It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen.

Senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom sitting in for Brian today.

Now, a conversation about how New York City public schools are

navigating a rapidly changing tech landscape. There are a few big stories we're going to run

through over the next few minutes. First, a hotly contested issue in schools across the country,

and you probably guessed it, what role should artificial intelligence play in the classroom?

On Tuesday, the city released long-awaited guidance, outlining how and when teachers and students

are allowed to use AI.

But the directives are still a little murky, and the city is now soliciting feedback.

Another major development, more than 150 schools across the city have adopted digital hall passes. These are systems

that let teachers track how long a student is out of class, who else has requested a bathroom

break at the same time, and how long they've been gone. And in overall education policy news,

Mayor Zeranamam Dani is asking the state legislature to let him maintain mayoral control of New York City's public schools.

That's a shift from how he campaigned, which was on ending mayoral control, to give families and educators more say.

So how are Albany lawmakers responding?

My colleague, Jessica Gould, education reporter at Gothamist and WNYC, has been covering

all of this this week. Jess, welcome back. Great to be talking with you this morning. You too.

And let's jump in on the AI usage in schools. Let's start with the basics. The city just released

this red light green light framework.

It sounds like something you do on the playground. It's supposed to guide teachers and students.

How to use AI? Can you walk me through the new guidelines?

Yeah. So as you said, it's a traffic light approach, red light, green light, and yellow.

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