Human Still Required / Field Notes
Perspectives on AI, school leadership, and the decisions that shape learning.
AI can scale explanations, but not the accountability and push that come from a relationship with a teacher. Leaders should decide on purpose which human work their schools protect.
Read article: Can AI Replace Teachers? Even Sal Khan Points to the RelationshipStudents with a trusted adult at school are more likely to take advanced courses, yet trusted adults rarely make the recommendation. Leaders should route data to the people students trust.
Read article: Data Can Find the Student. A Trusted Adult Has to Ask.AI for school leaders pays off when it protects attention for people. Translated family messages show why anything high-stakes still needs a human read before it goes home.
Read article: AI Can Save Leaders Time. The Human Read Is Still Required.Teachers want less classroom screen time, but new Gallup data shows oversight and design, not minutes, decide whether devices help learning. Leaders should start with purpose.
Read article: Screen Time Is the Wrong Question for School LeadersNew 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
