What is the Point of Education If Everyone is Cheating?
The rise of artificial intelligence is significantly impacting education, leading to concerns about students' reading and writing abilities. Recent data shows a decline in 12th-grade reading scores, with many students being admitted to college despite struggling with basic literacy. This situation raises questions about academic integrity as AI tools make it easier for both students and educators to bypass traditional learning and assessment methods.
- ▪AI has disrupted the education sector, leading to a decline in students' reading and writing skills.
- ▪Recent NAEP results indicate that 32% of 12th graders score below basic reading levels.
- ▪Many students are being admitted to college without the necessary reading skills, raising concerns about academic integrity.
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What is the Point of Education If Everyone is Cheating? John Sexton 1:20 PM | June 03, 2026 AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File Artificial intelligence is only 3 1/2 years old but it has already disrupted at least two major industries: Computer coding and education. The former is pretty ironic given that most of the people likely to lose coding jobs are from the same industry as the people who created large language models like ChatGPT. But the latter is probably the one that is changing the most.
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