MIAMI, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2025 / Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly the leading generative AI chatbot ChatGPT, has made its way into classrooms across the United States. As generative AI technology has rapidly evolved, its use has proliferated beyond a mere passing trend, changing how many teachers teach and how students learn. Along the way, educators have had to find new ways of instilling creativity, critical thinking, and academic integrity into their institutions of learning.

Jason Robinovitz, COO of Score Academy, has seen firsthand how generative AI is changing classrooms, recognizing both its promise and possible pitfalls.

"Generative AI and ChatGPT, in particular, are an excellent addition to education, but it is not a replacement for education itself," he explains. "To be effective with AI, students first need a strong foundation of skills and knowledge."

Learning to use AI tools for a digital age

Many in education feel that ChatGPT has grown beyond being a luxury. It can now be considered a necessity for learning. As we march into the digital age, AI literacy is becoming a core skill that today's students must familiarize themselves with.

"AI can be a powerful partner in education, but only if we build the right structures around it," says Robinovitz.

Recent studies show the impact of ChatGPT on learning performance and higher-order thinking for students. As AI is integrated into classrooms over time, it becomes clear that using AI for rote learning creates the wrong measures for learning. Educational standards must be put in place as technological advancements emerge.

Instilling critical thinking skills when students use ChatGPT

"While a student may be able to 'ChatGPT their way' through school, that approach collapses in the real world, where they must communicate, collaborate, and problem-solve with people who took their education seriously," explains Robinovitz. Peers in the education space echo the same sentiments, acknowledging that while powerful, ChatGPT prompts should never become a substitute for critical thinking skills.

Laying a foundation for the responsible use of ChatGPT is critical when preparing students for college or the workforce. For Robinovitz, the onus is on educators to not only deliver curriculum that encourages critical thinking but also model and enforce responsible ChatGPT use.

Best practices for AI in the classroom utilize it as a tool in problem-based learning settings, rather than a catch-all shortcut.

The question of two-hour education

With the rise of AI-powered education, a new instructional philosophy is emerging, considered "two-hour education", where, in theory, AI enables students to master concepts in far less time than traditional education models allowed them to. Pioneered by programs that have fully embraced AI-driven teaching, it promises individualized sessions that condense information into 25-minute blocks with short breaks in between.

For his part, Robinovitz is skeptical. "As a marketing ploy, it works," he says. "The real question isn't ‘Can students learn material in less time,' but ‘Is that actually a good idea?' I would argue it isn't."

Robinovitz shares that a typical high school student may take up to five core classes a year. With the time split evenly under the two-hour education model, that's 24 minutes of attention given to each class. "I don't think it's possible to learn calculus in 24 minutes," he says.

The two-hour education model is raising more questions about how AI is used in the classroom and how ChatGPT is being used to equitably scale the learning experience - for better or for worse.

Strong AI policies and parental involvement help students

With AI chatbots now a reality in K-12 education, rather than just a concept, Robinovitz stresses the need for robust policies surrounding the use of AI and for strong parental involvement. "The danger of overreliance on AI is not just academic atrophy, but long-term underdevelopment of the very skills that define success in adulthood. Used responsibly, ChatGPT can enhance learning. Used irresponsibly, it risks setting students up for failure," he shares.

Pitfalls ranging from distraction to cheating make oversight and education on responsible AI use crucial. Many school leaders are crafting agreements with parents to make them aware of ChatGPT use in the classroom and regularly communicating AI guidelines to both students and their families, driving home the truths about opportunity and risk.

The future of ChatGPT in the classroom

AI isn't going anywhere. If anything, it will be growing more powerful and influential as technology improves. As ChatGPT becomes integrated into classrooms, ethical thinking and personal agency remain important factors.

The ChatGPT experience for students and educators represents a new era in education. With sharpened critical thinking skills and an avoidance of blind adoption, the future of learning can be determined not by the power of technology tools but by the human beings who wield them.

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SOURCE: Score Academy