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Title: Students Speak up about AI in Their Learning Lives. 2025 Speak Up National Report
Language: English
Authors: Project Tomorrow
Source: Project Tomorrow. 2025.
Availability: Project Tomorrow. 15707 Rockfield Boulevard Suite 250, Irvine, CA 92618. Tel: 949-609-4660; Fax: 949-609-4665; e-mail: speakup@tomorrow.org; Web site: http://www.tomorrow.org
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Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
High Schools
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Knowledge Level, Familiarity, Middle School Students, High School Students, Computer Use, Classroom Environment, Independent Study, Student Interests, Educational Benefits
Abstract: For the past 18 months, Project Tomorrow® through the Speak Up Research Project has been collecting and analyzing the views of students in grades 6-12, classroom educators, school principals, district administrators and parents and families about the role of Generative AI in education. Through both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, they have learned about student and adult familiarity with Gen AI tools, how students as well as adults perceive the benefits as well as the challenges associated with leveraging AI tools within education, and their aspirations and beliefs around the potential of these tools to impact teaching and learning. With feedback from over 65,000 students, educators, administrators and parents, representing 670 schools across the nation, the Speak Up Research dataset represents a significant asset to inform the ongoing discussions at federal, state and local levels about how to effectively leverage AI within learning settings. This national report is specifically focusing on the views and voices of students in grades 6-12 about their Gen AI experiences, how they are currently using AI in their self-directed learning lives outside of school and their beliefs about how AI can transform the learning process in school. Other data reports and infographics from Project Tomorrow will provide additional insights into the views of parents and families and classroom educators about AI as well. This discussion and the findings noted in this report are not just about technology, however. Speak Up reports about technology use in school over the past 22 years have always been a bit of a trojan horse for understanding the real state of education and how to improve learning experiences for all students. It is, therefore, imperative to think about the findings noted in this report about students' use of AI as more than interesting tidbits. But rather frame new discussions about AI in the context of the potential of these tools to create modern classrooms that embrace a well-defined student-centered learning ethos and where technology tools are used purposely to develop student agency, support future-ready skill development and create life-long learners. This report has two goals: (1) to provide a reality-based perspective on the role of AI in students' current learning lives as an input for planning and decision-making about AI in education; and (2) to stimulate interest with K-12 educators, building leaders and district administrators to want to learn more from their students about their ideas for AI and how to transform learning environments to better meet their needs. To support the second goal, Project Tomorrow has created a list of five critical questions for educators and leaders to ask their students today about AI. [The Speak Up Research Project was facilitated in collaboration with research sponsors Agile Education Marketing, ClassDojo for Districts, edWeb.net, iboss, PowerSchool, and Spectrum Business, a part of Charter Communications, Inc.]
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  Data: For the past 18 months, Project Tomorrow® through the Speak Up Research Project has been collecting and analyzing the views of students in grades 6-12, classroom educators, school principals, district administrators and parents and families about the role of Generative AI in education. Through both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, they have learned about student and adult familiarity with Gen AI tools, how students as well as adults perceive the benefits as well as the challenges associated with leveraging AI tools within education, and their aspirations and beliefs around the potential of these tools to impact teaching and learning. With feedback from over 65,000 students, educators, administrators and parents, representing 670 schools across the nation, the Speak Up Research dataset represents a significant asset to inform the ongoing discussions at federal, state and local levels about how to effectively leverage AI within learning settings. This national report is specifically focusing on the views and voices of students in grades 6-12 about their Gen AI experiences, how they are currently using AI in their self-directed learning lives outside of school and their beliefs about how AI can transform the learning process in school. Other data reports and infographics from Project Tomorrow will provide additional insights into the views of parents and families and classroom educators about AI as well. This discussion and the findings noted in this report are not just about technology, however. Speak Up reports about technology use in school over the past 22 years have always been a bit of a trojan horse for understanding the real state of education and how to improve learning experiences for all students. It is, therefore, imperative to think about the findings noted in this report about students' use of AI as more than interesting tidbits. But rather frame new discussions about AI in the context of the potential of these tools to create modern classrooms that embrace a well-defined student-centered learning ethos and where technology tools are used purposely to develop student agency, support future-ready skill development and create life-long learners. This report has two goals: (1) to provide a reality-based perspective on the role of AI in students' current learning lives as an input for planning and decision-making about AI in education; and (2) to stimulate interest with K-12 educators, building leaders and district administrators to want to learn more from their students about their ideas for AI and how to transform learning environments to better meet their needs. To support the second goal, Project Tomorrow has created a list of five critical questions for educators and leaders to ask their students today about AI. [The Speak Up Research Project was facilitated in collaboration with research sponsors Agile Education Marketing, ClassDojo for Districts, edWeb.net, iboss, PowerSchool, and Spectrum Business, a part of Charter Communications, Inc.]
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