Cheshire Academy’s Woelper in EdTech Digest: “The Case for Private High School in a Tech-Driven World”

Cheshire Academy Head of School Tom Woelper shared his insights on teaching responsible use of AI in “The Case for Private High School in a Tech-Driven World,” a guest column published in EdTech Digest. Woelper shared his timely thoughts on how independent schools are uniquely positioned to cultivate the judgment, creativity and self-direction needed as routine cognitive work shifts to AI. 

“This is education’s promise: not just preparing students for the future but empowering them to create it with both technological fluency and human wisdom emerging from understanding how learning works,” Woelper writes. “When students develop strong thinking capacity through skilled teaching, they leverage AI as a powerful tool rather than a crutch, ready to lead where human and artificial intelligence work in partnership.” 

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