NYTIMES (Dana Goldstein) - What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
AMERICANTHINKER - Straight As, Empty Minds
Perchance AI By Jim Cardoza When half of graduates receive A’s while increasing numbers of degree holders embrace economic ideas that consistently fail the tests of history and human nature, the problem is no longer merely educational.
AXIOS (Russell Contreras) - AI is masking America's "post-literate" workforce
Millions of working Americans struggle to read at a functional level — and artificial intelligence may be helping hide it. Why it matters: Low literacy is quietly becoming a major economic drag, even as AI tools allow workers to complete tasks they may not fully understand. - Experts warn that this can mask deeper skill gaps until workers are asked to make judgments, solve problems or evaluate AI-generated answers. - Some researchers call this "cognitive surrender" — when people defer to AI outputs without fully evaluating them. - That creates a workforce that looks productive on the surface but is vulnerable to disruption. By the numbers: Roughly 130 million U.S. adults read below a sixth-grade level, according to adult literacy…
AMERICANTHINKER - From Tying Shoes to Artificial Intelligence
PxHere Critical thinking is not merely a buzzword. It is an essential tool that children must learn at an early age. In the digital age, far too much is being done by machines.
AMERICANTHINKER - By virtue of simply reading actual books, we stand to become the new ‘aristocracy’
A strange swing of the pendulum, where literacy becomes a rare skill not because of a lack of access to information, but too much of it.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - FAA launches campaign to attract air traffic controllers that targets gamers
The campaign is hoping to target young adults who demonstrate high cognitive functions, multitasking ability, spatial awareness and problem-solving skills.