Teachers fear AI could weaken critical thinking — Mark Cuban says it can do the opposite and build better leaders

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Mark Cuban at the Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on October 22, 2025
Mark Cuban says AI can sharpen students' minds and create future leaders — not lazy thinkers.

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I've taught elementary school for 10 years. This is what you need to ask at your next parent-teacher conference.

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Parents can make the most of their 15 minutes during a parent-teacher conference by asking specific questions, says the author.

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I switched schools 10 times, between homeschool, public, and private. It shaped how I parent.

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The author (not pictured) went to public school, private school, and also did homeschooling while growing up.

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I teach at the same college where I earned my bachelor's. It's weird being on this side of the classroom.

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The author is now a teacher at her college.

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I broke a big rule of college applications by writing about my mother. My love for her got me into Yale and Stanford.

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The author wrote about his mother in his college essays.

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I wanted to homeschool my daughter, but everyone in my family told me it was a bad idea. I did it anyway.

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The author is homeschooling her daughter.

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The JD: tutoring a 1-year-old for $240,000 a year. The response: virality, criticism, and an 'outstanding application field.'

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Big Tech Is Funding AI Lesson Plan Seminars that Parents Increasingly Do Not Want

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Children and teacher sitting on the floor of a classroom.

I couldn't afford my rent and student loans, so I moved in with my mom. It took me 3 years to get back on my feet.

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The author graduated from college and had to move home.

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The real danger of AI in education isn't cheating — it's dependency on Big Tech algorithms, a business professor warns

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Kimberley Hardcastle said generative AI is quietly shifting knowledge and critical thinking from humans to Big Tech's algorithms.

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