Talila A. Lewis, Esq.
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![Argument: “AI won’t replace teachers, but it will save them time and improve their
effectiveness.”
● Adding edtech does not necessarily save teachers time. A recent study found that learning
management systems sold to schools over the past decade-plus as time-savers aren’t
delivering on making teaching easier. Instead, they found this tech (e.g. Google Classroom,
Canvas) is often burdensome and contributes to burnout. As one teacher put it, it “just adds
layers to tasks.”
● “Extra time” is rarely returned to teachers. AI proponents argue that if teachers use AI tools
to grade, prepare lessons, or differentiate materials, they’ll have more time to work with
students. But there are always new initiatives, duties, or committee assignments—the unpaid
work districts rely on—to suck up that time. In a culture of austerity and with a USDOE that is
cutting spending, teachers are likely to be assigned more students. When class sizes grow,
students get less attention, and positions can be cut.
● AI can’t replace what teachers do, but that doesn’t mean teachers won’t be replaced.
Schools are already doing it: Arizona approved a charter school in which students spend
mornings working with AI and the role of teacher is reduced to “guide.” Ed tech expert Neil
Selwyn argues those in “industry and policy circles...hostile to the idea of expensively trained
expert professional educators who have [tenure], pension rights and union protection...
[welcome] AI replacement as a way of undermining the status of the professional teacher.”
● Tech firms have been selling schools on untested products for years. Technophilia has led
to students being on screens for hours in school each week even when their phones are
banned. Writer Jess Grose explains, “Companies never had to prove that devices or software,
broadly speaking, helped students learn before those devices had wormed their way into
America’s public schools.” AI products appear to be no different.
● Efficiency is not effectiveness. “…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jpjyorpadryoa6vnwwsnnyq5/bafkreihrxw6b7l5nd2nm5xn63goepj67tfvkd6m7gjmhaci6kxime2at6q@jpeg)
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![Over a greyish-blue background, bolded black font at the top of the poster reads: “TOMORROW!.” Underneath, Logos for the Disability Justice Network of Ontario and Policing-Free Schools are displayed side by side, indicating a collaboration. Under this, the main title reads “POLICING FREE SCHOOLS IS DISABILITY JUSTICE” in tilted black text boxes with large white and yellow font. Below, a blue and yellow gradient banner reads (in black bolded text): “KNOWLEDGE-MOBILIZATION & CALLS-TO-ACTION.” In smaller black font, a point-form list of topics follows in this order: “Disability Justice in Education & Beyond; Bill 33 & the Campaign for Policing-Free-Schools; Carceral Continuum (Pre-K, K–12 & Post-Secondary); Carceral “Care” in Schooling Spaces; “Beyond the “Traditional” Schooling Site”. Event details are included below in black text: “Friday, October 10th [9AM – 6PM], Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), 1st Floor, Main Library, 252 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1V6.” A yellow highlighted bubble says in black text: “Limited spots available: Registration link in bio! @djnontario” At the bottom left are logos for the University of Toronto OISE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and the Department of Leadership, Higher & Adult Education (LHAE). A graphic of a chain being broken by a bird flying appears on the right side of the poster.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lmppcquvlfq6dlreilqyplxr/bafkreiev2vccrjcskpid3qr6ltffr6rnwe6vu46xdpmc43hkhmzihzkh7u@jpeg)
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