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A US school allows AI if students explain how they used it, and Google is bringing Gemini Notebook to chat and to Classroom.
US school allows AI, but only with permission and a statement
Evanston Township High School in Illinois has changed its AI rules for the 2026-27 school year. This follows new policy for all schools in the US state of Illinois. Students may use AI for schoolwork if the teacher approves. They then add a statement explaining how they used AI. Use without permission or without a statement counts as plagiarism or dishonesty. The punishment can go as far as a failing grade for the course.
One student tells about physics. He may use AI to program the path of a rocket. For every step of the code, he has to explain what it does.
Writing the rules took two years. The school talked with teachers who think differently about it. At the end of October, teachers get training on when AI helps learning and when it does not. According to the school, parents can also help their child with AI. This is a US school, so this is not a rule for the Netherlands.
Background for subscribersAsk your IT administrator or school leadership whether Gemini and Gemini Notebook are both turned on for your group, because the link with chat only works then. Also ask whether the new sharing settings in Classroom, such as those for trusted domains, are already visible at your school, because it is not yet clear if and when Dutch schools will get this.
Classroom: teachers see how students use Gemini Notebook
Google Classroom has a Gemini Notebook that the teacher controls. The teacher now gets summaries with insights. This helps them see better how students work with the notebooks they have assigned. According to Google, this helps show what a lesson is worth and plan lessons. Administrators also get adjusted sharing settings, including for trusted domains. The item is in a list of Workspace news from the past week.
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