Insights for school leaders
Practical writing on keeping children safe, making the most of AI, and the changes that matter for your school.
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Making the most of AIAn AI policy, or AI in the policies you already haveEvery school needs a position on AI. What is open is where it lives: one AI policy, or the policies you already have. A practical guide to deciding where each part should sit.Ryan Speak · 14 Aug 2026 · 19 min readPrivacy and dataThe Canvas breach: what school Boards should ask this weekAfter a supplier breach, the right questions for a Board are about who owns what and what was checked.Ryan Speak · 10 May 2026 · 10 min readFrom the teamWe found a bug in Arvoe. My 11-year-old fixed it.A small layout bug sat on the backlog for weeks. What an afternoon of fixing it taught him that no vibe-coding session could.Ryan Speak · 16 Apr 2026 · 7 min readFrom the teamWhy we built ArvoeFrom enterprise risk programs to building software for schools, and why we wanted everything that keeps a school safe in one place.Ryan Speak · 12 Apr 2026 · 10 min readMaking the most of AIWhat mature AI governance actually looks likeWhat good practice for staff and student AI use looks like in a real school, area by area.Ryan Speak · 29 Mar 2026 · 5 min readMaking the most of AIThe framework gap: what Australian schools need to know about AI governanceAustralia has a national framework for AI in schools. What it does not have is a roadmap. What that means for your school.Lachlan Bransby · 27 Mar 2026 · 6 min read
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