The Quietest Power Grab in America’s Schools

How AI surveillance, federal guidance, and silent lobbyists are turning kids into data streams without a single vote in Congress

Most parents have no idea that the U.S. Department of Education is quietly rewriting the rules on how their children can be watched, tracked, analyzed, and judged. There’s no press conference, no public hearing, no televised debate. But behind closed doors in Washington, federal lawyers are weighing whether to approve a new generation of AI surveillance…