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David Cutler

@teachercutler.bsky.social
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David Cutler teaches American history, government and journalism at Brimmer and May, an independent school in Chestnut Hill, Mass. He writes about education and teaching. Read his stuff at dcutler.pressfolios.com

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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I just published ChatGPT-6 Astra Can Do More of My Students’ Thinking Than Ever. That’s Why I’m Restricting It. medium.com/age-of-aware... #AI #chatgpt
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ChatGPT-6 Astra Can Do More of My Students’ Thinking Than Ever. That’s Why I’m Restricting It.
A little over a year ago, ChatGPT-5 stopped me cold. ChatGPT-6 Astra leaves this high school history and journalism teacher wishing that…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
spincutler.medium.com/student-pres... @theatlantic.com @npr.org
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Student Press and The Atlantic’s Wake-Up Call for Private Schools
As Director of the Private School Journalism Association, I want to recognize the student editors of The Augur Bit, who submitted an essay…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
As Director of the Private School Journalism Association, I was totally blown away by this brave and excellent piece in The Atlantic by several student editors of The Augur Bit, the student newspaper of Georgetown Day School. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The New Chilling Effect
Too many institutions are teaching young people to stay quiet.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Honored to share my newest piece for @edutopia.org, the best education publication in the world. www.edutopia.org/article/stud...
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A Case for Conferencing With Students Instead of Giving Written Feedback
Holding a 15-minute meeting with each student creates a chance to discuss what’s working in their writing and what they think about it.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers www.edutopia.org/article/8-cl... I was deeply honored to be interviewed for this terrific Edutopia article by Paige Tutt, who did an outstanding job distilling different insights about how active teachers use (or don't use) AI in the classroom.
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8 Classroom AI Policies Developed by Teachers
Setting clear, shared expectations around student AI use is uncharted territory for many teachers. Educators across disciplines and grade levels share their current policies.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just published The Subject We Let Anyone Teach medium.com/age-of-aware...
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The Subject We Let Anyone Teach
Not because teachers don’t care, but because we trained them to teach and forgot that you can’t teach what you don’t know.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
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The Trump Administration Can’t Decide Whether Tech Is Saving Students or Hurting Them
Active teachers, not politicians, tech companies or consultants, should have the strongest say in how much tech belongs in classrooms.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
www.edutopia.org/article/limi... #edchat #edtalk
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Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#edtech #ai #teachers #truth
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I just published AI Evangelists, Stop Calling Writing Teachers Luddites medium.com/p/ai-evangel... #AI #teachers
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AI Evangelists, Stop Calling Writing Teachers Luddites
As a veteran high school humanities teacher, I’m writing about what I see across social media, in education forums, and in ongoing…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Whenever I criticize the quick mass adoption of AI in the classroom, it’s rarely active teachers who respond critically. More often, it’s people on the outside—folks with little sense of what today’s classroom actually feels like—call me names or claim I’m failing my students. #edchat #edtech
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Crimson Education and the ACT have figured out how to make money off parental anxiety, and they both deserve to answer for it. Shameful! medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Justified Outrage: Shame on Crimson Education and the ACT
Shame — shame on you for selling fear to students and parents.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I just published Justified Outrage: Shame on Crimson Education and the ACT medium.com/p/justified-...
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Justified Outrage: Shame on Crimson Education and the ACT
Shame — shame on you for selling fear to students and parents.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Honored to share my most recent post for @edutopia.org! www.edutopia.org/article/limi...
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Why and How I’m Limiting Screen Time in My Classroom
Digital tools have uses, but they can also risk reducing the productive struggle students need to build critical thinking skills.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I just published Edtech, AI, and Learning: Our Need for a Precautionary Principle medium.com/teachers-on-... #edtech #ai
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Edtech, AI, and Learning: Our Need for a Precautionary Principle
We demand evidence before treating the body. Why do we accept unproven experiments on the mind?
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Too often, the most powerful censor in any school isn’t necessarily a principal with a red pen. It’s the student who chooses to never pick up a pen at all." medium.com/age-of-aware...
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The Silent Censor: Why Student Journalists are Putting Down the Pen
Our democratic republic thrives on inquiry, yet today’s student journalists are increasingly choosing silence over scrutiny — a retreat…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
At scale, screens are bad for learning and SEL! So why are educators and consultants still pushing #edtech and #screens? Stop!
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I just published The AI Professional Development Loop — and What It Devalues for Teachers medium.com/p/the-ai-pro...
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The AI Professional Development Loop — and What It Devalues for Teachers
This teacher’s social media feed has become a relentless loop of AI professional development ads, sandwiched between recycled prophecies…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I just published Agentic AI: The Terminator in the Classroom? medium.com/p/agentic-ai... #ai #agenticai #teachers #learning #education
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Agentic AI: The Terminator in the Classroom?
When The Terminator (1984) premiered as the T-800 cyborg, it embodied pure execution. It had one mission: kill Sarah Connor. It did not…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
How to Engage Productively on Social Media as a Teacher www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
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How to Engage Productively on Social Media as a Teacher
Although many platforms are designed to reward provocation and outrage, we can choose how we interact with different perspectives.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
With more states approving New Voices laws to protect public school student press rights, this session will explore how and why private schools should offer similar safeguards. www.eventbrite.com/e/student-pr... #studentvoice #studentpress #independentschool #privateschool #journalism #media
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Student Press Rights Affirmation for Private and Independent Schools
Join us to chat about standing up for your rights as a student journalist in private and independent schools!
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
My newest!https://www.edutopia.org/article/teacher-engagement-social-media
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I just published Education Policy Has a Mic Problem. It’s Time to Hand It to Teachers. medium.com/teachers-on-... #education #edtech #teachers
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Education Policy Has a Mic Problem. It’s Time to Hand It to Teachers.
Teachers live with the consequences. Too often, those outside the classroom make the big decisions.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I just published Education Policy Has a Mic Problem medium.com/age-of-aware... #education #consultants #educationreform
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Education Policy Has a Mic Problem
Teachers live with the consequences. Too often, those outside the classroom hold the mic. It’s time to pass it.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I just published ‘We Literally Just Read This’: When Trump’s Racist Post Came Up in My History Classroom medium.com/p/we-literal... #racism #trump #history #truth #teacher #student
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“We Literally Just Read This”: When Trump’s Racist Post Came Up in My History Classroom
I learned about the post during my last period of the day on Friday.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The media industry cannot confront its own decline without first addressing where it begins: in student newsrooms. If mainstream media fails to defend the student newsroom, it should not be surprised when the professional one crumbles. #media #journalism
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I just published Beyond ‘Down With Textbooks’: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Beyond “Down With Textbooks”: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students
I’ll concede the obvious up front…for some teachers, a textbook functions as a lifeline.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I just published Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids medium.com/teachers-on-...
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Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids
Antifragility, struggle, and what young people lose when help comes too early
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I just published Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids medium.com/p/dont-let-a...
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Don’t Let AI Climb the Hill for Our Kids
Antifragility, struggle, and what young people lose when help comes too early
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I just published Beyond ‘Down With Textbooks’: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students medium.com/p/beyond-dow... #history #worldhistory #americanhistory #textbook #learning #reading #student #teacher #professor
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Beyond “Down With Textbooks”: Rethinking Resources for Engaging Today’s Students
I’ll concede the obvious up front…for some teachers, a textbook functions as a lifeline.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Legacy media, where are you? Student journalists are being silenced and they need your support! #students #studentvoice #mediacrtic @pbsnews.org @washingtonpost.com @washingtonpost.com medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
@sulliview.bsky.social, I hope all is well! If you have a moment, I'd love your thoughts on my post: Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If we say we value teacher expertise, we should prove it here - especially here. Sometimes the most responsible call is not yet, not for this task, not with these students, or not in this way. That isn't fear. That's professional care. medium.com/@spincutler/... #ai #genai @teachers #school #learn
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Teaching About AI Is Necessary. Teaching With AI Should Be Optional.
I’m not anti–AI in education, and I’m not naïve enough to think teachers can just wait for it to go away. AI already reshapes how students…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If we say we value teacher expertise, we should prove it here - especially here. Sometimes the most responsible call is not yet, not for this task, not with these students, or not in this way. That isn't fear. That's professional care. medium.com/@spincutler/... #ai #genai @teachers #school #learn
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Teaching About AI Is Necessary. Teaching With AI Should Be Optional.
I’m not anti–AI in education, and I’m not naïve enough to think teachers can just wait for it to go away. AI already reshapes how students…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Why this 20+ teacher is tried of non-educators (including recently retired ones) telling current #teachers what to do about #AI in the classroom. vthttps://youtu.be/-4fYgyUtVwY
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A Veteran Teacher on AI Advice from People Who’ve Never Taught (or Haven’t Taught Recently)
YouTube video by David Cutler
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
As the creator of the Facebook group “AI and the Humanities: Teachers Driving the Conversation,” I want to clarify the group’s purpose and how membership will work moving forward. 👉 www.facebook.com/groups/12880... #education #genai #ai #teachers
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I just published No — Duh: Countless Teachers Like Me Have Long Known the AI Risks Brookings Just ‘Discovered’ medium.com/p/no-duh-cou... #teaches #education #AI #genai #schol @brookings.edu
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No — Duh: Countless Teachers Like Me Have Long Known the AI Risks Brookings Just “Discovered”
The Brookings Institution recently published “AI’s future for students is in our hands” and released its companion report page, “A new…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Why did it take 3 years and an official study to confirm what teachers already knew? Educators raised these concerns—and proposed the same fixes—when AI launched. The real problem is the lag, and the dismissal of teacher expertise. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n... #ai #edchat
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The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Students who have studied history don’t panic or tune out. Instead, they ask: Has this happened before? What was the legal framework at the time? What were the consequences? And what questions should we be asking now?
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Teachers: We’re Back Tomorrow. If We Don’t Teach Maduro’s Capture in Venezuela, TikTok Will.
After U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday, President Donald Trump told reporters the United…
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This instrument can teach, it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely wires and lights in a box.” #edchat #AI #education medium.com/age-of-aware...
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Failing Test Scores, False Fix: GenAI Won’t Save Us
The way to approach this loss isn’t with more screens, but with more trust in teachers to do what they feel is most appropriate.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Great to join this platform! I hope it's less toxic than X.
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David Cutler @teachercutler.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I just published Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced medium.com/age-of-aware... #media #journalism @bostonglobe.com @washingtonpost.com @columjournreview.bsky.social #edchat #sschat #studentvoice
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Mainstream Media Mourns the Post-Gazette, but Looks Away as Student Journalists are Silenced
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which traces its roots to 1786, will close May 3, 2026. That news lands like a gut punch. A once-venerable…
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