PGCPS outlines year-three AI plan to scale K–12 literacy, pilots and regional partnerships

Prince George's County Public Schools presented a year-three strategic plan for K–12 artificial intelligence that emphasizes safety, equity, innovation and intentionality while scaling AI literacy across the district.

Dr. Andrew Zuckerman, PGCPS chief information officer, said the district has run multiple pilots and partnerships since generative AI's wider public emergence in late 2022, including collaborations with AI EDU, the Pull Up Fund, Harvard Graduate School of Education and programs supported through the Dell Foundation. "We quickly organized to engage our stakeholders from teachers, principals and our central office staff to nonprofit partners," Zuckerman said.

PGCPS officials described educator summits and embedded professional-development pathways that trained hundreds of educators; the district held innovation labs and pilot projects with tools such as Conmigo, Brisk, Lumi, Amira, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Pocketalk Translate for English learners. The district said it has vetting procedures and administrative guidelines aligned to its Board of Education AI policy.

Dr. Shawn Joseph framed AI as a major pivot in education and emphasized ethical use: "It's our responsibility to show students how to use these technologies to be more effective, more creative, more critical," he said. Presenters said the plan focuses on age-appropriate lessons, staff training first, and phased student rollout; the district expects to enable Gemini for high-school students on its Google-managed network with guardrails and curricular supports.

When council members asked how AI work would translate to workplace skills, PGCPS officials pointed to transferable competencies such as prompt engineering, critical evaluation of machine outputs, digital agency and ethical design. Dr. Judith White said the district will set thresholds across grade bands so students leave PGCPS with demonstrable AI-literacy skills while preserving rigorous CTE and science pathways for students seeking technical careers.

Officials pledged to tap local higher-education assets and to provide toolkits and outreach materials for parents and the community. The committee closed the briefing and adjourned.