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.
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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
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.
When the Teacher Becomes the Parent: My Kids Cannot Use AI at School
I have spent the last three years helping educators understand AI: its biases, its possibilities, its risks. I have written about how we need to… Read More »When the Teacher Becomes the Parent: My Kids Cannot Use AI at School
LLM: Synonym for Bias
Most people do not know how many of the technologies they use work. I do not have specific numbers, but I’d guess that if I… Read More »LLM: Synonym for Bias
AI Avatars and Why I Never Want Them to Teach My Kids
I’ve been at a number of educational conferences over the last few weeks and there is one conversation I was a part of that really… Read More »AI Avatars and Why I Never Want Them to Teach My Kids