The science is raising serious questions. Your school board may not know that yet.
Most school administrators are not reading research journals. They are hearing from ed-tech vendors with polished sales decks and promises of improved outcomes. What they are less likely to have seen: the
Brookings Institution's conclusion that the risks of generative AI in children's education overshadow the benefits. The
RAND Corporation's finding of no measurable teaching or learning gains from AI use. The only major meta-analysis showing a positive correlation between AI and learning outcomes was
recently retracted by its publisher.
The moratorium you'll ask for in this petition is not a permanent ban. It is a request for your district to pause, assess the research, and make a fully informed decision before deploying tools that may affect how your children think, learn, and develop.
This is not an anti-technology position.
Preparing students for the future has always meant giving them strong foundations -- the ability to think critically, communicate clearly, and solve problems independently. There is no evidence that exposing children to generative AI tools in elementary or secondary school builds those foundations. What the evidence does suggest is that we may be trading long-term cognitive development for short-term technological familiarity.
A pause is not a step away from the future. It is a commitment to making sure our students arrive there ready.
Your school board has the authority to act right now.
Local school boards control technology and curriculum policy. They do not need to wait for state guidance or federal legislation. Districts across the country are already making deliberate choices about how, and whether, to deploy generative AI tools in classrooms. A growing number of parents, educators, and medical professionals are asking them to slow down. Your board should hear from your community.
The petition is pre-written. You're just localizing it.
When you launch this campaign, you'll add your district name and an optional sentence or two about your community. That's it. You'll have a shareable link in about three minutes. Every signature collected goes into a final document ready to print and bring to a school board meeting, or email to every board member at once.
If you're not ready for the full petition, the community statement is the right starting point. It still puts your community on the national map and contributes to the national signature count.
Here's exactly what we're asking you to do.
Launch your community's campaign using the template above. Share it with five people, other parents, a teacher you trust, your neighborhood group chat. That is the whole ask.
You don't have to attend a school board meeting. You don't have to testify. You don't have to be the loudest voice in the room. Start where you are. If and when you're ready to go further, the petition is right there waiting.
The more communities that show up at any level, the harder it becomes for any school board to treat this as a fringe concern. Every dot on the map matters.
Ready? Choose your starting point above.
