How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom

Cheshire Academy, a 400-student Connecticut high school, permits teachers to select AI tools but does not require them; most staff use ChatGPT, Perplexity, and MagicSchool after a training on prompt design and model bias. Teachers apply generative AI for lesson planning and rubric creation, while French teacher Miriam Przybyla-Baum incorporates AI-awareness assignments. The school has established a Student AI Council and a traffic-light labeling system (green, yellow, red) to define allowable AI use in coursework.