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Using AI to optimize outdated schooling models.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.
