Live classes that build the mind behind the machine, so kids use AI responsibly, not as a crutch.
For students 11–16, homeschool & charter families, parents, and educators. Founding waitlist is open, no payment, just your spot in line.
Your child is already using AI, most kids their age are. Right now, no one's taught them the rules. Left unguided, it quietly does their thinking for them: writing they didn't write, answers they can't explain, skills they never build. Guided well, it becomes the most powerful learning tool they've ever had. You get to decide which one it is, before the habits set in.
Students use AI as a thinking partner, to go faster and deeper, without handing over the actual thinking. The skill that matters most stays theirs.
AI is confidently wrong all the time. Kids learn to fact-check it, catch hallucinations, question bias, and never take an answer at face value.
Every cohort signs an AI honor code and learns the exact line between using AI to learn and using it to cheat, so they get ahead the right way.
No worksheets. Students finish with a real project, a game, a story, a tool, a research piece, plus a portfolio they're genuinely proud of.
Practical, school-ready habits: using AI to understand hard concepts, prep for tests, and learn faster, an honest, unfair advantage.
Safe prompting, privacy basics, age-appropriate tools, and clear boundaries, taught up front, so confidence and caution grow together.
A guided path from "what even is this?" to a finished, responsible project, in four clear phases: Understand → Use Honestly → Think Critically → Build Real.
Families, students, schools, and learning communities, whoever's ready to do AI right.
Your child learns to use AI carefully before they learn to use it cleverly. You stay informed every step of the way.
We're starting with live cohorts and growing from there. Join the waitlist and you'll help shape what's next.
Small-group, live, responsible-AI classes for ages 11–16. The first thing we open.
First · founding waitlistLonger programs designed to fit enrichment schedules and funding.
NextShort, high-energy intensives for breaks and summer.
SeasonalPersonalized guidance for students who want to go deeper, faster.
By requestLearn the rules together, set AI up the right way as a family.
SoonA turnkey responsible-AI program for co-ops, microschools & centers.
LaterI'm a homeschool parent to a gifted daughter and an AI educator with more than a decade of technical experience. I built this program after seeing a widening gap between the role AI is beginning to play in how kids learn, create, and solve problems, and the lack of practical guidance most families and educators have for helping children use it well.
AI literacy is no longer a fringe enrichment topic. UNESCO has released AI competency frameworks for both teachers and students, emphasizing human-centered, ethical, and educationally responsible AI use. The OECD and European Commission have developed an AI literacy framework for primary and secondary education, and the OECD's PISA 2029 work includes media and AI literacy as an area it intends to assess. The World Economic Forum names AI and big data, cybersecurity, and technological literacy among the fastest-growing skills, with creative thinking, curiosity, and lifelong learning rising in importance too.
Many parents and teachers are being asked to navigate AI before anyone has handed them a clear, practical way to teach it. That leaves families stuck between two weak options: avoiding AI entirely out of fear, or letting kids experiment with powerful tools without enough structure. Many families are trying to protect their children from technology without realizing that guided AI literacy may be one of the safest ways to prepare them for it.
This program is the better path. Students learn to use AI safely, creatively, and thoughtfully, as a tool for deeper thinking, not a shortcut and not a replacement for effort. With structure, AI helps them ask sharper questions, test ideas, get feedback, build real projects, and connect knowledge across subjects. The goal is not more screen time. The goal is better thinking.
You'll get an email the moment founding seats open, with your founding price locked in. You're just raising your hand.
Join the free waitlist. No payment, no commitment.
Lock in founding pricing (from $447) before public enrollment.
Your child starts in the first founding cohort.
Designed and taught by Ashley Shifflett, a homeschool parent to a gifted daughter and an AI educator with more than a decade of technical experience, who has watched capable kids quietly stop thinking, and built this to stop that. An Edify Consulting program, where responsible-AI fluency is the whole point, not an afterthought bolted onto a tech class.
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The opposite. A core part of every cohort is the honor code and learning the exact line between using AI to learn versus using it to cheat. Students leave more honest and more capable, not looking for shortcuts.
Safety is the foundation. We teach safe prompting, never put personal information into AI tools, follow age guidelines for AI platforms, set clear boundaries, and keep parents informed throughout.
The founding cohort is built for students roughly 11–16. Join the waitlist and tell us your student's age, it helps us group cohorts well and plan what to open next.
No. It's about using AI wisely, thinking, judgment, responsible use, and creativity. No prior coding required, and we don't turn it into a bootcamp.
The founding cohort opens soon. Joining the waitlist costs nothing and commits you to nothing, it locks in founding pricing and puts you first in line for a seat when enrollment opens.
Yes. We're building options for co-ops, microschools, and enrichment centers, including a licensed curriculum. Join the waitlist as an educator and we'll be in touch.