AI has upended schooling as we know it. Students now have instant access to tools that can write their essays, summarize entire books, and solve complex math problems. Whether they want to or not, many feel pressured to use these tools just to keep up. Teachers, meanwhile, are left questioning how to evaluate student performance and whether the whole idea of assignments and grading still makes sense. The old model of education suddenly feels broken.So what comes next?In this episode, Daniel and Tristan sit down with cognitive neuroscientist Maryanne Wolf and global education expert Rebecca Winthrop—two lifelong educators who have spent decades thinking about how children learn and how technology reshapes the classroom. Together, they explore how AI is shaking the very purpose of school to its core, why the promise of previous classroom tech failed to deliver, and how we might seize this moment to design a more human-centered, curiosity-driven future for learning.Your Undivided Attention is produced by the <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/">Center for Humane Technology</a>. Follow us on X: <a href="https://twitter.com/humanetech_">@HumaneTech_</a>Guests<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/people/rebecca-winthrop/">Rebecca Winthrop</a> is director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and chair Brookings Global Task Force on AI and Education. Her new book is The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better, co-written with Jenny Anderson.<a href="https://www.maryannewolf.com/">Maryanne Wolf</a> is a cognitive neuroscientist and expert on the reading brain. Her books include Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain and Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World.RECOMMENDED MEDIA <a href="https://www.thedisengagedteen.com/">The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better</a> by Rebecca Winthrop and Jenny Anderson<a href="https://www.maryannewolf.com/books-1">Proust and the Squid, Reader, Come Home, and other books</a> by Maryanne Wolf<a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/students-computers-and-learning_9789264239555-en.html">The OECD research which found little benefit to desktop computers in the classroom</a><a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/screen-time-linked-to-impaired-brain-function-may-affect-learning-beyond-childhood-study">Further reading on the Singapore study on digital exposure and attention</a> cited by Maryanne <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/theory-and-philosophy/burnout-society">The Burnout Society</a> by Byung-Chul Han <a href="https://news.asu.edu/20221021-creativity-vr-biology-lab-experience-leads-student-success">Further reading on the VR Bio 101 class at Arizona State University</a> cited by Rebecca <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/books/leapfrogging-inequality-2/">Leapfrogging Inequality</a> by Rebecca Winthrop<a href="https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/reading/nation/achievement/?grade=8">The Nation’s Report Card </a>from NAEP <a href="https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/From-chalkboards-to-chatbots-Transforming-learning-in-Nigeria">Further reading on the Nigeria AI Tutor Study</a> <a href="https://www.parents.com/study-shows-screen-time-harm-in-infants-7814272?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Further reading on the JAMA paper showing a link between digital exposure and lower language development</a> cited by Maryanne <a href="https://lindastone.net/2009/11/30/beyond-simple-multi-tasking-continuous-partial-attention/">Further reading on Linda Stone’s thesis of continuous partial attention.</a>RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES<a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/we-have-to-get-it-right-gary-marcus-on-untamed-ai">We Have to Get It Right’: Gary Marcus On Untamed AI</a> <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/ai-is-moving-fast-we-need-laws-that-will-too">AI Is Moving Fast. We Need Laws that Will Too.</a><a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/jonathan-haidt-on-how-to-solve-the-teen-mental-health-crisis">Jonathan Haidt On How to Solve the Teen Mental Health Crisis</a>

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