A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect
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| Title: | A New Direction for Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Mary Burns, Rebecca Winthrop, Natasha Luther, Emma Venetis, Rida Karim, Brookings Institution, Center for Universal Education |
| Source: | Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution. 2026. |
| Availability: | Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution. 1775 Massachusettes Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-797-6048; Fax: 202-797-2970; e-mail: cue@brookings.edu; Web site: http://www.brookings.edu/about/centers/universal-education |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 219 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | LEGO Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Children, Youth, Risk, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Administrator Attitudes, Technology, Educational Change, Global Approach |
| Abstract: | In November 2022, OpenAI released its frontier Large Language Model (LLM), ChatGPT. Within five days, ChatGPT had five million users. Within two months, that number swelled to 100 million monthly active users. Many of those users are students harnessing LLMs for brainstorming, tutoring, creating, and learning; to work better and faster; and, crucially, to outsource their thinking. Since the debut of this most common form of generative artificial intelligence, referred to here as "AI," the education community has been debating its promises and perils. Rather than wait for a decade to conduct a postmortem on the failures and opportunities of AI, the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education embarked on a yearlong global study--a premortem--on generative AI focused on answering the following two research questions: (1) What are the potential negative risks that generative AI poses to the education of children and youth?; and (2) Assuming these potential risks, what can we begin to do now to prevent them while maximizing the potential benefits of AI? This premortem encompassed interviews, focus groups, and consultations with 505 students, teachers, parents, education leaders, and technologists across 50 countries. The findings are based on their experiences with AI, a close review of hundreds of studies, and a Delphi panel. Given the emergent nature of the field and the need to shed light on how AI is being implemented in education, children's experiences and those of the adults around them are the focal point. This report aims to help readers from many fields understand the current landscape of benefits and risks of AI in children's education and help them identify concrete actions they can take to leverage AI for transformational educational benefits. [Additional funding for this report was provided by EY.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED678495 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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