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AI in secondary education

What schools are actually doing with AI, not what the sales deck says. The focus is on lesson design, policy that works in practice, and what students are actually doing with these tools.

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ArticleMarch 16, 20264 min read

My Brown Capstone: High School Writing Assignments in the Age of AI

A look at the Critical Challenge Project behind the Assignment Design System — what 358 students taught us about AI use, and the three prototypes that came out of it.

ResearchTeachers + Leaders

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ArticleMarch 10, 2026

Why AI Bans in Schools Almost Always Backfire

Banning AI doesn't stop students from using it — it stops them from learning to use it well.

PolicyTeachers + Leaders

ArticleMarch 1, 2026

The Essay Isn't Dying — It's Evolving

AI didn't kill the essay. It exposed that many essays were never really about thinking in the first place.

Framework

ArticleMarch 1, 2026

From Policy to Practice for Secondary Schools

Most school AI policies are directionally fine and operationally weak. The real work begins when policy language has to become teacher moves, student expectations, and family-facing explanations.

PolicySchool Leaders

ArticleFebruary 12, 2026

Why I Built the Assignment Design System

Most AI-in-education conversations start with the tool. This framework starts with the kind of thinking a secondary classroom is actually trying to protect.