Ending the Grammar of Schooling

Excellent Educator, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Page: 8


Summary

Academic Insights

  • AI debates often reinforce traditional schooling structures.
  • Personalized learning is frequently misused to support uniform outcomes.
  • True personalization develops individual strengths and passions.
  • AI enables problem-oriented, student-driven learning models.
  • Curriculum standardization limits AI’s transformative potential.
  • Education must shift from compliance to creativity.

Apply This Now

  • Use AI to support student-chosen problems, not preset tasks.
  • Redefine success beyond standardized outcomes.
  • Encourage diverse learning pathways.

Add This in Your Lesson

Let students design a learning goal AI helps them pursue.

Avoid This Mistake

Using AI to optimize outdated schooling models.

Keywords

Education reform; Personalized learning; AI and schooling; Curriculum; Student agency

Source/Citation

Zhao, Y. (2025). Artificial intelligence and education: End the grammar of schooling. ECNU Review of Education, 8(1), 3–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311241265124 

Ross, E., & Malar, D. B. J. (2026). Ending the Grammar of Schooling. Excellent Educator, 3(1), 8.

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