Human Still Required / Field Notes
Student AI policy works best when it sets an order: students think first, then AI supports practice and feedback, with educators deciding when a student is ready for more.
Read article: Student AI Policy Should Ask When, Not Just WhetherAI can produce the polished products schools have long rewarded. Leaders now need shared language for human achievement that rewards visible thinking, not just finished work.
Read article: AI Can Polish the Work. It Can’t Earn the Achievement.Student AI use is rising, and most high schoolers learn it on their own. Leaders need a plan to teach the thinking, so students build skill, not just better finished products.
Read article: Students Are Learning AI on Their Own. Who’s Teaching the Thinking?AI features arriving switched on in school tools is a vendor choice, but keeping them is a leadership choice. Audit what’s on, decide on purpose, and redesign work AI finishes easily.
Read article: AI Is On by Default in Schools. Judgment Isn’t.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.
