Method · plain words

How we score & source

This site is free for parents and teachers. We map what schools have made public — their AI stance, who can explain the rules, and separate notes for students and teachers. We do not invent missing facts.

Three lenses we use

Short names: Student, Guidance, and Accountability (S / G / A).

Student

Can a learner point to clear rules for homework AI? We look for student literacy programs, assignment frameworks, and student-impact notes — only when we have checked a public source.

Guidance

How strong are the public operating rules? In our data files this is the field ai_policy_status (for example board_policy, guidance, procedure_handbook, principles_only, none). On the rest of the site we translate those codes into plain English. Values without classroom rules still leave teachers inventing day-to-day norms.

Accountability

Who can answer a parent email? Public districts and charters: superintendent, tech lead, board chair or roster. Private schools: Head of School and accreditation — not an elected school board.

Policy strength buckets — upside & downside

These buckets are for parents. Codes in parentheses are method labels only.

Clear public rules

Codes: board_policy, guidance

Upside

Students: Easier to know what is allowed on schoolwork.
Teachers: Shared rules instead of every room inventing its own.
Accountability: Families can cite a public document when they ask questions.

Downside

Clear rules can still be strict or limited to approved tools only.
Guidance without a finished board policy may leave some gaps.
A public page can lag behind classroom practice.

Some rules (handbook or draft)

Codes: procedure_handbook, drafting_guidance, drafting_IFBG, resolution

Upside

Shows the district is working on AI — not silent.
Handbooks and drafts can give teachers a starting point.
Families can ask when a finished policy will be public.

Downside

Drafts can change; kids may still face uneven rules.
Handbook language is easy to miss if it is buried in a long PDF.
Teachers may still lack shared training.

Values only — few operating rules

Code: principles_only

Upside

Signals that leaders care about AI and student voice.
Leaves room for schools to try careful pilots.

Downside

Principles without classroom rules leave day-to-day choices to each teacher.
Harder for a student to know what is fair across classes.

No public AI rules found

Codes: none, unknown

Upside

Many districts are still learning and talking. Delay does not mean they do not care.
A blank public page is a chance to ask for a clear family FAQ.

Downside

Families and teachers may not know what is allowed.
Rules can differ classroom to classroom.
Harder to hold anyone to a shared standard until something is posted.

Sources & method

Primary district and school sites, board packets, handbooks, and published guidance.
Each row carries sources, optional people/impact sources, and a last-verified date.
Empty fields stay empty in the UI — no invented contacts or policy facts.
Georgia traditional coverage target (180) does not count charter or private schools in that number; those schools still get pages when we have them.
Washington rows exist for early comparison; this local preview focuses on Georgia districts and private schools.

What this local preview is not

Not a Cloudflare / pages.dev deploy. Board-pack and pilot ideas from an older single-page prototype are off this homepage on purpose. Treat them as later products, not the free parent path.