Michigan’s AI moment requires schools, communities and policymakers to lead together

By: Mike Haynes

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 757

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago


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As Michigan heads into another school year, the debate over artificial intelligence is shifting. The question is no longer whether students will use AI. They already are. The question is what schools, families and communities are going to do about it.

We can spend the next several years trying to keep AI out of classrooms, or we can decide what students should learn to do with it, what they must still be able to do …

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