Human Still Required / Field Notes
The ed-tech backlash has reached the campaign trail. School leaders should answer it with tool-by-tool judgment about purpose, cost and evidence, not blanket bans or blind defense.
Read article: The Ed-Tech Backlash Is Political. Your Answer Can’t Be.A school AI ban or a return to paper tests can buy time, but neither redesigns the work. Leaders should define the thinking students must do themselves and make it visible.
Read article: Back to Paper Won’t Fix What AI ExposedSchool 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
