Human Still Required / Field Notes
Perspectives on AI, school leadership, and the decisions that shape learning.
New research shows students take AI shortcuts and skip AI tutors that ask questions. The fix isn’t a better tool; it’s school work that makes the thinking worth doing.
Read article: Students Skipped the AI Tutor. That’s the Real Lesson.School AI bans respond to real concerns, but control isn’t leadership. A pause can buy time; only clear purpose, honest conversation and student voice build the judgment schools need.
Read article: AI Bans Feel Safe. That Doesn’t Make Them Leadership.Giving educators an AI account is not professional learning. It is the beginning of a workplace change. San Francisco Unified has deployed ChatGPT Edu to 12,000 teachers and staff while still developing its districtwide AI policy. Its public guidance says it is not board-approved and may no longer be current; a final policy vote is […]
Read article: An AI account is not PD
