Sinead Bond
π€ Speaker
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total appearances
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NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
Sinead Bond teaches English at Southwest High School in Fort Worth.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
Her students rarely use laptops.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
Instead, they write nearly everything by hand.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
It's part of Bond's strategy to keep AI out of her classroom.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
But she may be in the minority.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
Roughly 60 percent of surveyed teachers said they used AI at least a little in their classroom.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
That's according to a July 2025 poll from the Ed Week Research Center.
NPR News Now
NPR News: 01-30-2026 8AM EST
Bond says she's open to changing her mind about AI, but right now she doesn't see much value in it for her students.