Chapter 2: Building Ethical, Equitable Policies Together 2. Building Ethical, Equitable Policies Together In this report, we aim to build on the listening sessions the Department hosted to engage and inform all constituents involved in making educational decisions so they can prepare for and make better decisions about the role of AI in teaching and learning. AI is a complex and broad topic, and we are not able to cover everything nor resolve issues that still require more constituent engagement. This report is intended to be a starting point. The opportunities and issues of AI in education are equally important in K-12, higher education, and workforce learning. Due to scope limitations, the examples in this report will focus on K -12 education. The implications are similar at all levels of education, and the Department intends further activities in 2023 to engage constituents beyond K-12 schools. 2.1. Guiding Questions Understanding that AI increases automation and allows machines to do some tasks that only people did in the past leads us to a pair of bold, overarching questions: 1. What is our collective vision of a desirable and achievable educational system that leverages automation to advance learning while protecting and centering human agency? 2. How and on what timeline will we be ready with necessary guidelines and guardrails, as well as convincing evidence of positive impacts, so that P a g e | 10
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