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A recent NBC News poll found that most American adults believe artificial intelligence (AI) is doing more harm than good in education, with 53% saying it does more harm than good in K-12 schools and 54% holding the same view for colleges and universities. The survey also revealed a growing skepticism towards integrating AI into classrooms: 56% of respondents now believe that banning AI will better prepare students for the future, up from June when this figure was lower. Meanwhile, acceptance of specific AI uses in schoolwork remains low, with only proofreading and editing seen as generally acceptable by nearly half of those surveyed.
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According to an NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey, 53% of American adults believe that artificial intelligence (AI) does more harm than good in K-12 education, compared to 27% who think it does more good. The sentiment is similar for higher education, where 54% say AI causes more harm and only 24% see it as beneficial. When asked about preparing students for the future, 44% of respondents believe integrating AI tools in classrooms helps more than banning them, while 56% think prohibiting AI use will better prepare students for their futures. This shift reflects a growing skepticism towards AI's role in education, with concerns raised by parents and advocates that AI may stunt students' educational growth. For instance, New York City recently restricted the use of AI for K-12 students until high school, allowing limited cases thereafter.
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Most American adults think artificial intelligence is going to do more good than harm in education, according to this month’s NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
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And a growing share of U.S. adults believe schools that shun the technology will better help students grow than schools that embrace it.
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The survey found that 53% of adults believe AI does more harm than good in K-12 education, compared with 27% who believe it does more good than harm.
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That’s similar to the 54% who said it does more harm than good in colleges and universities, while 24% said they believed it did more good than harm in higher education.
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When it comes to preparing students for the future, 44% of respondents said a school that integrates AI tools into the classroom will better help students than a school that bans using it — down 9 percentage points from June 2025.
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On the flip side, 56% of respondents said they believe a school that prohibits using AI will better help prepare students for the future, up 9 points since the June 2025 survey.
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Respondents were mixed on what — if any — ways of using AI were acceptable for a student completing a school assignment.
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Proofreading and editing was seen as the most acceptable use case among those tested, with 49% of adults saying that was OK.
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That was followed by 41% who said it is acceptable for students to use AI to help with researching and brainstorming and 38% who believed it is OK to use AI to organize or outline ideas.
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About a third of respondents, 31%, said no AI use was acceptable for schoolwork.
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Just 7% said it was OK for students to have AI do writing and generate content for them.
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The subject of AI use in the classroom is raging in school districts and on campuses across the country.
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Parents and advocates nationwide have raised concerns about AI use, saying it has stunted students’ educational growth, and some school districts have enacted restrictions.
New York City announced this month that the use of AI for students will be restricted until high school, with only limited use cases allowed then.
Melania Trump says young students 'need to learn' about AI
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On Tuesday, first lady Melania Trump told NBC News that she believes it is important for students to get hands-on experience with AI, a technology that is likely to shape their futures far beyond the classroom.
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“Of course, they need to be vigilant, as well,” she said.
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“But this is our future, and we need to guide them and teach them what is available.
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If not, they will stay behind, and we need to be the first, in [the] United States, to lead.”
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The NBC News Decision Desk Poll powered by SurveyMonkey surveyed 7,105 adults online from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
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