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Research-backed. Practitioner-written. Weekly analysis on AI policy, governance, and leadership decisions for K-12 district leaders — from a sitting superintendent who has navigated every question from the inside. Latest editions are open access; founding editions remain on the LinkedIn newsletter archive.
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June 7, 2026
Maryland Mandates a District AI Coordinator: K–12 AI Governance Moves From the Document to the Org Chart
Maryland enacts the Artificial Intelligence Ready Schools Act (SB 720, Chapter 634), making a non-instructional district AI coordinator a statutory mandate in every local school system and standing up a state AI Education Collaborative. New Mexico weighs a formal oversight body after its own analyst calls 2025 guidance non-binding. Peer-reviewed research: awareness and ethics, not technical skill, predict academic performance.
Published — Open Access
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May 31, 2026
Pennsylvania v. Character.AI, Houston Quadruples Future 2: K–12 AI Governance Moves Below the District Perimeter
Pennsylvania AG files first state executive action against a consumer AI chatbot for impersonating licensed psychiatrists. Federal K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act would re-permission Title I, II, IV funds. Houston ISD quadruples Future 2 to nine campuses. Peer-reviewed PNAS: unrestricted GPT-4 caused 17 percent grade decline when removed.
Published — Open Access
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May 24, 2026
Colorado Repeals, Kansas Litigates: K–12 AI Governance Returns to District Hands
Colorado SB 189 repeals its AI Act with a FERPA carve-out. The Lawrence Public Schools federal surveillance case advances on Fourth Amendment grounds. CRPE Early Adopters database shows tracked AI-adopting districts doubled year over year.
Published — Open Access
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May 17, 2026
Michigan Defaults, Tennessee Restricts: K–12 AI Governance Hits Convergence
Michigan published a four-pillar framework. Tennessee restricted AI from mental health roles with a private right of action. Two state actions, one convergence point for districts.
Published — Open Access
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May 10, 2026
The Red-Yellow-Green Standard: How NYC Just Set the AI Procurement Floor for K–12
The largest U.S. school district closed AI guidance comment, three peer-reviewed studies redefined what AI tools must demonstrate, and the federal AI priority takes effect May 13.
Published — Open Access
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May 3, 2026
COPPA, Liability, and the New AI Accountability Frontier in K–12
FTC COPPA enforcement, a Florida criminal probe of OpenAI, and seven Tumbler Ridge lawsuits redefine AI vendor accountability for school districts.
Published — Open Access
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April 12, 2026
From Guidance to Mandate: The AI Governance Moment Every District Leader Needs to Understand
Maryland’s AI Ready Schools Act, Stanford’s evidence gap, and the OECD performance-learning paradox converge on one governance challenge district leaders cannot defer.
Published — Open Access
10
March 2026
The Governance Gap: Why Most Districts Are Behind Before They Start
The structural reasons AI adoption is outpacing governance capacity — and what district leaders can do about it before the gap widens further.
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February 2026
Pilot to System: What It Actually Takes to Scale AI Across a District
Pilots succeed. Systems fail. The organizational conditions that determine whether AI adoption sticks or collapses at the district level.
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January 2026
The AI Coordinator: A Role Districts Are Creating Without a Playbook
Who owns AI governance in your district? How the absence of a defined role creates accountability gaps that legislation is now forcing districts to close.
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December 2025
Student Data in the Age of AI: What Your Vendors Are Not Telling You
AI tools collect more than most vendor contracts disclose. A framework for auditing what your district has agreed to — and what to demand going forward.
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November 2025
Leading AI Change: What Instructional Leaders Get Wrong and What Works
The leadership moves that separate districts navigating AI adoption effectively from those generating noise without momentum.
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October 2025
Defensible AI Policy: What Makes a Policy Stand Up When It’s Tested
The difference between a policy that satisfies a board and one that survives an incident, a complaint, or a state audit.
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September 2025
Equalizer or Amplifier: What the Research Actually Shows About AI and Equity
AI is neither inherently equitable nor inherently harmful. The organizational conditions that determine which direction it goes in your district.
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August 2025
Teachers Navigating Alone: The Classroom AI Problem No Policy Has Solved
What happens when teachers make AI decisions in the absence of district guidance — and why the absence of policy is itself a policy with consequences.
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July 2025
The 10-Domain Framework: How Novo Thinks About AI Governance Readiness
The foundational governance model that every Novo engagement is built on — and the diagnostic questions that reveal where districts are most exposed.
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June 2025
Why K-12 AI Governance Is a Leadership Problem, Not a Technology Problem
The founding edition. The argument that frames everything that follows: AI adoption without governance infrastructure is not innovation — it is risk delegation.
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About the Brief
AI in Public Education Brief
The Brief is published monthly by Dr. Reginald Griffin, Founder and CEO of Novo Innovative Pathways and a sitting K–12 school district leader in Georgia with more than 20 years of educational leadership experience.
It covers state legislation, research findings, governance decisions, and the leadership questions that matter most to superintendents, cabinet leaders, and board members navigating AI adoption. No vendor sponsorships. No AI-generated content. No noise.
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