Wake County schools to discuss artificial intelligence policy

The Wake County Public School System actively encourages schools to teach students and teachers how to use AI to help facilitate learning, but the school board doesn't yet have a policy guiding that.
Posted 9/16/2025, 8:57:00 AM Updated 9/17/2025, 12:21:54 AM

FIRST APPEARANCE AND THESE NEW

DEVELOPMENTS ON NBC NIGHTLY

NEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS

NEWSCAST. WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL

LEADERS ARE EXPLORING WHEN AND

HOW YOUR CHILD COULD USE AI IN

THEIR CLASSROOMS.

>> THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS

LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW IT FITS

WITH EDUCATION BEFORE THEY COME

UP WITH THEIR OWN RULES.

WRAL'S DESTINY. PATTERSON IS

LIVE AT THE DISTRICT

HEADQUARTERS.

>> DESTINY. THE DISTRICT IS IN

THE EARLY STAGES OF PUTTING

FORMAL RULES IN PLACE.

>> OF COURSE, ARE A LOT OF

CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO AI,

ESPECIALLY IN THE CLASSROOM.

BUT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS

THAT HE WANTS THE TECHNOLOGY

TO BE EMBRACED RATHER THAN ICE

OUT OF THE SCHOOL SETTING.

>> ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,

IT'S EVERYWHERE. AND NOW WE

COUNTY SCHOOL LEADERS ARE

TRYING TO MANAGE WHAT IT COULD

LOOK LIKE IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE DON'T WANT THIS TECHNOLOGY

TO BE BEHIND A BRICK WALL THAT

WE CAN ACCESS THE DISTRICT

ALREADY PROVIDES ACCESS TO

GOOGLE, GEMINI, A TRANSITION

FROM CHATGPT, BUT IT DOESN'T

HAVE AN OFFICIAL POLICY.

THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IT'S

TIME FOR THAT TO CHANGE THE

TECHNOLOGY THAT'S GOING TO TAKE

THIS PRESENTATION PART OF A

SERIES OF SESSIONS TO GET MORE

FAMILIAR WITH AI. OUR GOAL IS

TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND.

>> I DO AS WELL AND LET A I DO.

AND WHAT HUMANS DO WILL LIVE

HUMAN TO DO.

>> CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO PUT IT

TO A POLICY IN PLACE. AT LEAST

2 YEARS AGO. I THINK THE

QUESTION NOW IS MUCH MORE

NUANCED THAN WHETHER YOU ALLOW

IT OR NOT AS THE TECHNOLOGY

EVOLVES CONCERNS OF SECURITY

AND ACADEMIC INTEGRITY HAVE

ALSO GROWN. HOW DOES YOUR

DISTRICT GO ABOUT ADDRESSING

SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT COME

WITH AI SPECIFICALLY ISSUES

LIKE CHEATING? WE WANT TO

ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS AREN'T

USING AI TO CHEAT. BUT WHAT

THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW AND IN THE

FUTURE, I THINK IS A MOVING

TARGET HERE IN WAKE COUNTY,

TAYLOR SAYS THE PURPOSE IS TO

MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND STAFF

CAN ADAPT IN A WAY THAT

IMPROVES LEARNING.

>> WE'VE ALWAYS HAD

TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE COME

ALONG AND WE'VE HAD TO FIGURE

OUT HOW DO WE INTEGRATE THAT?

>> OF COURSE, DISTRICT LEADERS

ARE STILL IN THE VERY, VERY

EARLY STAGES OF THIS. SO IT'S

NOT CLEAR WHAT THE TIMELINE

LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HAVING A

POLICY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED.

OF COURSE, WE'LL STAY ON TOP

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