March 2026
When AI Detection Gets It Wrong: A Teacher's Guide to Appeals
What to do when a student is falsely flagged — documentation, appeals processes, and protecting both integrity and students.
Navigating AI in the Classroom
By teachers. For teachers. A national resource for educators working through the challenges AI brings to our classrooms, schools, and profession.
Since 2014
What Educators Are Facing
Four areas where teachers need real answers — not vendor pitches or administrator mandates.
What detection tools actually work, when they fail, and how to handle false positives in your classroom.
State-by-state tracking of AI education policies, district mandates, and what teachers need to know.
Practical strategies for redesigning assignments, using AI as a teaching tool, and preparing students.
What young people actually think about AI in their education. Perspectives that challenge assumptions.
Our Story
Working Educators began in 2014 as a caucus of Philadelphia teachers organizing for better schools — fighting for racial justice in classrooms, equitable testing practices, and teacher leadership.
Today, we've expanded our mission nationally. The challenge is new — artificial intelligence is transforming how students learn, how teachers teach, and how schools define academic integrity.
But the work is the same: educators standing up for what's right. Not anti-AI, not pro-AI — pro-teacher. We ask the questions that matter: How do working educators deal with this, right now, in real classrooms?
"I caught my first AI-written essay in October 2023. It was a junior's analysis of The Great Gatsby, and everything about it was correct — the symbolism, the quotes, the structure. But it read like a Wikipedia article wearing a blazer."
— A high school English teacher, Philadelphia
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