Summary Of A Texas Private School Is Using AI Technology To Teach Core Sub Subjects

First, the impact of AI in the education industry is shown through an Austin private school implementing AI and how it’s a conflicting dilemma. In “A Texas Private School is Using AI Technology to Teach Core Subjects” author Ariana Garcia stresses the unprecedented embrace by the school of using AI to teach students. Throughout the article, the author supports the argument by citing other schools in Texas that want to embrace AI, like “Grapevine-Colleyville ISD in North Texas” (Garcia 1). Garcia uses that ethos by building credibility through quotes from the Austin school’s co-founder, who insists that AI uses “educational information that regular schools” are teaching but helps students “at the appropriate level and pace they need” (Garcia

Although the author uses well-executed appeals like ethos and pathos, it lacks both statistics and data and doesn’t address the opposing point of the negative effects it will produce. Stakeholders in the article include the quality of education, accessibility of technology, and the ethical impact on teacher’s jobs. Mentioned stakeholders in the article are the students who are directly affected by AI learning, the diminished role of teacher’s impact in classrooms, and the privilege of school administrators who make the decisions on AI. Unmentioned stakeholders in this issue are the parents with their stake in their child’s education, and AI developers. The weakness of the article comes from the failure to mention the ethics and impact of this decision on the workforce. With a prevalent teacher shortage in Texas because of the concerns of being underpaid, the article does not mention how since AI are the “educators” and teachers are “guides” this will increase the layoffs of educators but also the number of people who are willing to enter the education workforce because of a reduced role in children’s