How Should Schools Adapt to AI?
Balboa High School teacher Michael Rosenberg checks the text from an essay assignment to see how much was generated by AI. The text highlighted in yellow is identified as AI generated text. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
Airdate: Monday, October 26, 2026 at 9 am
Artificial intelligence has long entered the classroom and is rapidly changing how students learn and teachers teach. Some schools are embracing AI and personalized learning tools, while others are pulling back on technology in the classroom. Meanwhile, students are increasingly turning to chatbots to help with assignments, raising concerns about what happens to critical thinking, reading, and writing skills when AI does the work for them. Can schools harness the benefits of AI without compromising students’ learning? We’ll talk with educators and researchers about how AI is reshaping the classroom, what it means for students’ development, and how schools and parents are navigating this new era of education.
Guest:
- Daniel Herman, humanities teacher, Maybeck High School; wrote about teaching English in the age of ChatGPT for The Atlantic
- Jeremy Roschelle, executive director of learning sciences research, Digital Promise
- Kip Glazer, principal, Mountain View High School
- MacKenzie Price, co-founder, Alpha Schools
- Tom Wadbrook, director of technology, Prospect Sierra School