Teachers warn AI is impacting students’ critical thinking

AXIOS March 30, 2025
Ivana Saric

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly dominant role in how students navigate school, and some teachers are warning the technology could be hurting their critical thinking skills.

Why it matters: AI use among school-aged children has increased dramatically as the bots appear in everything from Google searches to Spotify playlists.

• In fall 2023, a survey from Common Sense Media found that nearly half of young people had never used AI tools or didn’t know what they were, but by Sept. 2024 70% of U.S. teens had used at least one type of generative AI tool.
• More than half of respondents to the 2024 survey said they had used AI for homework help.

The big picture: Gina Parnaby, a...

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