Perspectives on Learning: The Hub for Thinking
Perspectives features analysis from thought leaders, researchers, and practicing educators who are committed to defining the future of humanity-centered learning. We publish voices that challenge the status quo and offer ideas for preserving what makes education distinctly human.
Don’t Wait: Why Higher Education Needs AI Ethics and Readiness Training Now
AI is reshaping the world faster than curricula can keep up. Every program, from nursing to construction management, must integrate AI ethics, integrity, readiness, and futureproofing into their instruction before learners fall behind.
Teaching Students to Control AI
When my third-graders built their own AI learning coach, they spent a week stress-testing it; pushing boundaries, testing constraints, and making design decisions. They learned they control these tools. The AI doesn't make decisions. They do. Here's what 846 student interactions revealed about agency over automation.
AI Isn’t the Enemy—Ignorance Is
The problem isn't AI, it's ignorance. A former Chief Academic Officer and NFL analyst explains why AI is a flawed drafting tool that requires deep human expertise. Learn why banning AI betrays the mission of preparing students for the future.
Beyond Automation: Nurturing Human Wisdom in the Age of AI
Judgement is the ultimate unautomatable skill. Anastasia Raissis argues that in the age of AI, education must pivot from teaching efficiency to nurturing human wisdom, moral judgment, and the courage to make real-world, ethical recommendations.
Professors Condemn Student AI Use While Secretly Relying on It Themselves
New research reveals 48.9% of professors automate grading with AI while prohibiting student use. This educational hypocrisy undermines institutional credibility.
Cultivating a Community of Critical Thinkers
The real problem isn't AI—it's the old curriculum. Teacher and podcast host Jamie House breaks down why schools lose when they chase efficiency metrics, and how to build a vertically aligned, critical thinking curriculum using Ellerton's Six Cognitive Skills framework.
AI "Safety" Serves Capital While Exploiting Children's Minds
MIT research shows ChatGPT dependency creates "soulless" thinking in students. Investigation reveals how AI safety rhetoric protects companies, not children's minds.
Pitfalls of AI-Generated Teaching Materials
Explore the double standard of AI in education: teachers using AI-generated materials while banning student use. Discover why IB programs need personalized, teacher-crafted resources over generic AI content for authentic learning.