Many Oklahoma schools have already embraced artificial intelligence in the classroom as districts set guardrails and guide its use.
“It feels a little like building the airplane while it’s flying,” said Shaun Ross, superintendent of Epic Charter Schools, the state’s largest online school, which implemented an AI policy this summer, encouraging students to use AI for brainstorming, dissecting complex texts, or perfecting grammar and writing, but not for comprehension or research.
Oklahoma is one of 13 states with a law regulating AI in education, and it requires every district to enact an AI policy by next school year. Some already have. Meanwhile, the technology is in students’ hands, powering reading tutors and chatbots ready to help with homework — or do it for them.
