Not All AI Is Created Equal:

What to expect

AI is already in your students' pockets, and most of it wasn't designed with them in mind. Over 70% of teens have used AI chatbots, 5.4 million U.S. students turn to general-purpose AI for emotional advice, and 37% of youth AI companionship interactions involve violent exchanges.

Districts without a clear stance are already behind. This session gives you the tools to catch up.

Here's what you'll walk away with:

• AI literacy that protects students: how to clearly distinguish between general-purpose AI (ChatGPT, Gemini), AI companion bots (Character.AI, Replika), and clinically-designed tools and why that distinction matters for district procurement decisions.
  
• A step-by-step process to build your school’s AI policy: how to apply the S.U.R.E. Framework criteria as a practical checklist when creating your own district’s AI policy and evaluating any AI tool a vendor, teacher, or student brings to your attention. 
• Governance, not fear: how schools can get ahead of the AI-in-school conversation with a clear, evidence-based stance that allows your district to be a trail-blazer.