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09/08/2026

As AI enters book ban disputes, here’s what it means for school districts

Closed school libraries, a Bible removal, and automated book flagging — what began as a parental rights movement has led to thousands of overhauled books in some cases.

Those resources used to review the materials would ultimately include artificial intelligence software, which districts like New Braunfels ISD in the state of Texas and many others are leaning on to comply with restricting curriculum laws — marking a new and controversial development in a years-long push by Republican states and lawmakers to pull books they say are divisive, indecent, profane or pornographic off of shelves.

As a result, what began as a parental rights movement, with grassroots right-leaning organizations like Moms for Liberty advocating for their right to protect children from materials they deem offensive, has led to wholesale overhauls of school libraries and curricula in some places. Efforts that initially targeted certain LGBTQ+ and race-related content, especially when geared toward younger children, have now expanded beyond those materials.

Measures like New Braunfels ISD’s, however, are worrying free speech and education advocates, who say the use of AI is changing the nature of book restrictions.

Approximately 30 states have adopted legislation, orders, statements, or other policies prohibiting or denouncing race- or sex-related issues, according to the CRT Forward Tracking Project at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law’s Critical Race Studies Program. Many additional districts and localities have also adopted their own policies, according to the database.

However, that database stopped its collection in 2024. Since then, states such as Texas have continued to pass new measures.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/as-ai-enters-book-ban-disputes-heres-what-it-means-for-school-districts/816385/

K-12 Dive

Tools seeking to help districts get ahead of challenges have resulted in auto-flags for thousands books, from political memoirs to the works of Shakespeare.

09/08/2026

New York City pauses AI use for elementary, middle school students

Ed tech leaders worry the one-year artificial intelligence ban in the nation’s largest school system could have national implications.

New York City announced Wednesday that it is implementing the nation’s “most expansive” artificial intelligence moratorium for students in the nation’s largest public school system.

The one-year moratorium prohibits student-facing AI tools for New York City Public Schools students in 2-K, a preschool program for 2-year-olds, through 8th grade during the 2026-27 school year. The temporary AI ban will reach 600,000 students — or two-thirds of NYC’s public school enrollment.

Additionally, the system said it will set restricted 1:1 screen time policies for students in 2nd grade and lower. Screen limits will also extend to students in 3rd through 5th grade with recommended caps of 30 minutes per day, as well as 45-minute daily caps for students in grades 6-8.

The change comes as districts nationwide grapple with concerns about student screen time — and now AI use — in classrooms. NYC Public Schools’ AI moratorium follows after the system faced increased public pressure to adopt AI guardrails from city council members, community advocates and parents. Those pressures, however, called for a longer pause on AI tools of two years in the school system.

As the NYC Public Schools policy takes effect in 2026-27, city officials said that all of its technology tools “will undergo an exhaustive review and will be barred if their functionality is ultimately determined not to be mission-critical to learning.” That review will consider vendor accountability for safety and transparency standards, ethics, results for instructional impact and prior research, and ongoing user feedback.

Teachers will also still be permitted to use AI for instructional planning and operational tasks so long as the tools they use comply with the school system’s safety standards. Students with disabilities who use assistive technology, multilingual learners and students participating in career readiness programs, such as computer science, will be given an exception to the policy.

“The tech industry wants us to believe that A.I.-powered early education is not only inevitable, but necessary. We do not see it that way,” said NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani in a Wednesday statement.

https://www.k12dive.com/news/new-york-city-pauses-ai-use-for-elementary-middle-school-students/829496/

K-12 Dive

Ed tech leaders worry the one-year artificial intelligence ban in the nation's largest school system could have national implications.

09/08/2026

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06/15/2026

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/florida-passes-law-banning-social-media-for-minors-under-14-abae4ce3

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday that prohibits people under 14 years of age from having social-media accounts, regardless of parental consent, one of the most restrictive laws aimed at curbing social-media access for minors.

Under the new law, social-media companies are required to close accounts believed to be used by minors under 14. The platforms must also cancel accounts at the request of parents or minors, and all information from the accounts must be deleted.

The law took effect about a year and a half ago on January 1, 2025.

Minors who are 14 or 15 years old can obtain a social-media account with parental consent, according to the new law. Accounts already belonging to teens of that age must be deleted if a parent or guardian hasn’t consented.

The law doesn’t name specific platforms but targets social-media sites that rely on features such as notification alerts and autoplay videos that encourage compulsive viewing.

VIA Wall Street Journal

The legislation prohibits social-media accounts for some teens regardless of parental consent.

06/15/2026

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uk-to-ban-under-16s-from-major-social-media-platforms/ar-AA25FIPd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W022&cvid=6a301c2808a14f7e96150282ce22788f&ei=14

The U.K. said Monday it will force leading social-media companies to restrict access to their sites for teens under 16 years old, joining a growing list of countries to ban access to the platforms after an outcry by parents and campaigners.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the ban, which should come into force early next year, will include Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. Starmer said the U.K. government will also ban under 16s from livestreaming themselves on other platforms and curb the ability of strangers to send direct messages to under-16s. Messaging services WhatsApp and Signal won’t be included in the overall ban.

Renewed focus on child safety in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe comes months after Australia became the first country in the world to enact a social media ban for under-16s in December of last year, forcing social-media companies including Meta, TikTok owner ByteDance and YouTube to deactivate millions of teen social-media accounts.

Lawmakers across Europe, including France and Germany, have backed restrictions to social media access for young people. In Asia, Indonesia recently began restricting children under 16 from accessing certain platforms, while in the U.S., Florida is enforcing a ban on social-media use under the age of 14.

VIA MSN

The move increases pressure on tech companies over claims they aren’t doing enough to protect younger users from harmful content and addictive algorithms.

06/15/2026

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01/19/2026

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10/28/2025

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-new-bill-would-prohibit-minors-from-using-ai-chatbots/ar-AA1Pm9wA?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W022&cvid=6900fcf12cfd4a70919d0045a76d7daa&ei=12

VIA MSN

The GUARD Act—introduced in Congress by Senators Josh Hawley and ​​Richard Blumenthal—aims to keep minors off chatbots such as ChatGPT.

10/14/2025

This goes for private 1:1 and group tutoring as well!

Research has shown us, without a doubt, that a sense of belonging is one of the most important contributors to wellbeing and success at school.

Yet for too many children, that sense of belonging is dependent on success and wellbeing. The belonging has to come first, then the rest will follow.

Rather than, ‘What’s wrong with them?’, how might things be different for so many kids if we shift to, ‘What needs to happen to let them know we want them here?’❤️