Making Space for Resistance: How Choate Rosemary Hall Built AI Adoption on Their Own Terms

In 2023, Choate Rosemary Hall, an independent boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut, faced the challenge every school was grappling with: how to respond to generative AI.

Like many schools, Choate had faculty across the spectrum. Some were experimenting enthusiastically. Others were deeply concerned. The easy path would have been to issue a quick policy and hope it settled things.

Instead, they chose a different approach, one grounded in their mission, built on trust, and designed to bring everyone along.