New York City schools ban generative ai for K-8 instruction
New York City public schools plan a one-year pause on student artificial intelligence use through eighth grade, a policy that would affect roughly 600,000 children, or about two-thirds of students. The guidance would ban generative ai for instruction and tutoring for all non-high school students, allow limited ai for high school topics like ai literacy and career readiness, and restrict individual device use for preschool through second grade with laptop time limits for third through eighth grades. Exceptions include assistive technology, computer-based assessments, e-books, coding and robotics, while teachers are barred from using ai for grading and student promotion decisions.
City pauses student ai use through eighth grade for one year
Context
City officials revised ai rules after earlier mixed guidance on school use. Parents petitioned and principals paused software purchases. The new rules may be finalized before the school year begins.
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