AI detectors are becoming the latest educational security blanket—but what if they’re catching the wrong students while missing the actual cheaters?
After spending several days at an AI-in-education conference, I came away convinced that schools are asking the wrong question. The real challenge isn't how to catch students using AI. It's how to teach students to think critically when AI confidently gives them the wrong answer.
This week’s roundup also covers AI fluency on college campuses, new NAEP results, the debate over gifted programs, surprising college admissions pathways, reading struggles at elite universities, and more.
So, I'm going to disagree with you for the first time. As an IEC, I regularly work with profoundly gifted (PG) students, and there is a difference. They are as "special needs" as kids on the other end of the IQ spectrum. Yes, IQ is fluid, but these students have real needs that typically cannot be met by traditional schools. Things like doing algebra in 1st or 2nd grade, beginning at UCLA or MIT at age 13, or doing graduate-level work in their teens. Without thoughtful consideration of their educational settings, these students are as at-risk as my former deaf/LD students were outside of their proper educational settings. Happy to chat more, but feel free to look into the Davidson Young Scholars program. It can actually be scary for parents having PG kids, but with a proper understanding and a good support system, parents and students can have success.
So, I'm going to disagree with you for the first time. As an IEC, I regularly work with profoundly gifted (PG) students, and there is a difference. They are as "special needs" as kids on the other end of the IQ spectrum. Yes, IQ is fluid, but these students have real needs that typically cannot be met by traditional schools. Things like doing algebra in 1st or 2nd grade, beginning at UCLA or MIT at age 13, or doing graduate-level work in their teens. Without thoughtful consideration of their educational settings, these students are as at-risk as my former deaf/LD students were outside of their proper educational settings. Happy to chat more, but feel free to look into the Davidson Young Scholars program. It can actually be scary for parents having PG kids, but with a proper understanding and a good support system, parents and students can have success.