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David Cutler teaches American history, government and journalism at Brimmer and May, an independent school in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He writes about education and teaching. Read his stuff at https://dcutler.pressfolios.com/

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“We Literally Just Read This”: When Trump’s Racist Post Came Up in My History Classroom I learned about the post during my last period of the day on Friday.

I just published ‘We Literally Just Read This’: When Trump’s Racist Post Came Up in My History Classroom medium.com/p/we-literal... #racism #trump #history #truth #teacher #student

06.02.2026 23:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The media industry cannot confront its own decline without first addressing where it begins: in student newsrooms. If mainstream media fails to defend the student newsroom, it should not be surprised when the professional one crumbles. #media #journalism

06.02.2026 16:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond “Down With Textbooks”: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students I’ll concede the obvious up front…for some teachers, a textbook functions as a lifeline.

I just published Beyond ‘Down With Textbooks’: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students medium.com/age-of-aware...

05.02.2026 01:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids Antifragility, struggle, and what young people lose when help comes too early

I just published Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids medium.com/teachers-on-...

05.02.2026 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids Antifragility, struggle, and what young people lose when help comes too early

I just published Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids medium.com/p/dont-let-a...

03.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Beyond “Down With Textbooks”: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students I’ll concede the obvious up front…for some teachers, a textbook functions as a lifeline.

I just published Beyond ‘Down With Textbooks’: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students medium.com/p/beyond-dow... #history #worldhistory #americanhistory #textbook #learning #reading #student #teacher #professor

29.01.2026 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…

Legacy media, where are you? Student journalists are being silenced and they need your support! #students #studentvoice #mediacrtic @pbsnews.org @washingtonpost.com @washingtonpost.com medium.com/age-of-aware...

25.01.2026 20:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…

@sulliview.bsky.social, I hope all is well! If you have a moment, I'd love your thoughts on my post: Mainstream
Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced medium.com/age-of-aware...

25.01.2026 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Teaching About AI Is Necessary. Teaching With AI Should Be Optional. I’m not anti–AI in education, and I’m not naïve enough to think teachers can just wait for it to go away. AI already reshapes how students…

If we say we value teacher expertise, we should prove it here - especially here. Sometimes the most responsible call is not yet, not for this task, not with these students, or not in this way. That isn't fear. That's professional care. medium.com/@spincutler/... #ai #genai @teachers #school #learn

20.01.2026 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Teaching About AI Is Necessary. Teaching With AI Should Be Optional. I’m not anti–AI in education, and I’m not naïve enough to think teachers can just wait for it to go away. AI already reshapes how students…

If we say we value teacher expertise, we should prove it here - especially here. Sometimes the most responsible call is not yet, not for this task, not with these students, or not in this way. That isn't fear. That's professional care. medium.com/@spincutler/... #ai #genai @teachers #school #learn

20.01.2026 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A Veteran Teacher on AI Advice from People Who’ve Never Taught (or Haven’t Taught Recently)
YouTube video by David Cutler A Veteran Teacher on AI Advice from People Who’ve Never Taught (or Haven’t Taught Recently)

Why this 20+ teacher is tried of non-educators (including recently retired ones) telling current #teachers what to do about #AI in the classroom. vthttps://youtu.be/-4fYgyUtVwY

17.01.2026 21:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As the creator of the Facebook group “AI and the Humanities: Teachers Driving the Conversation,” I want to clarify the group’s purpose and how membership will work moving forward.

👉 www.facebook.com/groups/12880...

#education #genai #ai #teachers

17.01.2026 17:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No — Duh: Countless Teachers Like Me Have Long Known the AI Risks Brookings Just “Discovered” The Brookings Institution recently published “AI’s future for students is in our hands” and released its companion report page, “A new…

I just published No — Duh: Countless Teachers Like Me Have Long Known the AI Risks Brookings Just ‘Discovered’ medium.com/p/no-duh-cou... #teaches #education #AI #genai #schol @brookings.edu

15.01.2026 19:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

Why did it take 3 years and an official study to confirm what teachers already knew? Educators raised these concerns—and proposed the same fixes—when AI launched. The real problem is the lag, and the dismissal of teacher expertise.
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n... #ai #edchat

15.01.2026 00:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Teachers: We’re Back Tomorrow. If We Don’t Teach Maduro’s Capture in Venezuela, TikTok Will. After U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters the United…

Students who have studied history don’t panic or tune out. Instead, they ask: Has this happened before? What was the legal framework at the time? What were the consequences? And what questions should we be asking now?

13.01.2026 22:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Failing Test Scores, False Fix: GenAI Won’t Save Us The way to approach this loss isn’t with more screens, but with more trust in teachers to do what they feel is most appropriate.

This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box.” #edchat #AI #education

medium.com/age-of-aware...

13.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Failing Test Scores, False Fix: GenAI Won’t Save Us The way to approach this loss isn’t with more screens, but with more trust in teachers to do what they feel is most appropriate.

Here is another one, with more relevance to your reporting: medium.com/age-of-aware...

13.01.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ChatGPT-5 Just Changed My Mind — Generative AI Has No Place in My Classroom I’ve never been anti-technology. I’ve even written about ways AI can help students when it’s used with care. But my first real encounter…

Great reporting. I thought I would share my take with you: medium.com/age-of-aware...

13.01.2026 22:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great to join this platform! I hope it's less toxic than X.

13.01.2026 20:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…

I just published Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced medium.com/age-of-aware... #media #journalism @bostonglobe.com @washingtonpost.com @columjournreview.bsky.social #edchat #sschat #studentvoice

13.01.2026 20:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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