AI hasn't just changed how students complete homework — it's changing whether they ever have to think to complete it. In this episode, Dr. Marla James, award-winning educator and author of Documented Learning: Process Over Product in the Age of AI, joins us to unpack what's really at stake when generative AI enters the classroom. We dig into how teachers can design AI-resistant tasks and assessments that keep student thinking visible, why "catching" AI use is the wrong goal, and what's happening to young people's critical reading skills as AI becomes a shortcut for both writing and comprehension. Whether you're a teacher rethinking your assignments or a parent wondering what AI is doing to your kid's brain, this conversation offers a clear-eyed, practical path forward.

⁠Documented Learning: Process Over Product in the Age of AI⁠

Some districts are limiting or eliminating homework. Some parents are pushing back hard. Teachers are caught in the middle, knowing that independent practice outside class isn’t optional when you’re preparing students for exams and other college-level work. This episode of “From Classroom to Campus” takes on the homework question honestly: what the research actually says, where rigorous coursework fits into that debate, and how teachers and parents can find common ground instead of talking past each other.

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Too many APⓇ instructional planning meetings end with teachers more frustrated than when they walked in. Advanced Academic Specialist Shontel Newsome joins us to share a practical framework for running AP Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) and planning meetings that respect everyone’s time, build real collaboration, and produce strategies teachers can use the very next day.Learn more about how to increase student success with high-quality AP, ACT®, and SAT® preparation: https://bit.ly/4rMUiSN