Why banning AI in the classroom will not be enough
Reading and writing have lost their primacy in our post-literate society, and yet PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests reading skills for a world in which those skills are no longer valued. French Education minister Édouard Geffray lamented the “cognitive destruction” of a generation, while his Spanish counterpart, Milagros Tolón, recommended a focused effort to improve reading because “reading is the foundation of everything”. The Economist’s editorial board called it a “slow-moving catastrophe”, emphasising that “while machines are getting brighter (… ) teens are getting dimmer”, and pinned blame on the weak, “radical” leftists in university education departments.
- ▪Reading and writing have lost their primacy in our post-literate society, and yet PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests reading skills for a world in which those skills are no longer valued.
- ▪French Education minister Édouard Geffray lamented the “cognitive destruction” of a generation, while his Spanish counterpart, Milagros Tolón, recommended a focused effort to improve reading because “reading is the foundation of everything”
- ▪The Economist’s editorial board called it a “slow-moving catastrophe”, emphasising that “while machines are getting brighter (… ) teens are getting dimmer”, and pinned blame on the weak, “radical” leftists in university education department
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Reading and writing have lost their primacy in our post-literate society, and yet PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests reading skills for a world in which those skills are no longer valued. Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock Why banning AI in the classroom will not be enough to remedy poor reading skills in a post‑literary society Published: September 22, 2026 8:58am EDT https://theconversation.com/why-banning-ai-in-the-classroom-will-not-be-enough-to-remedy-poor-reading-skills-in-a-post-literary-society-292326 https://theconversation.com/why-banning-ai-in-the-classroom-will-not-be-enough-to-remedy-poor-reading-skills-in-a-post-literary-society-292326 Link copied Share article Share article Copy link Email Bluesky Facebook WhatsApp Messenger LinkedIn X (Twitter) Print…
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