Sai Gattupalli, Ph.D.We are rushing to bring AI into classrooms. Nobody is asking what we are taking out.
Alicia M. Highland, environmental educator, Founder of Tiny Green Learning, writes for Society & AI on why AI cannot fix what structural disinvestment built. Her work centers justice, community, curiosity, and connection. Her argument is patient, empirical, and necessary.
Free and openly published for #OEWeek2026:
https://societyandai.org/perspectives/ai-is-not-the-root/
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AI Is Not the Root: A Reflection from Nature-Based Education
A nature-based educator reflects on the tension between AI integration in education and the structural inequities it claims to solve, arguing for the enduring value of relational, place-based learning.