How China & the US Northeast are setting AI’s Ground Rules for K-12
How New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire are shifting to teacher-led AI use - while China mandates hours and scope.
The emails from principals landed all summer: “What’s our AI policy?” Teachers read them between PD slides and last-minute room prep, thumb hovering over a dozen tabbed “guidance” PDFs. Across New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, and Rhode Island, the message is similar yet not the same. Use AI to save time. Use it to individualize. Vet the tools. Protect kids. But when you zoom out, the pattern isn’t one pattern at all—it’s a mosaic. And when you look across the Pacific, China is painting a very different picture: a mandate.
