{"id":219332,"date":"2026-03-03T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/why-ai-hasnt-transformed-math-instruction-and-probably-wont-opinion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:06:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:06:52","slug":"why-ai-hasnt-transformed-math-instruction-and-probably-wont-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/why-ai-hasnt-transformed-math-instruction-and-probably-wont-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Why AI Hasn\u2019t Transformed Math Instruction (and Probably Won\u2019t) (Opinion)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why AI Hasn\u2019t Transformed Math Instruction (and Probably Won\u2019t) (Opinion)<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/opinion-why-ai-hasnt-transformed-math-instruction-and-probably-wont\/2026\/03<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-03 06:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.edweek.org<\/a><\/p>\n

There\u2019s extraordinary interest in AI, fueled by waves of enthusiastic declarations that \u201ceverything is about to change.\u201d Dan Meyer, the vice president at Amplify, is skeptical of such claims. Meyer, who\u2019s charged with overseeing how Amplify\u2019s curricular and technology offerings work for students and teachers, was previously the chief academic officer at the learning platform Desmos. A former math teacher, he\u2019s got a doctorate from Stanford in math education and can be found discussing math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, and TED.com. After a recent AEI debate where he raised big questions about classroom AI, I was curious to hear more. Here\u2019s what he had to say.
\u2014Rick<\/p>\n

Rick: You\u2019ve been working at the intersection of math and digital technology for a long time. What have you learned?<\/p>\n

Dan: Most digital education tools were designed for two purposes: distributing information and evaluating understanding. Over the last decade, I think we have seen the limits of those tools. Laurence Holt found that they work well for the 5% of kids who use them as intended. But there are other purposes for technology in classrooms. Kids love to be creative and connect socially with each other. Digital tools are great for both purposes. Rather than submitting answers to a machine for judgment, students can use technology to create sketches, explanations, estimates, graphs, and math art and share them with each other to benefit everyone\u2019s engagement and learning. In short, if kids seem disengaged when they\u2019re learning with computers, it is likely because adults have programmed the computers to do boring things. We can program them to do interesting things instead.<\/p>\n

Rick: How has AI changed how curriculum providers work with teachers and schools?<\/p>\n

Dan: I have a conflict of interest here, but I think the sloppy, incoherent nature of AI-generated lesson materials is a great advertisement for materials developed by teams like Amplify\u2014people who are skillful,…<\/p>\n

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