21h ago · 10 min read · The Difference Between Teaching Kids to Use AI and Teaching Kids to Audit AI A parent named Cristina Mugilia, a homeschool mom who also works at the Department of Veterans Affairs, put it plainly: "A
Join discussion1d ago · 10 min read · The Three Questions Framework: The Entire Verification Skill in One Tool A parent in a homeschool forum described her breakthrough moment like this: her daughter had been using AI for research, and th
Join discussion1d ago · 9 min read · Metacognitive Oversight: The Three-Part Mental Process That Makes Kids AI-Proof Here's a scenario that's probably familiar. Your child sits down with an assignment, opens an AI tool, and within a few
Join discussion2d ago · 10 min read · A Lawyer Lost $5,000 Trusting ChatGPT: What Real AI Failures Teach Our Kids A few years ago, a federal court brief arrived containing six case citations that looked completely normal. Each one had a p
Join discussionMar 13 · 9 min read · In our last post on the school policy gap, we promised to cover the two types of critical thinking identified by researchers at King's College London, and why only one of them predicts the outcomes th
Join discussionMar 6 · 8 min read · 7 min read In January 2026, the Brookings Institution released one of the most comprehensive analyses of AI dependence in children's education published to date. The researchers, Mary Burns, Rebecca
Join discussionMar 5 · 8 min read · 7 min read There's a number circulating in AI and critical thinking research discussions that deserves more careful treatment than it usually gets. r = −0.75. It comes from a January 2025 study publi
Join discussionMar 5 · 7 min read · 6 min read Here's a game you can run tonight at dinner with no preparation, no technology, and no explanation of artificial intelligence required. It's called Spot the Lie. We've watched kids as youn
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