Weingarten backs enforceable safeguards and younger-grade limits
Randi WeingartenAFT president and Academy agreement representative
Weingarten supports enforceable AI protections while backing restrictions on direct use by younger students.
“anything less than legally enforceable provisions is simply a wish list”
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Should schools pause student-facing AI despite Microsoft’s new privacy safeguards?
Microsoft and the National Academy for AI Instruction signed school-AI privacy and safety standards announced with the AFT and UFT on September 9. Fairplay’s Josh Golin welcomes the privacy improvements but calls for a five-year pause on generative AI in schools. New York City’s September 2 policy illustrates a different approach: pause most direct use through eighth grade while allowing restricted high-school pilots. Kristen Gonzalez and Carmen De La Rosa support the younger-grade ban but urge postponement of the pilots until the tools can be properly assessed.
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Joint announcement of contractual privacy and safety protections. Weingarten also welcomes New York City’s younger-grade restrictions; the announcement does not establish uniform student deployment or educational effectiveness.
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31-page agreement signed September 7 by Weingarten for the Academy and Smith for Microsoft and announced September 9. It covers defined education AI products; districts obtain customer remedies through incorporation into their contracts. General-purpose tools and narrowly limited safety processing have separate treatment.
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The organizations announce the signed privacy and safety standard.
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Weingarten also welcomes NYC’s younger-grade ban and emphasizes school control and parental transparency.
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Supports a constrained approach to student use, combining safeguards with younger-grade restrictions.
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