AI Vanguardest. 2024
Our work

Research. Advocacy. Community.

The three programs that turn student experience with AI into evidence, recommendations, and real policy conversations with schools.

03 programs1 loop · listen → synthesize → advocate → sustain
Close-up of the AI Vanguard Policy Survey response spreadsheet, rows of student answers on AI use.
Program 01 of 03research
01

Student voice research

Listening first, on every campus.

Surveys, interviews, and focus groups that turn student experience with AI into usable evidence for schools and districts.

  • 01Campus-led surveys on AI use and perception
  • 02Structured focus groups with students and teachers
  • 03Findings synthesized into school-ready briefs
Current focus — a multi-campus survey on student AI use and perception, being compiled for district-level briefs.
Students holding yes and no signs during an AI Vanguard policy session in a school library.
Program 02 of 03advocacy
02

Policy advocacy

Bringing evidence into the rooms where policy is written.

Working with schools, districts, and local policymakers so student perspectives shape how AI enters the classroom — not the other way around.

  • 01School and district partnerships
  • 02Local and regional policy events
  • 03Recommendations grounded in student voice
Current focus — meeting with school and district leaders across Southern California, and contributing to local policy events.
Students gathered beneath the Student Senate on AI Policy final-vote board showing 83 to 15.
Program 03 of 03community
03

Community building

A network that doesn't dissolve after one event.

Connecting students, educators, and policymakers into a network where the people most affected by AI in education are actually in the room.

  • 01Cross-school representative network
  • 02Student-policymaker forums
  • 03Ongoing cohorts of student leaders
Current focus — onboarding a new cohort of student representatives and connecting them into a working network.
Active initiatives

What we're working on right now.

Concrete projects the cabinet and rep network are driving this cycle.

  • Research

    AI-in-classroom survey

    A multi-campus survey on how students actually use AI at school, what they worry about, and where teacher policies diverge from student reality.

  • Advocacy

    School-policy briefs

    Short, district-ready documents translating our research into specific, implementable policy recommendations.

  • Community

    Regional rep network

    Expanding the student-representative cohort to more schools across Southern California, with structured onboarding and shared resources.

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