Students should only use AI for things they already know how to do well.

Summary

The proposed restriction concerns independent general-purpose AI use, not all instructional software.

Willingham treats assignments as practice in mental processes rather than merely products. He proposes delegating tasks only after students can perform them well and the task is no longer an instructional target.

He explicitly excludes purpose-built instructional software and teacher use. The unresolved practical question is how to establish mastery and decide which practice still matters.

District descriptions were not checked as current rules; the mastery threshold is the author’s proposal.