OUR MISSION

84% of high school students use AI. It is more important now than ever for students to gain understand AI’s impact on their thinking abilities and career prospects. Lack of AI literacy leaves students vulnerable to misinformation and deepning inequality.

RETAIN promotes student cognitive autonomy through evidence-based education on strategic AI use, empowering the next generation to build skills technology cannot replace.

Three foundational pillars support our goal:::.

• Building Cognitive Awareness. We equip students with neuroscience-based understanding of how AI affects learning, memory, and critical thinking. Through curriculum grounded in peer-reviewed research, students experience firsthand the cognitive cost of AI dependency and learn to recognize when technology undermines their growth.

• Empowering Strategic Decision-Making. We provide practical frameworks (AI Augmentation Ladder) that enable students to make informed choices about when and how to use AI. Rather than banning technology or promoting unrestricted use, we teach metacognitive skills that preserve learning while leveraging AI’s benefits.

• Cultivating Intellectual Resilience. We foster a generation capable of productive struggle, independent problem-solving, and creative thinking. Through peer accountability, personal protocols, and sustained practice, students develop the cognitive resilience that differentiates human capability from algorithmic output.

Preparing students for an AI-integrated future requires passion and fluid understanding of neuroscience, education, and technology. As AI reshapes our learning environments, we at RETAIN are committed to ensuring students develop, not outsource, the critical thinking skills that make them irreplaceable.