Generative AI has introduced both exciting opportunities and complex challenges for K-12 education. While many schools and systems are responding to immediate questions about ethics, implementation, and student use, these efforts are often fragmented and reactive. The field needs more than one-off guidance: it requires shared vision and coordinated action to leverage AI as a tool for long-term reimagination.

At Playlab, we recommend The Learning Accelerator’s comprehensive approach because it moves beyond reactive responses to offer education leaders a strategic roadmap for AI integration. This moment is about more than managing risk: it’s about designing toward possibility. We can lay the foundation for a more student-centered and future-ready education system by addressing urgent questions today with an eye towards the future.

This content is developed by The Learning Accelerator, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing student-centered learning through effective use of technology and innovative teaching practices.

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Essential Resources

The resources below help education leaders form a coherent strategy for integrating AI in education, particularly at the local and state levels. Together, they offer guiding principles, actionable tools, and policy recommendations to ensure AI supports powerful teaching, meaningful learning, and expanded opportunity for all students.

From Urgent to Future: Charting a Course for AI in K-12 Education

Discover a comprehensive vision for shifting from reactive AI decisions toward proactive, student-centered systems change. This foundational white paper grounds strategy in classroom realities while centering instructional quality and human relationships as the cornerstone of responsible AI integration.

Starting Smart with AI: A Quick Guide for State Education Agency Leaders

Explore the critical role state education agencies play in supporting foundational AI integration across districts. This brief provides specific assessment questions and vetted tools to help SEAs identify local needs, gaps, and coordinate meaningful support strategies.

Starting Smart with AI: A Quick Guide for Local Education Agency Leaders

Navigate responsible AI implementation at the district and school level with clarity and confidence. This practical brief outlines key questions and resources to guide local leaders from vision-setting to supporting teacher practice with care and intentionality.

Charting a Course for AI in K-12 Education: Recommendations for Coordinated Action

Transform fragmented AI responses into coordinated, student-centered action with research-backed recommendations. These actionable steps help state and local education agencies, researchers, and funders align efforts to address foundational needs and unlock AI’s transformative potential.

Mapping the Field: A National Scan of AI Policy and Guidance

Understand the current landscape of AI-related policy and guidance efforts across states and districts nationwide. This comprehensive scan identifies key trends, gaps, and emerging priorities to inform strategic planning and policy development for AI integration in education.

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Key Tensions for Leaders

At the same time, leaders at all levels are navigating real tensions:

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Moving Forward Together

By putting these insights and recommendations into action, education leaders can move beyond reactive responses to AI and begin shaping its role in service of powerful teaching and learning.

Through thoughtful design, aligned policy, and a shared vision, we can create systems that:

  • Reflect the realities of today’s classrooms
  • Elevate educator and student agency
  • Unlock meaningful, equitable opportunities for every learner

These resources are designed to help the education sector move from fragmented responses toward the student-centered future envisioned through coordinated action and strategic implementation.

About Our Partner: The Learning Accelerator is a nonprofit organization that supports educators, school systems, and communities in designing and implementing student-centered learning approaches powered by technology. Their work focuses on advancing equitable, personalized learning experiences that prepare all students for success in college, career, and life.