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The Harvard Gazette: help lifting slumping American math scores. Quote: “Math is cumulative: If you don’t understand fractions when they’re introduced in third and fourth grade, you’re going to have a lot of trouble when you get to algebra.” Heather Hill

help lift slumping American math scores Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer January 26, 2026 9 min read Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay — and attendance Scholars are frustrated. After decades of effort to bring more challenge and … Continue reading

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The Harvard Gazette: “Gifted”

Nation & World ‘Gifted’   Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct? Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer January 21, 2026 4 min read Ellen Winner is a senior research associate at Project Zero … Continue reading

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The Big Think: Metacognition: the mind’s Swiss Army knife

Metacognition: the mind’s Swiss Army knife Anne-Laure Le Cunff •  Reading time: 8 minutes When you want to learn or build something new, it’s tempting to just get going. Read as much as you can, do some tutorials, work on some related … Continue reading

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Psychology Today: “Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower”

The Path to Learning: Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower Repetition and distributed practice fortify neural pathways and knowledge. Updated September 30, 2025 |  Reviewed by Kaja Perina THE BASICS Key points Source: Hey Juda/Pixabay Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and … Continue reading

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The Deep View: AI classroom use jumps sixfold in two years

AI classroom use jumps sixfold in two years AI adoption in American classrooms has exploded from 10% of educators in 2023 to 67% today — a sixfold rise that’s not only changing how teachers work but making them more likely … Continue reading

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The Deep View: Trump seeks to bring AI to classrooms with latest executive order

Trump seeks to bring AI to classrooms with latest executive order Source: Unsplash President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order that aims to integrate artificial intelligence deeply into K-12 schools across the country.  There’s a lot to unpack … Continue reading

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Futurism: What Kids Are Actually Using Phones for in School Is So Pathetic That We May Need to Take a Quick Walk for Mental Health Purposes YIKES!

Panopticon Parenting Mar 23, 7:30 AM EDTbyNoor Al-Sibai What Kids Are Actually Using Phones for in School Is So Pathetic That We May Need to Take a Quick Walk for Mental Health Purposes Yikes. / Future Society/ Education/ Smartphones/ Students Image by Getty / Futurism … Continue reading

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JNS: Israel unveils groundbreaking AI education plan for 2025

Fighting Israel’s Media War Help JNS get the facts out Donate news Israel unveils groundbreaking AI education plan for 2025 The initiative includes training 70,000 teachers to use the technology in classrooms. JNS Staff Israeli Education Minister Yoav Kisch introducing … Continue reading

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Big Think: Is AI eroding our critical thinking?

Thinking — January 27, 2025 Is AI eroding our critical thinking? “Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves.” Key … Continue reading

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Eurasia Review follow it: The Campus Life Killers: Ending Face-To-Face Lectures – OpEd. “…As such, these modules can be undertaken in the form of online courses, which offer fleeting flexibility and shallow taste.  This is education thinned and skinned, fatless and deprived…”

The Campus Life Killers: Ending Face-To-Face Lectures – OpEd  September 25, 2024  0 Comments By Binoy Kampmark The bells are tolling for the demise of the university classroom – at least its physical manifestation.  Administrative barbarians are readying their knives and brandishing … Continue reading

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