Brave New Words

"From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution in education, its implications for parenting, and how we can best harness its power for good"--

Introduction: Let's Write a New Story Together

Part I: Rise of the AI Tutor
Throwing Away the Bottle
How to Teach Everything to Everyone
Rise of the AI Tutor

Part II: Giving Voice to the Social Sciences
Why Students Write
The Future of Reading Comprehension, Where Literature Comes Alive!
AI & Creativity
Conversing with History

Part III: AI & STEM
Using Science to Study Science
1+1 = Closing the Math Gap
Accessing Courses That Students Otherwise Would Not
The Most Important Subject-Matter Domain to Master

Part IV: Better Together
Bolstering Collaborative Learning
AI Meets Student Mental Health Coaching
The Place for Parents in AI-Based Education
Increasing Points of Connection between Parents & Their Kids

Part V: Keeping Kids Safe
Delivering the Facts: The State of Bias & Misinformation
What About Data Collection?
AI & the Gift of Transparency

Part VI: Teaching in the Age of AI
How AI Will Supercharge Teachers & Learning
Dawn of the AI Teaching Assistant
Taking on Unsolvable Problems in Teaching
Helping Every Type of Teaching & Every Type of Student
Teaching College Is About to Look a Lot Different

Part VII: The Classroom Beyond
The Global Classroom
A Low-Cost Solution Leads to More Equal Access

Part VIII: Giving It the Old College “AI”
The Future of High School & College Assessments
The AI of College Admissions

Part IX: Work & What Comes Next
Bringing AI into the Workplace
How to Prepare Kids to Thrive in the AI-Future Workplace
The Two Jobs Every Student Will Vie For
Matchmaking Between Job-Seekers & Employers
Where This Leaves Us & Where It Will Take Us: A Call for Educated Bravery