Students
A/T AI tutoring is good
Barshay 24: Students who were given access to ChatGPT solved 48% more problems in a problem set correctly, but scored 17% worse on actual tests than their peers who studied independently.
A/T help low income districts with teaching
University of Illinois 24: "larger adaptive learning systems can run in the tens of thousands of dollars. Implementing these larger systems is likewise very expensive and is beyond the budgets of many schools, including those in underserved communities."
A/T AI cheating harms student learning
Singer 23 "According to new research from Stanford University, the popularization of AI chatbots has not boosted overall cheating rates in schools."
A/T AI helps schools save money in the future
Grant 24: "The ongoing costs associated with maintaining and updating these systems, and training staff to use them effectively, can also add to the financial burden."
A/T AI harms life skills
Pruet 24: "AI cannot replace basic human skills such as empathy and creativity, making them ever more important in human beings."
A/T AI widens the digital divide
Regan 24: "AI doesn't need schools or universities to distribute it. Students have access to the best generative tools for free or at a low cost."
A/T supplement teachers
A holistic survey in 2024 of districts nationwide finds that “Teachers are concerned about the lack of teacher training for integrating AI into instruction."
A/T AI decreases critical thinking
Butler 24: "As AI is applied to more generative tasks, human work is shifting to “critical integration” of AI output, requiring expertise and judgement in order to decipher meaningful results"
A/T Teachers don't know enough to equip students with AI literacy
Breckner 24: "43% of America's teachers have received training on AI in just two years, a massive and rapid rollout by the standard of schools and districts."
A/T AI prepares students for workforce
Newman University: "99.2% employers think critical thinking is the most important skill in the workplace"
A/T AI can provide personalized learning paths
Hattie 24: "a strongly empathetic learner-teacher relationship imparts two and half times greater impact on learning than personalization."
A/T AI replaces teachers
Bryant 20: "Technology has the least potential to save teacher time in areas where teachers are directly engaging with students: direct instruction and engagement, coaching and advisement, and behavioral-, social-, and emotional-skill development."
A/T AI helps students learn
Habib 24: "researchers recently found that only 16% of students prefer to brainstorm without AI when given the choice.”
A/T AI is expensive for schools
Microsoft 24: "education respondents believe that they are getting an average of 3.4x return on their investment for AI initiatives."
A/T AI helps level playing field for high-level jobs
Pham 24 "The integration of AI into education will actually worsen the divide between rich and poor. Many students, especially those of color, low-income families, and rural communities, are on the wrong side of this split. On the other side lies the wealthy. No matter what, the wealthy will always have greater access to education tools, which simply exacerbates the digital divide in education."
A/T AI will decrease quality of teaching
Harris 21 finds “activities on TeachersPayTeachers are often esthetically well-designed, but 70% were of moderate or low overall quality according to our rubric that assessed areas such as higher order thinking, connections to student experiences, and representations of multiple perspectives. Thirty percent of the activities were found to be potentially harmful to students."
A/T AI lessens teacher workload
Shah 24 While many educators across the country have diligently spent their free time, prep periods, and summer vacations pursuing professional development, an overwhelming majority are rightfully daunted by the prospect of learning how to navigate this new technology.
A/T AI has bias which harms student learning
Mark 25: "Efforts to counter algorithmic bias can come from the implementers, regulators, policymakers, and civil society. Strategies include legislation, audits, ethical frameworks, and grassroots activism and lobbying."
A/T AI harms student privacy
UW–Madison 24: UW Madison provided AI tools that are generally approved for use with FERPA [student data protection regulations] data.
A/T AI tutoring increases chances of graduation
NYU 24 "A new study refutes these policy assumptions, finding that White English-speaking students are the only group with a positive relationship between aptitude and enrollment in a higher education institution. For Black and Latine students, early aptitude does not translate into enrollment in the same way.
A/T AI makes learning better for all
According to a 2020 Pew Research study, nearly half of all parents with lower incomes said they lacked reliable internet connectivity at home.
A/T stop teacher shortage
Sparks 25 "Trump cut over $600 million from the department of education’s vital programs for professional development, including two crucial programs that focus on addressing teacher shortages and professional learning for teachers."
A/T AI helps students learn
Gruet 22 "USC researchers found generative AIs have bias in up to 38.6% of their so-called facts."
A/T AI in schools wins AI race
Obrien 24
"The U.S. leads the world in developing artificial intelligence technology, surpassing China in research and other important measures of AI innovation, according to a newly released Stanford University index. The U.S. is investing a lot more, at least at the level of firm creation and firm funding.”
Glide "Our employee training AI agents are designed for professionals in the biotechnology industry, supporting roles like lab technicians and research scientists by handling repetitive tasks, data entry, and compliance checks. This allows your team to concentrate on complex problem-solving, innovation, and critical human interactions, enhancing overall productivity while ensuring accuracy in essential operations."