--- title: Google will switch off Gemini for school students unless... description: Google will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search for K-12 student accounts by default until school administrators enable them.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-will-switch-off-gemini-for-school-students-unless-schools-opt-in-hkh0tbkmf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google will switch off Gemini for school students unless schools opt in | daily.dev og:description: Google will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search for K-12 student accounts by default until school administrators enable them.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-will-switch-off-gemini-for-school-students-unless-schools-opt-in-hkh0tbkmf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Hkh0tbkMF.png og:image:alt: Google will switch off Gemini for school students unless schools opt in og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google will switch off Gemini for school students unless schools opt in **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Search for K-12 student accounts by default until school administrators enable them. Google had earlier turned Gemini on for all students by default, catching many districts off guard. Google is also making Guided Learning, a mode that asks questions and explains step by step instead of handing over answers, available worldwide in Classroom, and will test it in Search at some US schools this month. Schools that want no AI at all must disable Search entirely, since AI cannot be fully removed from it, according to Google's education chief Chris Phillips. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Will Gemini be on by default for K-12 student Google accounts? No, Google will turn off Gemini, Gemini Notebook, Gemini in Classroom and Google Search for K-12 student accounts by default until a school administrator enables each one individually. This reverses Google's earlier approach of enabling Gemini for all students automatically, which had caught many school districts off guard. _Educators weighing AI rollout policies can follow coverage like this on daily.dev._ ### How can a school remove AI from Google Search for students? Schools that want no AI exposure must turn off Google Search entirely for student accounts, since AI features cannot be fully stripped out of Search itself. Google's education chief Chris Phillips confirmed that disabling Search completely is the only option for schools uncomfortable with any AI presence. _Administrators deciding how to configure school AI access can track these policy shifts on daily.dev._ ### What is Google's Guided Learning mode in Classroom and Search? Guided Learning is a mode that asks students questions and explains concepts step by step rather than giving direct answers. It is now available worldwide in Google Classroom, where teachers assign work and can read student chats, and will be tested in Search at some US schools, so a student pasting in a physics problem gets prompts to work it out instead of the solution. _Those evaluating AI tutoring features for classrooms can follow rollouts like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Common Sense Media says Google’s AI Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to students. 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