A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom

I recently found out that my nephew's school had no take-home homework before high school, instead having kids complete assignments during class time. At first, I was flabbergasted that they would deny kids the discipline building of managing unstructured time without direct supervision. Homework- at home- seemed like such a fundamental part of the schooling experience.

Now, I'm thinking that was pretty much they only way they could think of to ensure kids were doing things themselves.

I know it was a rough transition for my nephew, though, and I don't know that I would have handled it very well either. I'm not sure what would be a better option, though, given how much of a disservice such easy access to a mental crutch is.

Reverse classrooms (take home lectures/readings with in-class exercises) aren't that new of a concept. The idea is that instead of valuable classroom time being spent on a teacher spending most of the class time lecturing, they can spend more time working with students on hands-on work.

I personally had some teachers apply this 10 or so years ago, and I assume the idea existed prior to them. Though, I'm not sure exactly what age range this would work best with.

This is not what's happening in these schools. Many children have no outside-of-school work -- at all. My two children have had many classes with no homework up through 8th grade. And this is in a highly regarded, very competitive school district.

From what I can tell, this is mostly a parent-led thing, well supported by overworked teachers who are more than willing to avoid even more work grading out-of-school assignments.

> overworked teachers who are more than willing to avoid even more work grading out-of-school assignments.

This seems like where we'd take advantage of AI to grade the assignments. AI could take the first pass and then the teachers can proof it, cutting down the overall time spent.

This doesn't work particularly well; it's the same with getting students to mark each other's work and then having the teacher quality control.

It's much faster to grade/give feedback on a piece of work than it is to verify the accuracy/comprehensiveness of existing grading/feedback.

Teachers who grade essays are not even reading them most of the time though. Maybe theyll read the first and last sentence and quickly skim the rest. The LLM will at least read it. The reality is the current education system doesnt work particularly well. Too many students not enough teachers

That's not true at all. Grading an essay requires reading it.