The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.

Student use of artificial intelligence is now so prevalent, high school and college educators say, that to assign writing outside of the classroom is like asking students to cheat.

"The cheating is off the charts. It's the worst I've seen in my entire career," says Casey Cuny, who has taught English for 23 years. Educators no longer wonder if students will outsource schoolwork to AI chatbots. "Anything you send home, you have to assume is being AI'ed."

The question now is how schools can adapt, because many of the teaching and assessment tools used for generations are no longer effective. As AI technology rapidly improves and becomes more entwined with daily life, it transforms how student