How China and the U.S. Northeast Are Writing AI Into School
China mandates AI class hours; the Northeast integrates with guardrails. What that means for teachers' workload, planning, and assessment.
The race to “teach AI” is no longer abstract policy talk—it’s being scheduled, hour by hour, onto timetables. China is moving first with compulsory class-time; the U.S. Northeast is threading AI across subjects while states stand up guardrails and training. From a teacher’s vantage, that split matters. It shapes whether AI shows up as a new prep period’s worth of content with assessments, or as a cross-curricular assistant that quietly changes planning, feedback, and the rhythm of class.
