AI Safety and Certification for Modern Schools
Help your institution safely adopt AI tools with transparency, compliance guidance, and trusted, independent AI evaluations — built specifically for K-12.
The problem
Why every school needs AI governance — now
AI adoption is outpacing the procurement and review processes schools rely on for every other vendor.
Silent data collection
Free-tier AI products often retain prompts for model training — including pasted student work.
Hallucinated facts
Tools that score well on adult benchmarks can confidently mislead a 4th-grader on history or science.
Shadow AI usage
When the district says no, students use personal accounts. With no approved-tool list, there's no safer option.
No safety visibility
IT can't audit what teachers install from browser extensions, app stores, or personal logins.
Compliance exposure
COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR-K obligations don't pause for unvetted AI procurement.
Pedagogical drift
Without classroom guidance, AI quickly becomes a shortcut — not a learning amplifier.
The platform
What SafeGradeAI provides
Independent certification, governance infrastructure, and implementation support — everything your team needs to make defensible AI decisions.
AI tool certification
KidSafe, Tween, Teen, or Not Recommended — every certification is signed, dated, and re-evaluated.
Risk assessments
Multi-dimensional safety scoring across privacy, moderation, safeguards, design, and transparency.
Classroom readiness
Per-tool guidance on what to allow in K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 classrooms.
Compliance references
Full citations to COPPA, FERPA, GDPR-K, and UK AADC at the subcategory level.
Transparency reports
Versioned, publicly auditable evaluations — never a black box.
Vendor trust scoring
Independent vendor reliability ratings to back your procurement decisions.
Outcomes
What changes when you partner with SafeGradeAI
Higher institutional trust
Demonstrate AI due diligence to your board, families, and accreditors.
Safer AI adoption
Move forward with the tools that earn it — and avoid the ones that don't.
Reduced liability
Document a defensible review process for every tool used with students.
Smarter procurement
Compare vendors apples-to-apples with independent safety assessments.
Teacher guidance
Plug-and-play classroom playbooks, prompt scaffolds, and disclosure language.
Parent reassurance
Publish your approved-tool list with confidence — backed by third-party evaluations.
Plans for schools
Choose the SafeGradeAI tier that fits your institution
Starter School
For a single independent school or small district pilot.
- Full certification reports
- School governance dashboard
- Compliance references (COPPA/FERPA)
- Up to 5 staff seats
District
Multi-school deployment with priority evaluations and SSO.
- Everything in Starter
- District-wide risk heatmaps
- Quarterly reassessments
- Approved & restricted tool lists
- Up to 25 seats included
Enterprise Partnership
Statewide / multi-district deployments with API + custom consulting.
- Everything in District
- API access & SSO
- Procurement & vendor approval workflows
- Quarterly executive briefings
- Dedicated account team
Need a custom seat count, SSO, or procurement support? See full pricing.
FAQ
What administrators ask us most
How are AI tools evaluated?
Every tool undergoes an independent, multi-dimensional safety assessment covering privacy, content moderation, safeguards, age-appropriate design, and transparency. Reviews are conducted by independent evaluators, peer-reviewed, and re-assessed at least annually.
What standards do you reference?
Our evaluation framework maps to COPPA, FERPA, GDPR-K, the UK Age Appropriate Design Code, and ISTE Standards for Educators. School Pro and District plans get full citations at the subcategory level.
Can districts request custom evaluations?
Yes. District and Enterprise plans include priority evaluations and the option to request custom assessments for niche or homegrown tools — usually completed within 4 weeks.
Do you evaluate student privacy risks?
Privacy is the highest-weighted dimension in our proprietary evaluation framework. Every certified report explicitly addresses data collection, retention, training-data use, and parental review controls.
How do approvals stay current?
Every certified tool is monitored and re-scored on a defined cadence. When a vendor's safety posture changes, we publish a downgrade alert that propagates to your dashboard immediately.
Can you support our IT and legal teams?
District and Enterprise plans include consultation hours with our policy team plus board-ready PDFs your legal counsel can act on.
Protect your school's AI future
Join the districts and independent schools using SafeGradeAI to evaluate, approve, and monitor every AI tool that touches a student.