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December 17, 2025
The Report Card with Nat Malkus•December 17, 2025

•Episode length: 1h 22m

American Enterprise Institute

Should AI Be Used in Classrooms Today?

Episode length: 1h 22m

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In classrooms across the nation, students and teachers are using AI—but should they be?

AI’s advocates argue that it can be used to individualize instruction and provide personalized feedback, but its critics contend that the adoption of AI in the classroom will get in the way of students acquiring critical thinking skills.

Who is right here? Can AI reverse a decade of falling test scores, or will it only exacerbate this trend? And even if AI in the classroom is the future, does that mean schools should adopt AI in the classroom today?

On this episode of The Report Card, Nat Malkus and four experts discuss and debate whether maximizing school improvement by 2035 means integrating AI into classrooms today.

Note: This episode is adapted from the most recent installment of the American Enterprise Institute’s Education Policy Debate Series, which was held at AEI on December 8. A video recording of the debate can be found here.

Shanika Hope is the director of Americas & Knowledge, Skills, and Learning at Google.

Alex Kotran is the CEO of the AI Education Project.

Dan Meyer is the vice president of User Growth at Amplify.

Jake Tawney is the chief academic officer at Great Hearts Academies.

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