The 5 Failure Modes of AI in Teacher Work
A checklist for catching the mistakes hiding inside polished output.
For: Teachers · IB / MYP coordinators · Anyone reviewing AI output for students
Until proven otherwise, every polished AI output contains a hidden failure. AI writes well-structured prose by default, and well-structured prose feels like authority. The fluency tricks the eye; the substance is thin.
This guide names the five failures I see most often when reviewing teacher AI work — fabricated specifics · confidence overshoot · Bloom's ceiling collapse · WEIRD defaulting · sycophantic agreement — gives the smallest fix for each, and ends with a one-page checklist you can pin above your desk.
Five minutes of evaluation saves three lessons of damage.
What you'll get
The 5 Failure Modes Checklist
Eight-page guide + printable checklist
Each failure in detail, the prompt line that fixes it, and a one-page checklist for the wall.
Free to print, share inside your school, or adapt with attribution.
By Vivek M Agarwal · EDodo.app · 2026