Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?
10-09-2026 14:47 via districtadministration.com

Can students embrace tech innovation without losing critical thinking skills?

We’ve written about how A.I. threatens jobs. About how it’s fomenting a political backlash. And, most recently, about how some in Silicon Valley now put the risk of a “total A.I. takeover” at more than 50 percent.
As a parent, one of the scariest things about A.I. is how pervasive it has already become in my children’s lives. Kids are not only using A.I. to answer questions. They’re using it to identify which questions to ask. (Although I was intrigued to hear
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