Algorithmic Policy & Governance · Capstone brief
POL-10 · Compare two governance frames
Contrast an EU-style risk-tier approach with a US sectoral approach on one concrete education or youth-services use case — without declaring a winner from aesthetics.
The question
Contrast an EU-style risk-tier approach with a US sectoral approach on one concrete education or youth-services use case — without declaring a winner from aesthetics.
Policy / materials
Public summaries of EU AI Act risk tiers and one US sectoral regime (e.g. education privacy) as teacher-approved links. Same use case for both.
Expected failure modes
Caricatures. Ignoring enforcement. Mixing aspirational bills with enacted text without labels.
Done looks like
Comparison table; implication memo for your use case; labeled uncertainties about enforcement.
Five C's
CT: frame literacy. CR: same use case both sides. CO: peer checks caricature. CM: table. CZ: affected youth.
Mentor role
IR/gov teacher reviews fairness of contrast. School-supervised.
Rubric calibration
R1: one use case, two frames. R2: sources labeled enacted vs proposed. R3: outcomes compared. R4: enforcement gaps. R5: table usable. R6: refuses aesthetic winner.
Two ways this goes wrong
(a) Cheerleading. (b) Incomparable use cases.
Credit lane fit
Lane A immediately. No verified credit claim.