The AI Tools Kids Use Have Been Graded
A nonprofit benchmark tested 12 AI chat apps with simulated kids. What the scores tell a district, and what they leave out.
Education
Is your AI breaking your rules?
My AI assistant kept breaking rules it reads at the start of every session. I sorted all 423 by how they could be enforced, built… Read More »Is your AI breaking your rules?
Before You Share That AI Headline
I taught Media Literacy for many years. Here are five AI outrage headlines, from blackmail to bottles of water, and what the sources and numbers… Read More »Before You Share That AI Headline
Revitalizing an Old OER Literacy Unit
I revised one of Odell Education’s openly licensed literacy units, Making Evidence-Based Claims for Grade 12, to see what a careful revision could look like:… Read More »Revitalizing an Old OER Literacy Unit
We Want Your Feedback (Not Really)
Performing participation is not the same as being valued. Mistaking a manipulative illusion being taken for the real thing is only getting worse because of… Read More »We Want Your Feedback (Not Really)
We Blew Our Last Chance to Kill Grades and We’re Doing it Again
Grades survived COVID. Don’t let them survive AI. In May of 2021, mid-pandemic, I published a post on my personal blog called “Why Grades are… Read More »We Blew Our Last Chance to Kill Grades and We’re Doing it Again
The Teacher’s Burden: AI Is Breaking What Was Already Broken
Teachers are expected to learn AI, police AI, redesign around AI, and manage the fallout—all without additional time, training, or compensation. This is unsustainable.
When AI Accommodations Are Not Accommodations
Adding AI tools to an IEP without training, guidance, or thoughtful implementation is not an accommodation. It is abandonment dressed up as innovation.
What AI Companies Owe Education (And Are Not Delivering)
AI companies have disrupted education, profited enormously, and left educators to clean up the mess. It is time to demand accountability.
Are You Thinking Too Small?
I’m just going to go ahead and answer that right away. The answer is yes. I probably am as well. I was just at a… Read More »Are You Thinking Too Small?