Their learning
Measured exam result
−17%
Lower unassisted math-exam scores
after practice with basic GPT-4.
Versus no AI · one Turkish high school
Visiting Professor of Operations Management
at Chicago Booth.
Hope is Not
a Strategy
Enforce Your AI Policy for
Students and Staff with Tenet
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TenetIETC 2026Hope is not
a strategy.
You write an AI policy.
Then no one pays attention.Then no one pays attention.
Caleb VailFounder, TrueMadeAINovember 11, 2026
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Why the policy exists
But why do we
write AI policies?
What harm are we trying to prevent?
Their learning
Their privacy
Their relationships
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What is actually at stake?
Their learning
The hope
Online small-group human tutoring
+24%
Higher fractions-test scores.
Usual support: 37% correct
With tutoring: 46% correct
Approx. relative difference · fifth graders · n = 157
The access gap
46%
of households paying for tutoring
or test prep were in the
top 10% by income.
Goodman & Nitkin · 2026 working paperU.S. spending data, 2009–19
Could AI make individual learning support affordable for every student?
Their privacy
Australian child survey
32%
Of Australian child AI users reported
sharing personal or potentially
sensitive information.
Ages 10–17 · AI-user subgroup n = 1,539
Their relationships
U.S. teen survey
29%
Of U.S. teens reported using AI
for connection or support.
Ages 14–17 · n = 1,000
- 01Learning
- 02Privacy
- 03Relationships
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Real-world exampleCurrent methods
What should catch
this upload?
A teacher made
coloring books.
Personalized pages with
all his students’ faces.
From a district I met before Tenet.
He uploaded all his
students’ photos.
To DeepSeek,
a Chinese AI company.
DeepSeek
Why is this bad?
- 1FERPA: unauthorized disclosureEducation-record photos need consent or a valid exception.01Before use
Policy and
trainingExplain what people
should do. - 2SOPPA: sharing without an agreementIllinois covered data needs an agreement or allowed exception.02Opening the tool
Web access
filtersChoose which sites
can open. - 3COPPA: children under 13Operator consent duties apply to collection from children.
An adult upload alone does not trigger COPPA.The missing controlCheck the upload before it leaves.Apply the district’s rule in the moment.
03During use
Screen
monitoring
Give teachers a view
of activity.
04After the work
Assignment
review
Review work
once it is submitted.
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The new needed control
Point-of-use governance
A rule becomes a control inside the AI interaction.
Students
and staff
and staff
AI conversation
A question.
A file.
A request for help.
A file.
A request for help.
Ready to send↑
Applythe policyAt the point of use
The moment
to intervene
to intervene
See the requestInside supported AI pages
Act in the momentBefore the workflow continues
Carry routine checksLess dependence on watching
Adapted from the governance deck · Supported devices, tools and configured controls
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Point-of-use governance with Tenet
What can we do with Tenet?
District AI guardrails, by grade.
Support their learning
Write the district’s rules in plain English.
Adapt the guidance to the grade.
Example district instruction
“Use Socratic tutoring.
Ask a guiding question.
Let the student do the thinking.”
Set the learning approach before the conversation begins.
Set boundaries on companionship
Make the AI’s role clear in the district rule.
Example district instruction
“Stay focused on learning.
Do not act as a friend,
romantic partner or therapist.”
Carry that boundary into supported AI conversations.
Learning guidanceRelationship boundaries
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Point-of-use governance with Tenet
Teacher rules, by class
Give generic AI the job your lesson needs.
Algebra
“Ask for the next step.
Don’t give the answer.”
English
“Ask for evidence.
Don’t write the essay.”
Spanish
“Stay in Spanish.
Match the student’s level.”
Class instructions guide the AI inside the conversation.
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TenetPoint-of-use governance with Tenet
PII protection for everyone
Privacy controls for students and staff.
- 01
Check prompts for PII
Warn, block or redact according to policy.
- 02
Scan supported file uploads
Check documents and image text.
Restrict image uploads by policy. - 03
Check staff accounts and connectors
Surface personal accounts and AI connections.
Apply privacy rules before information is sent.
TenetEnough talking about
point-of-use governance.
Let’s see it!
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Current controls and their limits
Visibility vs. enforcement
Enforcement at point of use →
Visibility into actual use →
Policy document only
Illustrative model · positions and movement
are not measured scores.
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Tenet on the page
How AI governance works
Inside the browser
Student
request
request
Local ML + rulesPII + acceptable
prompting
prompting
Relevant school
and class
instructions
Send
and class
instructions
the response
Response
Tenet LLM checkIn the browserPeriodic · supported devices
Check the request before it leaves the page.
Carry school rules into the AI conversation.
Review the conversation against those rules.
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