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Perspectives features analysis from thought leaders, researchers, and practicing educators who are committed to defining the future of humanity-centered learning.
The Wrong Training for the Wrong Problem
I pretended to be a student and let Gemini write a Civil War essay in under three minutes, then asked it to help me hide that it had. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are now training their teachers in AI, and what those teachers need most is an understanding of how a child's mind forms.
Traditional Education Won’t Survive AI
We are training teachers to use AI the same way we are warning students not to. A report from one conference room, and what two new studies say about who loses the most.
Why AI is Not a Calculator: 3 Flawed Education Analogies
In every conference session and staff meeting, you hear the same three comparisons: AI is like the printing press, the calculator, or Google Search. But these analogies are fundamentally flawed. Comparing tools that externalized mechanical tasks to a technology that externalizes human reasoning is a dangerous permission structure for institutional inaction, especially when it comes to the developing minds of children.