In my English and writing classes, I ask my students to interrogate fictional character bots. The first time I assigned this project, I worried that I would get them addicted to Character.AI — arguably the most seductive and addictive type of chatbot for young people, because it gives students exactly what I assumed they wanted: […]
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The narrative appeal of the past has common cause with building literacy
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Akel responds to Professor Ivan Marinovic's opinion in The Daily, defending the importance of a diverse reading list.
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If we want genuine, future-ready graduates, state policy and school curriculum decision-makers should start looking at the career technical education (CTE) playbook. High schools have been working hard to expand and diversify prospects for students. Walk through any building and you’ll see a plethora of enriching experiences: students earning college credits, mastering technical skills and…
Marinovic argues against the expansion of COLLEGE, claiming it lacks an emphasis on the Western liberal tradition.
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OGDEN, Utah — The syllabus in 18-year-old Madelynn Wells’ introductory film studies class assigned “Jaws” first, and then the Spanish dark comedy “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.” She said she watched those, and did the written assignments with no problem. Around the third week of the term, the assignment was a film […]
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Schools routinely administer academic assessments to get a handle on what incoming students know, and how best to help them learn more. They should do the same for what’s going on inside a student’s heart, taking a lesson from “the toughest prep school in America,” which Benedictine monks have run for more than 150 years […]
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Right now, we are asking the wrong questions about AI in education. The conversation is dominated by asking what the technology can do — How fast can it generate content? Personalize practice? Analyze data? But far less attention is being paid to what students need from the K-12 academic experience to develop critical thinking and […]
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When I taught middle school math, some of my worst days as a teacher were spent sitting at an uncomfortable cafeteria table, watching someone slog through a PowerPoint about strategies for classroom management or student engagement. Like students, teachers learn best by doing; research has long shown that learning is more effective when it’s active. […]
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I Know It offers math and ELA interactive practice to engage learners.