AI Is Not Your Teammate. And That’s a Good Thing.

Over the past few years, I’ve watched a growing number of speakers, consultants, and technology advocates describe artificial intelligence as a teammate, collaborator, colleague, co-teacher, or thought partner. Every time I would hear it, I would find myself...

AI Is Not Neutral. But Neither Is the Pedagogy We’re Outsourcing.

A new study from Stanford University is beginning to make its way through education circles, and it deserves more than a headline reaction (also in the Hechinger Report). Researchers fed 600 middle school essays into four different AI models and asked those models to...

Who Gets to Use AI? The Power Dynamics Hidden in Plain Sight

I have finally had a chance to peruse the new OECD Digital Education Outlook 2026. There are some highlights worth pausing on. The first thing that stood out to me was the numbers 37% of lower secondary teachers report using AI in their work, 57% agree that AI helps...

It’s Not The Tool. It’s The Design.

I remember when I was in high school, several of my math teachers used to say: “No calculators. You won’t always have one with you.” All while simultaneously telling me they were preparing me for my future. I expand on this story in two of my keynotes. That argument...