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Educators Revert to Handwriting as Students Outsource AI Writing

8/18/2026

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Cognitive psychologist Ronald T. Kellogg concluded that drafting an essay taxes the mind as much as digging a ditch taxes the body.
Surveys show that between two-thirds and 90 percent of U.S. high school and college students use artificial intelligence for schoolwork.
Alarmed educators are reverting to handwriting, blue books, and in-class essay tests to keep students from outsourcing writing to chatbots.

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Story summary

Cognitive psychologist Ronald T. Kellogg concluded that drafting an essay taxes the mind as much as digging a ditch taxes the body.
Surveys show that between two-thirds and 90 percent of U.S. high school and college students use artificial intelligence for schoolwork.
Alarmed educators are reverting to handwriting, blue books, and in-class essay tests to keep students from outsourcing writing to chatbots.