By Futurist Thomas Frey
Not long ago, the mere presence of a computer in a student’s home was enough to change their educational trajectory. Studies from the 1990s and early 2000s showed that kids with consistent computer access performed significantly better than those without. They could type faster, research quicker, and develop the digital fluency that employers increasingly valued. In many ways, the computer became the great differentiator in education.
Fast forward to today, and the same story is repeating—but with far higher stakes. The technology at the center isn’t the desktop computer. It’s artificial intelligence.
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