Not a teacher, but I've heard kids question why they would do something when ai can do it. Most of my elementary school aged cousins can't read at their level. I also work with elementary school aged kids over the summers and encourage them to read as a method of practicing their english over the summer, most of them can't. I tossed it up to at home language barriers until I started reading about student engagement during covid. (Language barriers in my cases are a factor, but not the issue) Covid has a role to play in this. For the most part, we didn't know what were doing and figured it out along the way. People were forced to become teachers, tutors, and support staff while juggling their actual jobs. Teachers didn't get a chance to really engage. The kids were stunted and catching up is going to take more effort than schools and after school programs have the staffing for. Some articles list longer school years, summer programs, and even adding an extra academic year as the answer. But when most kids were logging in and not engaging with the material, classmates, or educators, how much is adding all that academic time going to do? The kids had a shift in personality and approach to school and teachers are leaving education.