1. The article itself seems like an LLM summary of a conversation.
2. No US educational institution should ever grade on a curve. Your job is not to compare students but to educate them. Grade curves hide the performance of the educators and process of education in actually improving the skills of students.
3. Both AI and the cognitive and emotional overload from social media taking away brain space may be to blame. Idea: let students report screen time statistics at the beginning of each semester and weekly or at the end. See if and how it correlates with academics.
There's often little discussion around incentives. Students cheat because grades are used as a major selection factor in university admissions. Maybe that should change.
Set a reasonable bar for grades or SAT scores and then use other criteria beyond that gate.