EDUCATION
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Cursive Is Back. But Should Students Be Learning the Skill?
“I prefer writing in cursive,” Halle said. The pair are proud members of the Holmes Middle School cursive club in…
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The AI ‘Hivemind’: Why So Many Student Essays Sound Alike
Bruce Maxwell, professor of computer science at Northeastern University, was grading exams for his online master’s course in computer vision,…
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Retirees Are Helping Child Care Centers While Connecting with Community
The shortage of child care teachers is a well-known problem, but a lack of qualified substitute teachers doesn’t always get…
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Southern States Boost Early Reading, But Gains Stall in Middle School
Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee started reforms later and may need more time. But McGrath’s question remains. Researchers and literacy advocates…
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How Finnish Education Inspires U.S. Schools, Still
The parent community also wanted more skilled trades and culinary arts in the day-to-day curriculum, Laho said. For example, parents…
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Why the Focus on Willpower Backfires with Kids
And in the process, they’ve found easier and more effective ways for parents to handle the tsunami of temptations in…
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College Students, Professors are Making Their Own AI Rules. They Don’t Always Agree
“It’s not fair to them,” Cryer says. More than three years after ChatGPT debuted, generative AI has become a part…
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Four Habits to Help Teens Build Better Habits
Another teenager longs to give up junk food. He can start to make this food invisible by storing the chips…
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Parents Trust Report Cards More Than Standardized Test Scores — With Consequences for Kids
The findings appear in a draft paper that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal and may still…
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How School Boards Can Bring Differing Views Together
Episode Transcript This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors. Marlena Jackson-Retondo: So…
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