Most of the AI Act headlines this year were about delay. But the obligation that reaches schools — Article 4 on staff AI literacy — was not delayed, and it becomes enforceable on 2 August 2026. The question for leaders now isn't whether to act, but whether they could show they have.

The risk isn’t AI itself. It’s avoidance.
While students experiment with AI at home, some school leaders are still debating bans. But history is clear: transformative tools do not disappear because we disapprove of them.
If we care about safeguarding and future readiness, we cannot afford silence.