Justin Spelhaug is president of Microsoft Elevate, which works with education, workforce and nonprofit organizations. His career at Microsoft has included engineering, operations, sales and social-impact leadership.
DI has documented statements by Justin Spelhaug on Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Privacy. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Justin Spelhaug defended educator-led, age-appropriate school AI use under Microsoft's safeguards, including default-off student access and human oversight.
“AI should augment educator expertise, not replace professional judgment.”
Microsoft and teachers’ unions promote enforceable school-AI safeguards. Fairplay’s Josh Golin wants a five-year pause, while New York City permits restricted high-school pilots. Critics of those pilots say they should wait for evidence and assessment criteria.
