Small win today. I chair the policy committee on our local school board. It’s a political role. You have to balance things out.

We’re working through AI in education, with a blanket policy recommended by the legal group at the state school board association. It’s lawyer-heavy, with a lot of language about “generative AI” and such.

I want us to exercise our local autonomy, so I pushed for an AI committee. We got that moving. At least outline the tools already being used and try to keep up.

More impressive: I led a conversation with our student representatives a few weeks back, and they came back with a survey on how students are using AI. Mostly constructively. They took the initiative, and that matters.

The challenge is breaking through all the layers of the power dynamic. Students have something to teach us, but the system isn’t exactly built for that. I think that eventually corrects itself, but you can feel the system fighting the change.

I didn’t get us to agentic loops or Nostr yet 😂 But small influences are starting to take shape.

It’s important to lead in your community and take some responsibility for where things go. If we don’t, somebody who doesn’t know better will.

Small win. I’ll take it.