Gateway AI in EDU Summit

Gateway Regional and consortium district students share authentic perspectives on learning with AI — what helps, what hinders, and what they wish educators understood. This facilitated panel prioritizes student voice and invites genuine dialogue between attendees and young people navigating AI-enabled classrooms every day.

The Bill of Rights Institute's inquiry frameworks offer a powerful counterweight to AI's tendency to short-circuit student thinking. This session explores how BRI tools and primary source protocols keep student reasoning at the center — even as AI tools become more prevalent in the classroom.

A focused 30-minute showcase from Goblins. Explore how this sponsor's tools and resources connect to the conference's four strands: Instructional Transformation, AI Ethics & Literacy, Promoting Human Thought, and Strategic Leadership.

As AI tools become more capable, the question isn't what AI can do — it's what only a teacher can do. This session anchors that question in learning science and relational trust research, examining the instructional moves, relational conditions, and design choices that remain irreplaceable. Participants explore a framework for intentional AI integration that protects — rather than erodes — the teacher's highest-leverage role.