Human Still Required / Field Notes
Teachers Pay Teachers will ban AI-generated teaching resources. But “AI-free” isn’t a quality standard. School leaders need a review standard: every resource checked and owned by a professional.
Read article: AI-Free Isn’t a Quality Standard. Judgment Is.Teachers are using AI faster than systems are building shared understanding. AI professional learning has to start with leaders, name decision owners and become an ongoing system, not a one-time session.
Read article: AI Licenses Aren’t a Strategy. Learning Systems Are.AI teacher evaluations raise a trust question before a technology one. AI can help prepare an evaluation, but the ratings and judgment must be the leader’s own, and staff should know how AI is used.
Read article: AI Can Draft the Evaluation. The Judgment Has to Be Yours.AI for IEPs can save special educators hours per student, but the decisions, the data choices and the trust with families must stay human. Leaders decide where the saved time goes.
Read article: AI Can Draft the IEP. It Can’t Sit at the Table.AI features arriving switched on in school tools is a vendor choice, but keeping them is a leadership choice. Audit what’s on, decide on purpose, and redesign work AI finishes easily.
Read article: AI Is On by Default in Schools. Judgment Isn’t.A banned-tools list tells people what to avoid. School AI guidance built on a few clear principles tells teachers and students how to decide, even about tools no one has reviewed yet.
Read article: School AI Guidance Needs Principles, Not Just ListsThe ed-tech backlash has reached the campaign trail. School leaders should answer it with tool-by-tool judgment about purpose, cost and evidence, not blanket bans or blind defense.
Read article: The Ed-Tech Backlash Is Political. Your Answer Can’t Be.The most durable AI school policy names the decisions only humans make, like grades, discipline and placement, instead of chasing a list of tools that changes every semester.
Read article: AI School Policy Should Draw the Line at Decisions, Not ToolsStudents can operate chatbots but often can’t judge them. AI literacy is critical thinking, and teachers need ongoing, school-based learning to teach it well.
Read article: AI Literacy Isn’t a Tech Skill. It’s a Thinking Skill.How an AI tool enters your schools matters as much as the tool. A Texas investigation and a voluntary Nevada pilot show why transparent, local, teacher-informed decisions build trust.
Read article: AI Adoption in Schools: Who Decides, and How, Matters
