BDI / 07  ·  Field Notes

Field notes from the AI-in-education front line.

Short, practical writing on the questions districts and campuses actually bring us — policy, professional development, data privacy, and academic integrity. No hype, no vendor pitch.

// Policy

Writing an AI acceptable-use policy your board will actually pass.

The six sections that need to exist, what kills policies at the board table, and a four-month timeline that survives contact with a public comment session.

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// Professional Development

AI PD that survives past the first semester.

The one-day workshop has a three-week shelf life. What the research says changes practice: cohorts, between-session assignments, and a named person for the stuck moments.

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// Data Privacy

What FERPA actually requires before your district touches an AI tool.

There is no AI exception. The school-official test, the model-training clause that matters more than the rest of the contract, and two rules to give teachers this week.

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// Higher Ed

Stop buying detectors. Redesign the assessment.

Detection tools produce false accusations at rates no integrity process should accept. Three assessment moves that make the question answer itself.

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