Tuesday, August 25, 2026

TODAY'S TOP NEWS - YESTERDAY'S BEST BLOG POSTS AUGUST 25 2026

TODAY’S TOP NEWS - YESTERDAY’S BEST BLOG POSTS
 AUGUST 25, 2026
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER


U.S. NEWS

  • Mass Visa Revocations Planned: The U.S. administration is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas for up to 200,000 foreign nationals who have applied for or are seeking asylum.

  • Western Wildfires Surge: Fast-moving wildfires fueled by extreme heat and shifting winds are forcing thousands of evacuations in Nevada (near Reno) and Northern California.

  • Federal Sanctuary Cities Injunction: A federal judge ruled against the administration, issuing an injunction preventing the cutting off of federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions like Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles.

  • National Guard Deployments in D.C.: Armed National Guard units remain deployed in Washington, D.C., as the administration considers expanding military assistance for crime reduction to additional major cities.

  • Extreme Heat & Water Restrictions: Federal officials announced sweeping water cuts along the Colorado River as supply levels continue to drop amid a broad Western heat wave.

POLITICS

  • Supreme Court Mail-In Voting Decision: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to enact tighter restrictions on mail-in voting ahead of the midterms.

  • Cross-Party Midterm Meetings: Speculation is mounting in Washington following meetings between House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and political figure Jared Kushner.

  • Judicial Overturn on Media Firing: The Washington Post was legally ordered to rehire columnist Karen Attiah following a high-profile termination dispute.

  • H-1B Visa Fee Proposal: The administration is pursuing formal changes to raise H-1B visa application fees to over $100,000.

WORLD AFFAIRS

  • Global Iran Sanctions Push: The U.S. announced sweeping global sanctions against Iran's financial network, warning third-party nations to cut economic ties or face severe retaliatory measures.

  • U.S.-Canada Diplomatic Crisis: High-stakes trade talks collapsed, leading to 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian auto/steel imports and promised retaliatory measures from Ottawa.

  • South China Sea & Typhoon Disasters: Typhoon Narra has caused widespread flooding and landslides across southern China and northern Vietnam.

  • Syria-Israel De-escalation Talks: Mediated discussions were held in Jordan between Syrian and Israeli officials to de-escalate tensions following recent border strikes.

  • European Leaders Mark Ukraine's Independence: European heads of state gathered to observe Ukraine's 35th Independence Day while reaffirming long-term security commitments.

EDUCATION

  • NEET PG Exam Fraud Warnings: Education authorities issued emergency warnings to medical students regarding fraudulent question paper leaks circulating on social media ahead of national exams.

  • College Athletic Eligibility Shifts: Former professional athletes returning to collegiate sports eligibility have triggered wide policy reviews across university athletic associations.

  • Federal Funding Policy Disputes: Major school districts in sanctuary cities are contesting proposed federal funding restrictions aimed at municipalities with non-cooperation policies.

  • International Student Visa Policy Revisions: Proposed drastic increases in non-immigrant visa costs are sparking concern across higher education institutions regarding international enrollment.

ECONOMY

  • Auto Tariff Escalation: Threat of 50% tariffs starting January on Canadian automotive and steel exports has caused sharp market volatility across North American manufacturing.

  • Tech Sell-Off Hits Markets: Wall Street benchmarks like the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended lower, dragged down by semiconductor and tech stocks ahead of major earnings releases.

  • Global Supply Chain Sanctions Impact: Global markets and energy sectors are bracing for trade friction as Washington imposes stricter enforcement on nations purchasing Iranian energy.

  • Rare Earth Element Trade Shifts: Rising demand for rare earth minerals has driven Western supply deals toward South America, sparking global trade realignments.

TECHNOLOGY

  • Export Control Charges: Nine individuals were charged in connection with illegal exports of specialized AI server hardware to China involving components from major chipmakers.

  • TikTok Children's Privacy Settlement: TikTok reached a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice resolving prolonged children's data privacy investigations.

  • Major European Tech Fines: European regulators issued nearly $1 billion in penalties against ride-share platforms over fully automated driver account suspensions.

  • Commercial Satellite Mission Adjustments: Space agencies announced the retirement and end of rescue efforts for long-serving orbital observatories due to mechanical degradation.

HEALTH

  • Supplement Warnings for Wildfire Fighters: Public health officials issued warnings regarding dangerous unapproved dietary supplements being used by wildland firefighters for smoke exposure.

  • Postpartum Psychosis Initiatives: Medical organizations launched updated public health guidelines and awareness drives to identify and treat severe postpartum psychiatric conditions.

  • Mobility & Aging Metrics: Research released highlighted new clinical standards using functional mobility tests to predict healthy aging outcomes.

  • Extreme Heat Health Alerts: Health agencies issued advisories across the Western U.S. as sustained heat waves heighten heatstroke and dehydration risks.

SPORTS

  • Premier League Action: Chelsea opened their campaign under new manager Xabi Alonso with a 3-2 victory over Fulham.

  • WNBA Ejection Incident: Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected from a Fever-Sky game after a court confrontation with Natasha Cloud.

  • PGA Tour Health Setback: Scottie Scheffler revealed he played through the BMW Championship while recovering from hand, foot, and mouth disease.

  • NFL/College Quarterback Decisions: The Cleveland Browns named Deshaun Watson as their starting quarterback, edging out Shedeur Sanders.






Trump Threatens to Sue Think-Tank for Publishing a Report He Doesn't Like https://dianeravitch.net/2026/08/24/trump-threatens-to-sue-think-tank-for-publishing-a-report-he-doesnt-like/ via @dianeravitch 





Jamelle Bouie on the Real Natalie Harp Scandal https://dianeravitch.net/2026/08/24/jamelle-bouie-on-the-real-natalie-harp-scandal/ via @dianeravitch 





Big Education Ape: THE AI CHEATING POLICE ARE COMING TO SCHOOL https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-ai-cheating-police-are-coming-to.html 






Pentagon Fires Leadership of "Stars and Stripes" for Exercising Freedom of the Press https://dianeravitch.net/2026/08/24/pentagon-fires-leadership-of-stars-and-strikes-for-exercising-freedom-of-the-press/ via @dianeravitch 





Big Education Ape: STATE SUPREME COURTS AND VOUCHERS: WTF? https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2026/08/state-supreme-courts-and-vouchers-wtf.html 






Big Education Ape: TODAY'S TOP NEWS - YESTERDAY'S BEST BLOG POSTS AUGUST 24 2026 https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2026/08/todays-top-news-yesterdays-best-blog_01632128984.html 





Big Education Ape: MORNING NEWS UPDATE: AUGUST 24, 2026 https://bigeducationape.blogspot.com/2026/08/morning-news-update-august-24-2026.html 






Teacher Tom: Not Vanquished https://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/not-vanquished.html 






A Look Back: Goldmine Of Printables For Primary Source Analysis, Including Versions For ELLs     Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day... | The latest news and resources in education since 2007 https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ 





Union Matters   The Ever-Shifting Rationales of Michael Mulgrew (With apologies to Kris Kristofferson) ARTHUR GOLDSTEIN https://arthurgoldstein.substack.com/p/the-ever-shifting-rationales-of-michael





MNPS and Not-So-Secret Secrets – Tennessee Education Report https://tnedreport.com/2026/08/mnps-and-not-so-secret-secrets/ 






Elementary students respond more strongly about nature when told what it does for them     Education Research Report https://educationresearchreport.blogspot.com/ 






glen brown: "This week, the Trump administration will continue its transparent efforts to manipulate the election this year in its favor. There is no other way to interpret the events we are now living through" https://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2026/08/this-week-trump-administration-will.html 



Schools Matter: Arguments to Counter Pressure to Adopt AI in Schools http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2026/08/arguments-to-counter-pressure-to-adopt.html 






Michael Klonsky     Weekend Quotables Jeffries and Kushner hold a secret meeting. But what are they chatting about? MICHAEL KLONSKY https://michaelklonsky.substack.com/p/weekend-quotables-159 






The Education Report     Data Centers, Public Schools, and Politics One issue is uniting people from all across the political spectrum ANDY SPEARS https://theeducationreport.substack.com/p/data-centers-public-schools-and-politics 




Spider-Man Lands a Punch: Fist to Cheese – Cloaking Inequity https://cloakinginequity.com/2026/08/24/spider-man-lands-a-punch-fist-to-cheese/ 






First Fish Chronicles: What We Need to Know About EdTech, Data, and Privacy | National Education Policy Center https://nepc.colorado.edu/blog/what-we-need 






Curmudgucation     In Alabama, A Community Looks To Take Back Its Schools From Forbes.com PETER GREENE https://curmudgucation.substack.com/p/in-alabama-a-community-looks-to-take 





The Lesson of America’s Broken Education Politics - Progressive.org https://progressive.org/magazine/the-lesson-of-americas-broken-education-politics-bryant-20260824/ 





Racial Slurs in Academic Spaces: Between Academic Freedom and Hostile Learning Environments https://paulthomas701128.substack.com/p/racial-slurs-in-academic-spaces-between 





Seattle Schools Community Forum: This and That, August 24, 2026 https://saveseattleschools.blogspot.com/2026/08/this-and-that-august-24-2026.html?spref=tw 








AI Bogus EdTech Scheme | tultican https://tultican.com/2026/08/24/ai-bogus-edtech-scheme/ 






CURMUDGUCATION: McMahon Doesn't Understand Education https://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2026/08/mcmahon-doesnt-understand-education.html 







TRUMP IN THE NEWS TODAY
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER


Major news coverage surrounding the Trump administration centers on several key economic, legal, and international developments:

U.S.-Canada Trade Escalation

  • President Trump renewed sharp attacks on Canadian leadership, threatening new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts, and steel following a breakdown in trade negotiations.

  • Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, announced plans to unveil dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. in response.

New Economic Sanctions on Iran ("Operation Economic Outcast")

  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a major campaign of economic sanctions against Iran, dubbed "Operation Economic Outcast," aimed at cutting off the country's economic lifelines.

  • The administration is urging global allies to support the measures, while Iranian officials dismissed the move as a repeated strategy that will fail to achieve its goals.

Immigration Policy and H-1B Visa Fee Proposals

  • The administration released a proposed regulation seeking to formalize a fee of over $100,000 for new employer-sponsored H-1B worker visas.

  • The proposal has drawn strong pushback from tech industry advocates and immigration groups like the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

  • Additionally, the administration outlined plans to revoke business and tourist visas for roughly 200,000 asylum seekers.

Supreme Court Decision on Executive Orders

  • The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the administration to move forward with executive restrictions concerning mail-in voting rules ahead of upcoming midterm elections.


The court’s clearly established problem | SCOTUSblog https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/the-courts-clearly-established-problem/ 

There is no constitutional “right to privacy” | SCOTUSblog https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/08/there-is-no-constitutional-right-to-privacy/ 

Trump announces 50 percent tariff increase on Canada for vehicles, steel after trade talks collapse - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/trump-canada-vehicle-steel-tariffs-01046991 

What You Should Know About College Admissions Changes - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/us/college-admissions-changes.html 

How Communities Poisoned by Data Centers and Toxic Spills Can Stand Together - In These Times https://inthesetimes.com/article/how-communities-poisoned-by-data-centers-and-toxic-spills-can-stand-together 

This School Year, I’m Begging Teachers To Say Their Students' Names Correctly. | HuffPost HuffPost Personal https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teachers-pronouncing-non-white-students-names-correctly_n_6a88f6b9e4b0832f431740b6 

Art for the People - Progressive.org https://progressive.org/latest/art-for-the-people-lago-20260824/ 

Palo Alto parents protest tech in classrooms | EdSource https://edsource.org/updates/palo-alto-parents-protest-tech-in-classrooms 

88 claim sexual abuse in San Diego County juvenile hall or foster care in new lawsuits | EdSource https://edsource.org/updates/88-claim-sexual-abuse-in-san-diego-county-juvenile-hall-or-foster-care-in-new-lawsuits 

Bessent unveils new effort to cripple Iran’s economy - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/bessent-iran-economy-01047365 

Opinion | Push Your Musical Gods Off Their Pedestals - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/opinion/music-conservatories-teachers-gods.html 

Hochul expects ‘helpful’ Mamdani in her reelection bid - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/hochul-expects-helpful-mamdani-in-her-reelection-bid-01047579 

Surviving Torture in the West Bank - Progressive.org https://progressive.org/latest/surviving-torture-in-the-west-bank-ghayad-20260824/ 

Trump’s MAGA Inc. makes last-minute buy for Darline Graham in South Carolina runoff - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/trump-maga-inc-darline-graham-south-carolina-01048038 

Supreme Court lifts one block on Trump mail-in voting plan - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/supreme-court-trump-mail-in-voting-plan-01048368 

It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/08/it-just-got-way-easier-to-sue-fossil-fuel-companies-over-climate-change/ 

SCOTUS Hands Trump a Temporary Win In His Crusade to Restrict Mail Voting – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/scotus-hands-trump-a-temporary-win-in-his-crusade-to-restrict-mail-voting/ 

Vance asks Mainers to vote Republican — as Trump ups the trade war with Canada - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/vance-maine-canada-trade-01048461 

Abdul El-Sayed distances himself from Hasan Piker’s comments on American Jews - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/24/abdul-el-sayed-distances-himself-from-hasan-piker-01048367 



Monday, August 24, 2026

THE AI CHEATING POLICE ARE COMING TO SCHOOL

THE AI CHEATING POLICE ARE COMING TO SCHOOL

K–12 Writes the Rules for the 2026–27 AI Classroom

By Mike Simpson | Big Education Ape

Remember when the biggest controversy in education technology was whether kids should be allowed to use calculators on math tests? Simpler times. Innocent times. Times when the worst thing a student could do was copy their homework from the kid with the neatest handwriting.

Now? Now we have The AI Cheating Police.

It seems like just yesterday we were all gathered around the teachers' lounge coffee maker asking, "What exactly IS ChatGPT, and are our jobs safe?" The answers, it turns out, were: "A very confident robot that makes things up," and "Probably, but not in the way you think." Welcome to 2026, where schools across America are frantically writing the rules for a game that started without them — and the referees don't even agree on what sport they're playing.

Full Speed Ahead! (Nobody Asked You)

Here's the thing about the AI revolution in schools: nobody asked the teachers. Nobody asked the students. Nobody asked the parents. The school boards were barely consulted.

What did happen is that a handful of privatizing billionaire tech bros — the same ones who somehow manage to run trillion-dollar companies while paying taxes like they're working a summer lemonade stand — decided that schools were an untapped market. They've already avoided contributing their fair share to the public good through creative accounting that would make even a 7th-grade math teacher wince. Now they want to sell AI subscriptions back to the very public schools their tax avoidance has been slowly defunding for decades.

That's not disruption. That's double-dipping with a billion-dollar ladle.

So Who Is Writing the Rules?

Glad you asked, because the answer is delightfully chaotic: everyone, and also sort of no one.

There is no grand, unified National AI Standard for K–12 Education handed down from on high. Federal policy has left states and districts to sort this out themselves — which means 50 states, thousands of districts, and millions of educators are each reinventing the same slightly-panicked wheel simultaneously. According to the Associated Press, 37 states have offered some form of guidance, with districts increasingly pivoting toward AI-literacy instruction rather than outright bans. California has TK–12 frameworks. Ohio is weaving AI concepts into its learning standards. Other states are doing... something. Probably.

What is emerging — and credit where it's due, it's not entirely unreasonable — is a shift from "ban everything and pray" to "okay, let's actually have a policy." The narrative has officially pivoted from outright prohibition to what policy folks are calling "structured integration with operational guardrails." Which, translated from EdTech-speak, means: you can use AI, but we're going to watch you like a hawk and you better fill out a form about it.

The Traffic Light System (No, Really)

The marquee innovation of the 2026–27 school year is the "Traffic Light" Assignment Framework, and honestly, as metaphors go, it's not bad:

๐Ÿ”ด RED — No AI. Put your phone down. Write with your brain. Yes, you still have one.

๐ŸŸก YELLOW — AI for brainstorming, grammar checks, outline help. Proceed, but disclose everything like you're testifying before Congress.

๐ŸŸข GREEN — AI fully integrated. Go nuts. Prompt-engineer your heart out. This is the future, kid.

It's clean. It's visual. It's the kind of policy that looks great on a slide deck and will require about eleven reminder emails per semester before students actually read it.

The Disclosure Form Industrial Complex

Here's where things get beautifully bureaucratic.

Simply saying "AI helped me" is no longer sufficient. Schools are now asking students to submit:

  • The exact AI model used (Claude? Gemini? The free one that hallucinated your entire bibliography?)
  • The exact prompts they entered
  • Version history logs proving their Google Doc didn't materialize fully-formed like Athena from Zeus's forehead
  • A formal citation in MLA or APA format

Yes. Students now have to cite their AI like it's a peer-reviewed journal. MLA citation for ChatGPT. This is a real thing that is happening.

On one hand: fine. Transparency is good. Learning to document your process is an actual skill. On the other hand, the student who was too lazy to write their own essay is now being asked to submit a meticulous paper trail about their laziness. We are, with great seriousness, requiring children to cheat responsibly and file the appropriate paperwork.

The AI Detector Problem (Or: Why We Can't Have Nice Things)

One genuinely good policy development buried in all this: AI detection software cannot be the sole basis for disciplining a student.

Why? Because AI detectors have a nasty habit of flagging the writing of non-native English speakers as "AI-generated" — which is both technically wrong and educationally catastrophic. Penalizing a student for writing that sounds "too structured" when that student is still mastering English as a second language isn't academic integrity enforcement; it's just discrimination with an algorithm's blessing.

The new standards wisely require actual human judgment: version history, oral defense, in-person writing checks. You know — the old-fashioned detective work teachers have always done, just now with fancier names for it.

The Great Contradiction at the Heart of All of This

Here is the academic-integrity paradox that no rubric can fully resolve: schools are simultaneously telling students "Don't let AI do your thinking" and "You need to learn how to think WITH AI."

Both of those sentences are true. They are also in direct tension with each other. And that tension — not any particular policy or disclosure form — is the real story of AI in K–12 education in 2026.

The NEA's framework calls for evidence-based adoption, strong privacy protections, human oversight, equitable access, and AI literacy throughout education. All good things. The challenge is that "equitable access" means very little when the kids in under-resourced public schools are working with the district's approved enterprise subscription to last year's model while wealthier students are paying for premium tools at home that their teachers don't even know exist.

The billionaires who want to sell AI to schools aren't thinking about that equity gap. They're thinking about the contract.

The Bottom Line

K–12 schools are doing what they've always done when faced with a disruptive technology that arrived faster than anyone anticipated: improvising thoughtfully, writing a lot of policies, and hoping teachers can implement them with adequate support, professional development, and planning time — all of which will be underfunded.

The rules being written now aren't perfect. Some are too rigid. Some are too vague. Some exist mainly to protect administrators in case something goes wrong. But the best of them — the ones coming from educators rather than vendors — are genuinely trying to thread an impossible needle: preparing students for a world where AI is everywhere, while ensuring they still know how to think when the power goes out.

That's not nothing.

What is something to watch is who profits when the dust settles. The billionaire tech class that shortchanged public education through decades of tax avoidance is now lining up to sell it back the tools our students need to compete. That's not innovation. That's a shakedown with a nicer user interface.

The AI cheating police are coming to school, alright. Let's just make sure they work for the students — not the shareholders.

Mike Simpson is the editor of Big Education Ape. He writes about Eduation politics, education policy, and the billionaire class's ongoing campaign to monetize public schools.

Sources & Links

The AI Cheating Police Are Coming to School


NATIONAL POLICY & LEGISLATION

FutureEd — 2026 State AI in Education Legislative Tracker
Tracking 77 bills across 27 states addressing AI in classroom instruction, covering academic integrity, student learning, and guardrails on AI use.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.future-ed.org/legislative-tracker-2026-state-ai-in-education-bills/ Fivestartech

ExcelEd / PIE Network — State K–12 AI Policy in 2026: Milestones, Momentum and Missing Links
Nearly 100 state bills tracked in 2026 that could directly affect students' use of AI in K–12 education, reflecting a shift from exploration to active governance.
๐Ÿ”— https://excelined.org/2026/05/26/state-k-12-ai-policy-in-2026-milestones/ FutureEd

Working Educators — AI Education Policy 2026: State-by-State Tracker
Comprehensive tracker noting that no state has established accuracy standards for AI detection tools used in schools, and that Florida's law is the only one explicitly protecting students from AI-detection-only discipline.
๐Ÿ”— https://workingeducators.org/ai-education-policy National Education Association

Playlab Learning Hub — District & School AI Policies
Tracks major district policies including NYC's delayed final guidance and Boston's initiative to make every high schooler AI-proficient by the 2026–27 school year.
๐Ÿ”— https://learn.playlab.ai/resources/aipolicies ExcelinEd


CALIFORNIA

California Department of Education — Artificial Intelligence in California Schools (TK–12 Guidance)
The official CDE guidance emphasizing that human relationships are foundational to learning and that AI should enhance, not replace, the educator's role.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pl/aiincalifornia.asp ACSA Resource Hub

California Department of Education — Model Policy: Artificial Intelligence in Education (Updated June 25, 2026)
The CDE's model policy template covering legal compliance (FERPA, California Ed Code), data entry restrictions, transparency, and informed consent for AI use in schools.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/pl/aipolicy.asp CALIE

GovTech — California Education Department Launches AI Workgroup
Background on California's SB 1288 mandate requiring the AI in Education Working Group to issue recommendations by January 2026 and a comprehensive model policy by July 2026.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/california-education-department-launches-ai-workgroup CA


TEACHERS & UNIONS

NEA — Full Statement on Artificial Intelligence in Education
The NEA's position that AI requires human oversight, checks, and balances, and must be carefully vetted prior to deployment — and that AI should not be used to undercut educators or surveil them.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.nea.org/resource-library/artificial-intelligence-education/vii-full-statement-text Government Technology

NEA — Empowering Educators in the Age of AI
Resource hub including the EDSAFE AI Alliance policy-tracking tools, privacy guidance, and equity and safety considerations for classroom AI use.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.nea.org/ai Working Educators


DATA PRIVACY & COMPLIANCE

Aurascape — AI Compliance Frameworks for Education Institutions
Analysis of how FERPA, COPPA, PPRA, and civil-rights law apply to AI in education, noting that more than half of U.S. states have issued AI guidance for K–12 schools converging on the same themes: data privacy, academic integrity, equity, and keeping educators in control.
๐Ÿ”— https://aurascape.ai/answers/ai-compliance-frameworks-standards-and-governance-for-education-institutions/ WilmerHale

Pursuit — Latest AI in Education News and Policies
Covers key 2026 legislative themes including California's AB 1159 banning student data from training AI models, and human oversight mandates in Oklahoma and Maryland prohibiting AI from making high-stakes student decisions.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.pursuit.us/news/ai-in-education-news-policies-innovations Snell & Wilmer


DISTRICT-LEVEL POLICY TOOLS

MAIN — Free K–12 AI Policy Template (2026)
A practical policy template for districts covering assignment-level clarity, authentic assessment strategies, and due process for academic integrity concerns.
๐Ÿ”— https://mainms.org/ai-policy-and-guidance-template-k12-education/

AI for Education — State AI Guidance Directory
A running directory of state-by-state AI guidance documents for K–12, including Vermont's comprehensive 50-page framework released January 2026.
๐Ÿ”— https://www.aiforeducation.io/ai-resources/state-ai-guidance


Compiled for Big Education Ape | bigeducationape.blogspot.com
Mike Simpson, Editor