Here are three significant shifts heading into the new school year, and how policies are, and are not, making a difference in each one. The pushback has grown well past the phone in a student’s pocket to the device the school itself hands out. Kids Are Using AI, Not Waiting for Us to Figure Out if They ShouldWhen it comes to AI, kids aren’t waiting for permission. Whatever rules a school hasn’t set, students are quietly writing for themselves. Concerningly, younger teens trust AI companions significantly more than older teens do.