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| From No. 2 pencils to GPT prompts — meet the first AI-native graduating class. |
(This post was created with the assistance of AI)
If you’re a high school senior graduating next spring, you’ve basically never known school without AI. ChatGPT dropped during your freshman year, and ever since, “writing” an essay has often meant prompting one. But the way students use AI has evolved fast. Gone are the days of copying a bot’s answer wholesale; now it’s about blending responses from multiple models, adding deliberate typos, and even feeding in entire documents for feedback. And not all AI use is shady; many teens lean on it for study guides, practice tests, and extra tutoring. Still, if you think your kid isn’t using it? Odds are, they are.
It’s not just students. Teachers, swamped with grading, lesson planning, and admin work, are adopting AI tools too. Platforms like MagicSchool AI help them generate rubrics, worksheets, and even quirky extras (though not all the jokes land). Some educators, like Sacramento’s Sally Hubbard, save up to 10 hours a week this way, time they can spend actually connecting with students. Entire districts are testing big-name AI like Google’s Gemini for history role-play, instant feedback, and tutoring. Even elementary schools are getting AI-powered reading tutors.
But the rollout isn’t without bumps. Some schools, especially in rural and low-income areas, still ban AI. Others, like Houston ISD, faced backlash after AI-generated curriculum materials contained bizarre errors, from mutant horses to nonsense discussion questions. Despite that, momentum is building. Federal and corporate partnerships, like Microsoft’s $4 billion commitment, are pushing for AI in every classroom, with programs to train teachers nationwide.
The tension is clear: AI can supercharge learning, but it also risks replacing core skills if used as a crutch. Some schools are fighting back with old-school tactics, returning to in-class essays, oral exams, and even cursive, to force independent thinking. Experts say the sweet spot is somewhere in between ignoring AI and going all-in.
One thing’s certain: today’s students are tomorrow’s AI power users. How schools navigate this shift will shape not just the future of education, but the future of AI itself. Once classrooms go fully AI-integrated, there’s no easy way to roll it back.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-takeover-education-chatgpt/683840/
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