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The Harvard Gazette: What makes a good student

makes a good student  Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer April 14, 2026 long read Inner drive, integrity, open-mindedness among qualities highlighted by faculty Many of us spend years or even decades of our lives as students, and some of us are … Continue reading

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The Harvard Gazette: Helping Every Student Think Deeply About Math

Usable Knowledge Helping Every Student Think Deeply About Math Strategies for teachers to shift focus from getting the right answers to building real mathematical understanding Mathematical understanding should be a goal for every student and something they feel capable of … Continue reading

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Nature + a little assistance from AI: ‘Einstein’ bot sharpens debate over AI in the classroom. Could it be the death of education as we know it.

‘Einstein‘ bot sharpens debate over AI in the classroom Faculty members are spending ever more time outmanoeuvring students who want to cut corners with artificial intelligence. By  On 23 February, academics across the world took to social media to decry … Continue reading

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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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