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Before you write an AI policy, decide what you are protecting
A blinking cursor on the AI Policy line isn't a sign an educator is unprepared. It's a sign they understand how much that paragraph has to carry. Before you can write it, you have to decide what you're protecting.
The Only Region Where Faculty AI Intent Fell This Year Isn't Behind. It's Paying Closer Attention.
A 45,398-person global survey found faculty AI intent falling only in the US and Canada. The data says that isn't falling behind. It's discernment.
A District Leader Blocked Claude for Teachers Over Governance. Here's the Question Underneath His Decision.
A district leader blocked Claude for Teachers two days after launch, over governance. His reasoning names the gap CALM AI exists to close.
Three-Tier AI Policy vs. the CALM AI Framework: What Districts Still Need
A three-tier AI policy is spreading through school districts fast. It answers what's allowed. It was never built to answer how a teacher decides.
The Teens Writing America's AI Policy Aren't Waiting for Permission. Neither Should You.
In nine days, teenagers in Boston will draft a National AI policy that adults, not students, will have to follow. Here's why the reversal matters more than it looks.
Maryland's New AI Law Says What I've Been Trying to Tell Principals All Year
Every outlet covered Maryland's new AI law and its fall deadline. None of them quoted the actual sentence, the one that reads like it was pulled straight from a teacher's own argument.
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