Who decides what classroom AI is allowed to do?
A paper puts teacher authority and student choice beside checks for classroom AI. Dickey sets out six parts of a tool profile. They include who can make choices and how people can check results. Schools could use these questions to assess a tool. The paper does not show that this plan helps students learn.
What the source reports
Ethan Dickey proposes a plan for AI in computing classes. The paper groups choices into six areas. They cover teaching goals, who directs the class, who is in charge, student choice, limits on use, and how people check results. A tool profile can show those choices before a school puts AI into a class. The examples come from computing and first-year engineering tools. This is an important limit. It is a position paper, not a test in K-12 classrooms. It does not measure gains in student learning. The plan gives school leaders questions to ask about teacher control and student work. It does not give a tested answer for every school.
Original source
- Title
- Instructional Governance by Design: A Framework for AI in Computing Education
- Author
- Ethan Dickey
- Publication
- arXiv
- Date
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026