New real‑time data from filtering vendor Securly show about 20% of K‑12 student interactions with generative AI on school tech involved problematic behaviors—cheating, bullying or self‑harm—and roughly 1 in 50 interactions were flagged as red‑flag safety incidents. Districts that set policy guardrails reported that 80% of monitored AI conversations stayed within acceptable bounds when controls were present. A Common Sense Media survey finds teens and parents sharply divided about AI use for assignments: 52% of teens say using AI is innovative and should be encouraged, while a majority of parents label such use unethical. Both groups call for schools to teach AI literacy, including how to evaluate accuracy, bias and data privacy. K‑12 leaders, and by extension university admissions and teacher‑preparation programs, should expand AI‑literacy curricula, strengthen procurement policies for classroom AI, and align honor‑code enforcement with technology safeguards. Higher‑education teacher‑training programs may face growing demand to prepare candidates for AI‑integrated classrooms and student‑privacy compliance.