Implications of AI to schools

Re:Implications of AI to schools by lucideng on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:50AM (#46047751)

To me the solution is: Ban homework. All projects, essays, tests, etc are done at school on air-gapped machines or written by hand. Work is monitored by the teacher with video surveillance in 'test halls'. Cell phones can be kept in a small locker. If the student needs to be reached, a parent or whomever can call the school. Internet research should be done in a separate environment, printed out, then taken to the 'work' location. Like how you used to photo-copy sections of a book. Printed text can be cataloged by the school and compared to completed work for plagiarism.

Take away the internet. Except in a research/library scenario. Give them a limited time to complete tasks. This would promote a stronger work ethic, memory/recall and more realistic to time management skills. They need to learn to rely on themselves, not technology. The only effective way is to remove tech from the equation, otherwise the temptation to cheat to compete/complete is too strong.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by nkrisc on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:13PM (#46048039)

Assign homework that, if one actually does the work themselves, will help them hone the skills they'll need for the in-class assessment.

Then allow students who want their homework evaluated for feedback to turn it in, but no homework will be graded.

This relegates the use of AI to personal choice of learning style and any misuse of AI is only hurting the student.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by georgebcrawford on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @01:21PM (#46048876)

> This relegates the use of AI to personal choice of learning style and any misuse of AI is only hurting the student.

I'm a teacher. Kids don't have the capacity to make this choice without guidance. There are so so many that don't (can't?) make the link between what we teach and how they grow as learners. And this is at a rich school with well-off parents who largely value education.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by aleph_minus_one on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @11:58AM (#46047835)

> To me the solution is: Ban homework. All projects, essays, tests, etc are done at school on air-gapped machines or written by hand.

Rather: don't grade homework. Make the homework rather the preparation that if you did it seriously will prepare you for the test (and if you didn't do it seriously, you won't have the skills that are necessary to pass the test).

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by lucideng on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:39PM (#46050486)

I would accept that as well

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by HDThoreaun on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @12:15PM (#46048059)

The problem with this strategy is that homework is mostly a tool for learning, not checking progress. Most teachers use homework as a way to get an extra hour or two of learning in each week for the students. If we remove it there will be less learning time available. So you’re gonna have to expand the school day or school year which means more teachers which is expensive.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by eloisant on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:11PM (#46050150)

If homework is not used to check progress, then cheating on it is not a problem.

Don't grade homework. Only grade work done in school. Students who cheat on their homework are just deterring themselves and won't do as good at the in-class, graded exams.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Implications of AI to schools by HDThoreaun on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @04:38PM (#46051108)

Well it comes down to what the point of school is. If the goal is just to figure out how competent a student is, sure, but if the goal is to educate students then reducing the amount of time they spend on school work will lead to worse outcomes.

[ Parent | on HN ]