AI in American classrooms: How technology is tearing apart teacher-student trust
Generative AI is reshaping classrooms across the US, eroding the trust between students and teachers. As assignments can be completed instantly, learning is becoming transactional, and suspicion is replacing collaboration. Educators are now rethinking assessments, emphasizing authentic engagement through handwritten work, oral exams, and checkpoints, aiming to restore curiosity, human dialogue, and the deeper purpose of education.
Generative AI is reshaping classrooms across the US, eroding the trust between students and teachers. As assignments can be completed instantly, learning is becoming transactional, and suspicion is replacing collaboration. Educators are now rethinking assessments, emphasizing authentic engagement through handwritten work, oral exams, and checkpoints, aiming to restore curiosity, human dialogue, and the deeper purpose of education.
