AI makes human writing more valuable—and changes how schools should teach it

Skip to main content Search Search Flypaper AI makes human writing more valuable—and changes how schools should teach it Brandon L. Wright 3.19.2026 Getty Images/allanswart Listen to this article Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The rise of AI has caused anxiety about the future of writing instruction. If the technology can write—or help people write—quickly and coherently on nearly any topic, and will likely get better and better at this, do we still need to teach students
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