With AI Now a Federal Priority, It’s Time to Lead with Responsibility

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐈. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐈𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

New guidance proposes AI as a funding priority for K-12. That’s a major shift. It means the federal government is ready to back AI in curriculum, tutoring, and instruction, as long as it’s used responsibly.

But what does that even mean right now? Let’s be honest:

• Most AI tools in schools are experiments.

• Teachers are using them without visibility.

• Districts can’t trace what’s being generated.

• No one’s sure what’s “responsible” when the tech moves faster than policy.

You don’t fix that with grant money alone. You fix it with infrastructure.

• Infrastructure that’s aligned to standards.

• Infrastructure that puts leadership in charge.

• Infrastructure that treats curriculum like a public trust rather than a sandbox for generative tools.

Yes, AI has great promise, but it must operate within equity, quality, and accountability, as we do at NovoDia. Policy is moving. The tech is surging. Now our real work begins.

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