Randi Weingarten
Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), a 1.8 million-member labor union representing educators, healthcare professionals, and public employees. She has held this position since 2008, previously serving as president of New York City's United Federation of Teachers. She is best known as a prominent voice in national education policy debates, recently advocating for guardrails on artificial intelligence and digital technology in K-12 classrooms through a 10-point plan introduced in 2026.
“Randi Weingarten proposed 'no student-facing AI in elementary schools' and banning companion chatbots until age 16 as part of a formal 10-point plan.”
Source→“The AFT's 10-point plan — proposing a hard ban on student-facing AI in elementary schools and companion chatbots until age 16 — represents a concrete, politically popular policy that could move quickly at the state level, creating a patchwork of restrictions for edtech companies to navigate.”
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