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Nov 3, 2026

Google disables search in schools that reject AI tools

Google announced it will turn off AI features and Google Search entirely for K-12 schools that choose not to use its AI tools, unless administrators explicitly enable them, following consultations with educators.

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▪More than 150 million students and teachers globally rely on Google Workspace for Education and Google Classroom software for daily instruction
▪A published randomized controlled trial of 1,763 students in Sierra Leone showed AI-supported mathematics instruction yielded learning progress gains equivalent to 1.2 to 1.7 years over eight weeks
▪New York City Public Schools and Los Angeles Unified School District, representing 1.4 million students, moved in autumn 2026 to broadly restrict generative AI on district devices

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