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Tech Tuesday: What role should AI play in kids' education?

Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, center, has students explore how to use generative AI features in Canva at Roosevelt Middle School, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Art teacher Lindsay Johnson, center, has students explore how to use generative AI features in Canva at Roosevelt Middle School, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill.

They say experience is the best teacher. For teens in high school, it can be easy to let AI do all the thinking for them. Who can blame them? Learning is hard work and tedious.

Should kids learn the old-fashioned way, or is AI an unavoidable asset for education?

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We're discussing all of these topics on this week's Tech Tuesday.

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