running or who can see student usage. The answer to that is transparency, not a moratorium.
Jun 10, 2026
4 min read
New Jersey just became the latest state to use AI to score student essays on high-stakes assessments. In Massachusetts, the ~1,400 errors that slipped through last year were caught by a single teacher. Not the vendor, not the state. And new CRPE research finds teacher prep programs aren't part of the AI conversation at all.
