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The Harvard Gazette: ‘Harvard Thinking’: Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts

‘Harvard Thinking’: Preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer  February 18, 2026 long read In podcast, teachers talk about how they’re using technology to supercharge critical thinking rather than replace it  Concerns of artificial intelligence supplanting human thinking are rising amid the exponential … Continue reading

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The MIT Press Reader: The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations. Comment: Imagine the impact of this for people who have TBI or stroke …

AI Can Teach Our Students the Art of Dialogue The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations. By: David Weinberger       Recent research from MIT found that students using AI … Continue reading

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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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Futurism: “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.”

Book Worms Gen Z Arriving at College Unable to Read “It’s not even an inability to critically think. It’s an inability to read sentences.” By Joe Wilkins Published Jan 13, 2026 11:27 AM EST As the final waves of Gen Z — … 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: The First Lady and the acumen of children

EDUCATION Melania Trump wants kids to solve America’s AI talent problem America’s AI future just got placed in the hands of kindergarteners. First Lady Melania Trump Yesterday launched the Presidential AI Challenge, a nationwide competition asking K-12 students to use AI … Continue reading

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Big Think: AI is already in the classroom

The Present — June 17, 2025 AI is already in the classroom. It’s time colleges caught up. “The rise of the internet brought about similar fears, yet it ultimately made learning richer and more accessible.” Key Takeaways Gal Winter Copy a link … Continue reading

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