AI is already in classrooms. The real question is: who is responsible for governing it?

In this episode of Education Futures, Svenia Busson sits down with Clara Hawking, founder of Kompass Education, to explore what AI governance actually means for schools and educators.

As governments roll out new regulations, including the EU AI Act, schools are facing urgent questions around compliance, safety, privacy, and responsibility. But governance is not just about following the law. It is about building trust, protecting children, and making intentional decisions about how AI enters learning environments.

In our conversation, we explore:

• What “AI governance” really means in practice
• How the EU AI Act impacts schools and educational organizations
• Why individual teacher subscriptions to AI tools can create legal and safety risks
• The difference between AI literacy and AI safety
• Why students are hesitant to admit how they use AI
• The growing cognitive dependency concerns for Generation Alpha
• And what a more human-centered, collaborative school of 2040 could look like

Clara makes a compelling case: AI adoption without governance is not innovation, it is risk.

For listeners interested in evaluating AI tools from a child safety perspective, we also mention Kora (https://korabench.ai/), a new initiative that benchmarks large language models on child safety criteria.

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