We’re The Solution, It’s Us.

Last year, we named the problem: we're the barrier. Now what? This round table discussion picks up where that conversation left off, moving from diagnosing to building. With generative AI, student data privacy pressures and a national screen time reckoning reshaping schools, leaders face an urgent question: how do you move from gatekeeping to guiding? State leaders, tech directors, superintendents, principals, coaches and teachers join a candid, crowd-sourced conversation about what's happening in schools right now. No polished case studies, just real challenges and real thought partnership. Surface your most pressing dilemmas, pressure-test solutions with peers and examine how blanket AI bans, restrictive filtering and screen-time policies without equity guardrails can widen a readiness gap for the students who need the most support. Leave with a four-stage framework for strategic risk-taking, ideas for auditing one restrictive policy and launching a low-stakes pilot, and a peer network to sustain the work.