Schools Can Use AI Without Letting Cheating Win with Trek Ai

Students are already using AI for school, whether we approve it or not and that reality is forcing district leaders to make choices fast. We sit down with Erin Burchik of Trek AI and Brent Coleman of GET to get honest about what’s happening in classrooms, what’s going wrong with unapproved tools, and what “safe AI for schools” should actually mean when academic integrity is on the line.

We dig into the accuracy problem that rarely makes it into the marketing. If an AI model can hallucinate, a confident answer can still be the wrong answer, and that is a deal breaker for learning. Erin and Brent explain how Trek AI is built around K-12 content and a Socratic tutoring approach that guides students step by step rather than becoming an answer machine, plus visibility features that let educators coach students early by reviewing logged chats.

We also get practical about the upside for teachers and students: standards aligned support for Georgia classrooms, world language conversation practice, help for English language learners, math walkthroughs from a simple photo upload, and teacher tools that can reduce planning and grading time. The bigger takeaway is a framework for AI policy that feels like a learner permit: guardrails first, skills and judgment next, then broader independence.

If you’re a superintendent, principal, instructional tech leader, or classroom teacher trying to balance innovation with trust, press play and take notes. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share the episode with your leadership team, and leave a review so more educators can find it.