We oppose AI because:
- AI is at odds with how we learn,
- AI companies are destroying our planet,
- AI is racist, and
- AI puts our kids’ privacy at risk.
For more information, check out a list of resources here.
Our memo to the Mamdani transition team: We Need a Moratorium on Generative AI in NYC Public Schools
TAKE ACTION
Save the date! January 4, 2026: Join PACES member Kelly Clancy at the New York Society for Ethical Culture for a discussion of AI in education.
Past events: December 11: Join MORE-UFT members Kyle DeAngelis and Lauren Monaco for an AAUP webinar on why generative AI is not inevitable.
Update: we won! PEP pulled these contracts hours before they were going to pass because they didn’t have the vote – thanks to our advocacy! December 17: In October, the PEP voted AGAINST signing millions of dollars in edtech contracts. Now those same contracts are back on the PEP agenda. Come to the meeting on December 17 at 6:00pm at the Evander Childs Educational Campus (800 East Gun Hill Road, Bronx, New York 10467) to speak out against adopting these contracts. PACES member Jim Baker will be there – come say hi!
You have the right to know how AI is being used. Here is a flyer you can use to share information about why you are against AI.
Check out this fantastic list of questions from Mothers Against Media Addiction.
AI also takes away our ability to teach the way that children learn best. Read teacher Lauren Monaco’s resolution to protect deep play and experiential learning during the school day that recently passed at the UFT. Consider introducing resolutions of your own to protect the rights of children to engage in inquiry, play, and exploration.
Here are templates for opt-out letters you can send to schools and teachers opting your child out of the use of student-facing AI tools.
On September 17th, Kyle DeAngelis, a NYC public school teacher and one of the authors of this piece, delivered this open letter to Randi Weingarten at an event at UFT headquarters, along with a copy of Karen Hao’s new book, Empire of AI. Read the letter, and find ways you can speak truth to power!
Here are drafts of CEC or school board resolutions you can introduce.
Read more about the RAISE Act and the LOADinG Act.
Call Governor Hochul at (518) 474-8390.
Give your name/location and say “As a parent I am [upset/frustrated/mad] that Governor Hochul has not signed the RAISE Act or the LOADinG Act into law. I urge Governor Hochul to take action to protect our children from the harmful effects of predatory technology, including generative AI.”
Robert Carroll has introduced a bill to ban student-facing AI from most elementary and middle schools. Learn more about the bill, and then:
Find your state assembly person;
Urge them to support Assemblymember Carroll’s bill. Here’s an email you can send.
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