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In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades

The largest school system in the United States released its first guide on how teachers can incorporate artificial intelligence into their work and schools. In New York City schools, teachers can...

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In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades

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In N.Y.C. Classes, Teachers Can Use A.I. to Plan but Not to Assign Grades

The largest school system in the United States released its first guide on how teachers can incorporate artificial intelligence into their work and schools.

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Until now, teachers across New York City’s nearly 1,600 public schools have largely set their own terms for using artificial intelligence.

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Matthew Haag

March 24, 2026,

10:30 a.m. ET

In New York City schools, teachers can use artificial intelligence to generate ideas for lesson plans. They are also encouraged to deploy it for research and drafting some documents. But it should never be used to determine

disciplinary action against a student or to assign grades to homework or tests.

Those examples of how artificial intelligence should or should not be used by teachers across New York City’s nearly 1,600 public schools are laid out in an initial A.I. playbook released on Tuesday by the school system, which is the country’s largest.

The guidance represents the first major step in establishing ground rules and safeguards for artificial intelligence in New York City classrooms, in what is shaping up to be

a larger embrace of the technology

, including the possible creation of an A.I.-focused high school.

The city’s guidance comes after some other large districts across the country — including Chicago, Denver and Charlotte-Mecklenburg in North Carolina — have released their own A.I. playbooks during the past 18 months. Some states,

such as Ohio

, have statewide rules on A.I. in schools.

“We know what is happening in our schools already, which is A.I. is being used by our students and by teachers,” Kamar Samuels, the New York City schools chancellor, said in an interview. “We have to make sure that we have strong guardrails, safety for our young people and data privacy that’s critically important to our families.”

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