I think a lot of secondary school instructors are figuring out how to “AI-proof” assignments. There are lots of ways, and the numbers of students are not unmanageable. Strategies can include writing only in class, perhaps with just pen-and-paper, doing lots of presentations, and just having positive relationships of teacher-student trust.

It’s trickier to do that sort of thing in college with the huge numbers of students in some classes, and the fewer hours in class.

Reimagining the Humanities to Make Them A.I.-Proof is a recent NY Times article which shares how some professors are handling the challenge successfully, including with having students teach what they learn to other groups in the community and to lead community book discussions.

I’m adding this info to I Asked Artificial Intelligence To Recommend Student Writing Prompts That Can’t Be Easily Helped By AI – Here Are 14 Of Them which is where, despite the original title, is where I’m collecting ideas on how to get around AI.

Reimagining the Humanities to Make Them A.I.-Proof www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o…

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM

By the way, here’s another way professors are handling it: Blue Books Reimagined.