How should schools change in a world with AI?

What's emerging

Across groups, there is strong consensus that teachers' roles will fundamentally change but not disappear, and that schools should double down on skills AI cannot replicate — critical thinking, collaboration, and human judgment. There is also broad agreement that curriculum should prioritize collaboration over competition and that mastery-based progress tracking has merit. The genuine divides centre on whether students should be permitted to use AI tools openly, whether AI tutors can outperform human teachers, and whether AI access will deepen educational inequality — all of which remain contested without clear cross-group resolution.

• The Evolving TeacherStrong cross-group agreement that teachers will become learning designers and facilitators rather than be replaced, with their core human role preserved.
• Human-First SkillsWide consensus that schools must prioritise critical thinking, collaboration, and writing — capacities AI cannot substitute — as the curriculum's foundation.
• AI Use and AccessContested views on whether students should openly use AI tools, whether bans are futile, and whether unequal access will widen the gap between rich and poor students.
• Assessment ReformDisagreement on redesigning standardised exams, with some support for project-based, mastery-focused, and cheating-resistant assessment formats.
• AI in the CurriculumEmerging but low-volume support for embedding AI literacy and ethics as core subjects and for using public funding to ensure equitable access.