Caveat Classroom · For schools
AI rules your staff, students
and families can follow.
The AI Policy and Literacy Kit: a staff course, a student mini-course for grades 6 to 10, a parent course and a printable model school AI policy that shows the tradeoff behind each choice. No AI detection, and the kit explains why.
The gap
Most schools are still writing the rules while students are already using the tools.
45%of principals said their school had a policy or guidance on AI use (RAND, 2025).
About 1 in 3teachers reported an academic integrity policy that addresses AI (RAND, 2025).
Over 80%of students said no teacher had explicitly taught them how to use AI for schoolwork (RAND, 2025).
19%of teachers said their school had an AI policy (Gallup, 2025).
Sources: RAND Corporation survey reports on AI use in schools (2025); Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation survey of teachers (2025). Figures as published; see the sources for methods.
What is inside
Four parts that use the same language, so a level 2 assignment means the same thing in every room.
For teachers and staff · 6 modules · certificate
Teaching in the Age of AI
What generative AI is and is not, integrity and assessment design that works with AI, privacy and student data, disclosure, classroom uses, and writing a classroom policy.
For students in grades 6 to 10 · 6 modules
Using AI for School, Honestly
What chatbots are, why they get things wrong and how to check them, reading an assignment's AI level, using AI to learn instead of skipping the learning, privacy and safety, and writing an honest AI use note.
For families · 4 modules
AI at Home: A Course for Parents
How chatbots work, where children meet AI, the line between homework help and cheating, privacy, deepfakes and AI companions, and a family AI agreement.
For leaders · printable template
Model school AI policy
Fourteen sections from approved tools and student data to integrity, accommodations, deepfakes and review. Each choice shows what it gains and what it costs. It opens with the line that your counsel reviews it before adoption.
Why Caveat sells no AI detection
AI detectors estimate how predictable a text is, and plain or formulaic human writing can look predictable. A 2023 Stanford study found that several popular detectors labeled more than half of a set of essays by non-native English speakers as AI-generated, and light paraphrasing can make AI text pass. OpenAI withdrew its own AI text classifier in 2023, citing low accuracy. A score cannot show who wrote something or how, and a false accusation falls hardest on English learners and students with disabilities.
So the kit puts its effort where schools have control: clear rules for each assignment, assessments that make student thinking visible, disclosure, and a fair process when there is a concern.
How Caveat uses AI
Some Caveat products, such as Classroom Studio, draft materials with AI. We say so on the page, the drafts follow written guidelines for accuracy and age-appropriate content, and we ask teachers to read every resource before using it. The kit teaches the same habit: name the tool, say what it did and say what a person checked. The courses and the model policy in this kit were drafted with AI assistance under the same guidelines; read the policy in full, and have your counsel review it, before you adopt it.
A preview of the model policy
Each section states the decision, the options and the tradeoffs, and leaves the choice to your school.
First line of the template: Have your school's or district's legal counsel review this policy before you adopt any part of it.
Section 3 decision: which AI tools may be used with student data?
| Option | What it gains | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| A. District-approved tools only | Strongest privacy control; simple to explain | Slower to adopt useful tools; teachers may use unapproved tools quietly |
| B. Approved tools, plus teacher requests reviewed within a set time | Keeps privacy review while letting new tools in | Needs staff time for reviews and a clear deadline |
| C. Approved tools for students; staff may use any tool without student data | Flexible for planning work | Depends on every staff member keeping student data out |
Every option keeps student personal information out of tools without a data privacy agreement, consistent with FERPA, COPPA and state student privacy law in general terms. The template is general information, not legal advice.
The staff course on its own
Teaching in the Age of AI: professional development with a certificate, for any teacher or staff member.
- What generative AI is and is notHow large language models produce text; What AI tools get wrong; What AI is not, including not a reliable detector
- Integrity and assessment design that works with AIWhy catching does not work, and what does; Designing assessment with process evidence; Responding to suspected misuse
- Privacy and student dataThe laws and your district's approved tools, in general terms; What never goes into a tool, and how to de-identify; Images, voice, deepfakes and consent
- DisclosureWhy disclosure matters; Teacher disclosure; Student disclosure and citation
- Classroom usesUses that support learning; Uses that replace thinking, and how to avoid them; Accessibility, multilingual learners and teacher workload
- Writing a classroom policyLevels of permitted use; Writing your syllabus statement; Communicating with students and families, and revisiting
Teaching in the Age of AI
Six modules of three lessons, about 12 hours with practice and module checks. Pass the final exam for a certificate of completion with a verification code; your district decides whether the hours count. Free with Caveat staff access.
Buy now adds the course to your cart; check out with a card. With staff access, the button opens the course.
The whole kit: $999 a school
The staff course for every staff member, the student mini-course for every student in grades 6 to 10, the parent course for every family, and the model policy, for one school. Districts with several schools can ask for a quote. Schools with a Caveat license already have the staff course; ask about adding the rest.
Small print
The kit is general education. The model policy is a starting point for your school, not legal advice, and your counsel should review it before adoption. Federal guidance and state laws on AI and student data change; check current requirements. Each teacher's rules for each assignment come first for students.
The other branches
One brand. Four branches. Every grade, every next step.
For studentsCaveat AcademySelf-paced courses for grades 6 to 12, from full-year classes to AP and SAT prep.
For parentsCaveat Co-OpHomeschool from kindergarten to grade 12, courses for parents, and plans with your Caveat advisor.
For college-bound students and familiesCaveat CollegeCollege credit in high school, the college list, applications, paying for college and the move to college.
The Caveat Family Guide to College is general information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Each college decides admission, aid and how credit counts, and requirements change; check each college's own pages. Examples are examples, not promises. Caveat Academic Services is an independent college preparation company. Students do all of their own work.