Paige Tutt is an editor at Edutopia and co-editor of its technology newsletter, The Wired Classroom. Her journalism has appeared in The Washington Post, The Independent and other publications. She holds degrees in English from Binghamton University and writing, literature and publishing from Emerson College.
DI has documented statements by Paige Tutt on Artificial Intelligence, Education, and Privacy. Read the quotations, original sources and related cases below.
Role at the time: Edutopia editor, coauthor with Stephen Merrill
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Statement summary
Tutt and Merrill argue that schools should withhold AI assistance when it replaces the skill students need to practice. Their joint analysis allows narrower uses, including feedback on students' own drafts and comparing summaries with class notes.
“Asking AI to create the summary removes the real work of reorganizing the material from memory.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Paige Tutt and Stephen Merrill examine five student AI usesJointly authored October 16 Edutopia analysis
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The authors support task-specific restrictions while allowing uses that preserve students' thinking.
Microsoft and teachers’ unions promote enforceable school-AI safeguards. Fairplay’s Josh Golin wants a five-year pause, while New York City permits restricted high-school pilots. Critics of those pilots say they should wait for evidence and assessment criteria.
