English teachers debate students' AI use in classrooms
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Updated · The New York Times · May 10
English teachers debate students' AI use in classrooms
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10
In a New York Times letter, Bronx teacher K.A. Keener says she teaches high school juniors at New Directions Secondary School to co-author with AI responsibly.
Keener argues students will use AI in future workplaces and should learn how large language models work, where they cause harm and how to prompt them without losing their own voice.
Another teacher counters that AI is simply the latest shortcut for students avoiding the hard work of writing, extending debate sparked by a recent article on AI and classroom writing.
Is AI a powerful learning tool or a shortcut to cognitive decline for students?
As AI writes more, will the value of authentic human writing soar or disappear?