When fourth-graders used AI to generate Pippi Longstocking for book report covers, the adventurous girl appeared as a sexpot.

Most teachers assign less homework -- or none at all. Students won't do it, they say. But AI will.

Will students offload all their college work -- classes, reading, writing, discussions, tests -- on AI?

Edtech hasn't improved learning, so far, say critics. And it may encourage students to offload thinking to a bot.

China is using "genius" classes for top math and science students to train AI researchers.

Boilermakers, pipe fitters, electricians and plumbers are more likely to be employed than four-year college graduates.

Academic learning isn't obsolete, even in "the age of AI."

When AI reads college application essays, "it doesn't get grumpy" or "have a bad day," says Virginia Tech vice provost.

Even elite computer science graduates are having trouble competing with AI for jobs.

AI companions seem "creepy and unsettling" for a reason, psychologists warn.

Teenagers aren't learning work skills in entry-level jobs. Employers prefer to hire immigrants.

Corporate blather won't restore faith in higher education, argues an English professor whose department may be merged into Human Narratives and Creative Expression.

AI is transforming teaching and learning, but maybe not for the better.

Why settle for 21st-century edubabble when you can sell 22nd-century skills?

Should we worry that young people are spending less time reading for pleasure and a lot more time watching YouTube videos?

Will San Francisco parents pay $75,000 a year for Alpha's tech-accelerated school?

We "think and read less, and see and feel more."

Students who say "no" to AI are willing work harder to build writing and thinking skills -- and to maintain their self-respect and their "humanity."

ChatGPT can be tricked into writing a suicide note, designing a starvation diet for an anorexic or offering advice on how to hide intoxication at school.

Meta AI has been designed to flirt with children, as long as it doesn't suggest sexual intercourse.