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The Need to Move Beyond Device Bans and "Screen Time" - FullScale
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The Need to Move Beyond Device Bans and "Screen Time" - FullScale
The pen is mightier than the keyboard, or so argued a slew of researchers in 2013 and 2014. Calls to […]
https://www.fullscalelearning.org/the-need-to-move-beyond-device-bans-and-screen-time/
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From “Replacement” to Redesign: A Vision for Teaching in the AI Era
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From “Replacement” to Redesign: A Vision for Teaching in the AI Era
This paper reframes common narratives about AI replacing teachers by examining how current role definitions shape that perception and where those…
https://resources.fullscalelearning.org/artifacts/from-replacement-to-redesign-a-vision-for-teaching-in-the-ai-era
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Teaching Showed Me Education Isn’t the Great Equalizer - EdSurge News
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Teaching Showed Me Education Isn’t the Great Equalizer - EdSurge News
What I once believed about schools shifted when I saw how deeply students’ lives outside the classroom shape their opportunities.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-04-15-teaching-showed-me-education-isn-t-the-great-equalizer
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Why the Social Media Addiction Case Isn’t Over Yet - EdSurge News
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Why the Social Media Addiction Case Isn’t Over Yet - EdSurge News
INDEFINITE SCROLL: In what legal observers have called social media’s “Big Tobacco Moment,” a jury has found that Meta and Google’s social media app ...
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-04-08-why-the-social-media-addiction-case-isn-t-over-yet
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A Group of Students Took a Deep Dive Into AI. Here’s What They Told Teachers
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A Group of Students Took a Deep Dive Into AI. Here’s What They Told Teachers
They came away with new skills, but also confronted some thorny ethical questions.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/a-group-of-students-took-a-deep-dive-into-ai-heres-what-they-told-teachers/2026/04
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.A fourth-grade teacher asked a simple ...
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-27-the-ai-use-case-question-teachers-are-still-asking
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Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology
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Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology
About 20% of student interactions with AI using school technology involved problematic behaviors.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/real-time-data-shows-exactly-how-students-use-ai-on-school-technology/2026/03
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Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology
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Real-Time Data Shows Exactly How Students Use AI on School Technology
About 20% of student interactions with AI using school technology involved problematic behaviors.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/real-time-data-shows-exactly-how-students-use-ai-on-school-technology/2026/03
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The SEE Framework: A Practical Guide to Building Generative AI Literacy — AI for Education
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The SEE Framework: A Practical Guide to Building Generative AI Literacy — AI for Education
Summer AI Literacy Trainer Course >>LEARN MORE
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NYC Releases Guidelines for AI in Schools. Some Say it Raises More Questions Than it Answers
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https://www.the74million.org/article/nyc-releases-guidelines-for-ai-in-schools-some-say-it-raises-more-questions-than-it-answers/
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Skills Before Tools: Ethical Awareness and Accountability for K–12 AI Implementation - Dr. Catlin Tucker
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Skills Before Tools: Ethical Awareness and Accountability for K–12 AI Implementation - Dr. Catlin Tucker
Related Podcast Episode This is the final post in my five-part Skills Before Tools series based on my K-12 AI Implementation Guide. Each post in this series unpacks one of the five core skills…
https://catlintucker.com/2026/03/ai-implementation-ethical-awareness/
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
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The AI Use Case Question Teachers Are Still Asking - EdSurge News
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.A fourth-grade teacher asked a simple ...
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-27-the-ai-use-case-question-teachers-are-still-asking
29 days ago
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Deep Work in the Age of AI: The Case for Protecting Teacher Thinking (Part I) - Dr. Catlin Tucker
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Deep Work in the Age of AI: The Case for Protecting Teacher Thinking (Part I) - Dr. Catlin Tucker
Guest Post by Robert Mayfield At conferences this year, I’ve had dozens of conversations with teachers about AI. Not surface-level curiosity, real curiosity, thoughtful questions, and genuine…
https://catlintucker.com/2026/03/deep-work-in-the-age-of-ai/
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More teachers and students are using AI despite potential risks
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A Phone-Free Childhood? One Irish Village Is Making It Happen.
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Why Social Capital Is the Missing Link in K-12 and College Curriculum
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Why Social Capital Is the Missing Link in K-12 and College Curriculum
Manno: Opportunity flows through relationships. Schools that don't teach how to forge them risk producing graduates who are credentialed but stranded.
https://www.the74million.org/article/why-social-capital-is-the-missing-link-in-k-12-and-college-curriculum/
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Can AI Support Student Learning? Depends Who You Ask (Opinion)
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Can AI Support Student Learning? Depends Who You Ask (Opinion)
Ed tech is supposed to give teachers more time to mentor. It’s not clear if it does.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/opinion-can-ai-support-student-learning-depends-who-you-ask/2026/03
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How to Help Students Explore the Meanings of “Different”
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How to Help Students Explore the Meanings of “Different”
Educators can set the stage for students to recognize differences, appreciate them, and not fear them or see them in a negative way.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/help_students_explore_the_meanings_of_different
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How to Stop Bias from Getting Between You and Your Students
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How to Stop Bias from Getting Between You and Your Students
Your students will remember how you made them feel. Here's how to get it right.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_stop_bias_from_getting_between_you_and_your_students
about 1 month ago
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What Students Gain When Teachers — Not AI — Grade Students’ Work - EdSurge News
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What Students Gain When Teachers — Not AI — Grade Students’ Work - EdSurge News
How a lawyer-turned-teacher-turned-AI ethicist used assessment to personalize instruction before AI-powered edtech existed.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-02-24-what-students-gain-when-teachers-not-ai-grade-students-work
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Screen-Free Schools? Some Legislators Push for a New Normal - EdSurge News
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Screen-Free Schools? Some Legislators Push for a New Normal - EdSurge News
First, it was no phones in schools. Now, amid the debate around edtech, schools are looking to go screen free.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-09-screen-free-schools-some-legislators-push-for-a-new-normal
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AI in the Toy Box: How Parents View AI-Enabled Toys for Young Children
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AI in the Toy Box: How Parents View AI-Enabled Toys for Young Children
Our research shows that despite safety and privacy risks, AI-enabled toys are popular gift ideas for children.
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/ai-in-the-toy-box-how-parents-view-ai-enabled-toys-for-young-children
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April meet-up of Teachers in Bars Getting Coffee
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at La Lucha Coffee, 1416 SE Stark this Saturday, 4/4 at 9am! RSVP
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Teachers in Bars Getting Coffee #TBGC · Luma
A morning meet-up the first Saturday of every month (unless otherwise noted). Our group name is a riff on this one. Meet old friends and new. Grab something to…
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From “Hello, World!” to AI: What Skills Actually Prepare Students for the Future? - EdSurge News
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From “Hello, World!” to AI: What Skills Actually Prepare Students for the Future? - EdSurge News
This article is part of the collection: Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.A little over a decade ago, schools were ...
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-30-from-hello-world-to-ai-what-skills-actually-prepare-students-for-the-future
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When Innovation Meets Rigorous Instruction, Students Thrive
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When Innovation Meets Rigorous Instruction, Students Thrive
Samouha: The false choice between bold design and quality curriculum has held the education field back long enough. It's time to put them together.
https://www.the74million.org/article/when-innovation-meets-rigorous-instruction-students-thrive/
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AI ‘Slop’ Is Flooding Children’s Media. Parents Should Be Alarmed
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AI ‘Slop’ Is Flooding Children’s Media. Parents Should Be Alarmed
Low-quality, mass-produced video content is a 'monster problem' for child development, with few guardrails in place to stop it.
https://www.the74million.org/article/ai-slop-is-flooding-childrens-media-parents-should-be-alarmed/
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13 Powerful Studies That Tell the Story of AI
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13 Powerful Studies That Tell the Story of AI
As AI use rises, the distinction between shortcut or scaffold becomes increasingly harder to spot.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/13-powerful-studies-that-tell-the-story-of-ai
about 2 months ago
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5 Tech Strategies to Enhance Student-Led Learning
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5 Tech Strategies to Enhance Student-Led Learning
While technology has potential to distract students, it can also boost engagement and help them actively demonstrate their learning.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-technology-boost-student-engagement
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I Didn’t Want to Be a Principal
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I Didn’t Want to Be a Principal
When she was still a teacher, this principal realized that leadership was not just paperwork and that she could have a different impact on students.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/reality-school-leadership
about 2 months ago
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Understanding the Evidence Base on AI in K-12 Education | SCALE Initiative
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Understanding the Evidence Base on AI in K-12 Education
AI tools are arriving in schools faster than research can evaluate them. Teachers are experimenting with new tools and districts are writing policies, all while students are already using AI both…
https://scale.stanford.edu/research-in-action/understanding-evidence-base-ai-k12-education
about 2 months ago
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Are Teens Just Using AI to Cheat? Well, Not Quite (If You Ask Them)
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Are Teens Just Using AI to Cheat? Well, Not Quite (If You Ask Them)
There’s fear among many educators that students are using AI to do most of their critical thinking.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/are-teens-just-using-ai-to-cheat-well-not-quite-if-you-ask-them/2026/03
about 2 months ago
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How Teens and Young People Use AI Tools for Learning and Mental Health Support
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How Teens and Young People Use AI Tools for Learning and Mental Health Support
Two reports detail ways young people are engaging with AI and how it impacts their mental health.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/how-teens-and-young-people-use-ai-tools-for-learning-and-mental-health-support/2026/03
about 2 months ago
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The Family Tech Cycle: Navigating Screens, Devices, and Social Media
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The Family Tech Cycle: Navigating Screens, Devices, and Social Media
When should a child get a phone? Is this app appropriate? Is it too early? Or already too late? Rather than treating tech decisions as a one-time milestone, this report introduces “the technology…
https://joanganzcooneycenter.org/publication/the-family-tech-cycle/
about 2 months ago
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Teaching the Next Generation How to Disagree at Work
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Teaching the Next Generation How to Disagree at Work
Incivility on the job is being driven by political and generational differences–but there are colleges trying to train the next generation to work with diversity.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/teaching_the_next_generation_how_to_disagree_at_work
about 2 months ago
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Good recap! Highlights from Stanford's AI+Education Summit
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Highlights from Stanford's AI+Education Summit
Several good quotes. An interesting new study. A debate that was one, maybe two chili peppers spicy.
https://danmeyer.substack.com/p/highlights-from-stanfords-aieducation
about 2 months ago
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How to Engage Productively on Social Media as a Teacher
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How to Engage Productively on Social Media as a Teacher
Although many platforms are designed to reward provocation and outrage, we can choose how we interact with different perspectives.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/teacher-engagement-social-media
about 2 months ago
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Applying a UDL Framework to the Coaching Cycle
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Applying a UDL Framework to the Coaching Cycle
This three-phase approach to instructional coaching embraces the fact that educators are lifelong learners.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/improving-instructional-coaching-udl-framework
about 2 months ago
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6 Common Teacher Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
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6 Common Teacher Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
From rushing through prep to misjudging students’ readiness for a task to teaching the way they were taught, experienced teachers talk about some of the mistakes they’ve made.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/common-mistakes-teachers-make-how-avoid
about 2 months ago
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Considering a Professional Transition
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Considering a Professional Transition
These questions can help administrators decide when it’s time to step into a more complex role, move laterally to a new setting, or begin to imagine retirement.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/changing-jobs-school-leader
about 2 months ago
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What's Worse for Students: A Boring Worksheet or Ineffective Ed Tech?
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What's Worse for Students: A Boring Worksheet or Ineffective Ed Tech?
Some parents and policymakers are growing skeptical of the value of education technology.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/whats-worse-for-students-a-boring-worksheet-or-ineffective-ed-tech/2026/02
about 2 months ago
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Why AI Is a Big Problem for School Cybersecurity
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Why AI Is a Big Problem for School Cybersecurity
Many school districts are ill-prepared to defend themselves against AI-powered cyberattacks.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/why-ai-is-a-big-problem-for-school-cybersecurity/2026/02
about 2 months ago
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AI Isn’t the Problem: Uncharted Thinking Is
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AI Isn’t the Problem: Uncharted Thinking Is
Why teaching students to document their AI use may be the most human part of literacy instruction today.
https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/ai-isnt-the-problem-uncharted-thinking-is
about 2 months ago
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With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care? - EdSurge News
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With Teens Comfortable Confiding in AI, Should Schools Embrace It for Mental Health Care? - EdSurge News
Why are students so comfortable using AI for emotional support?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-03-03-with-teens-comfortable-confiding-in-ai-should-schools-embrace-it-for-mental-health-care
about 2 months ago
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Why Not Ask Why: Neuroscientist Urges Educators to Reconsider Technology’s Reach - EdSurge News
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Why Not Ask Why: Neuroscientist Urges Educators to Reconsider Technology’s Reach - EdSurge News
Education needs an analog reboot, says neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath in his new book, “The Digital Delusion,” which lays out how technology has ...
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-02-27-why-not-ask-why-neuroscientist-urges-educators-to-reconsider-technology-s-reach
about 2 months ago
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Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? - EdSurge News
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Can AI Help Students Navigate the Career Chaos It’s Creating? - EdSurge News
College and career counseling is tough these days. Some schools are banking on the idea that AI can help.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2026-02-12-can-ai-help-students-navigate-the-career-chaos-it-s-creating
about 2 months ago
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What Does Real AI Leadership Look Like in Schools? – Digital Promise
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What Does Real AI Leadership Look Like in Schools? – Digital Promise
The AI Educator discusses the importance of AI policies and AI literacy in education.
https://digitalpromise.org/2026/01/15/what-does-real-ai-leadership-look-like-in-schools/
about 2 months ago
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Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users
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Study: AI chatbots provide less-accurate information to vulnerable users
MIT researchers find AI chatbots often show bias, giving less accurate or more dismissive answers to some users. The findings highlight growing risks, especially for marginalized communities…
https://news.mit.edu/2026/study-ai-chatbots-provide-less-accurate-information-vulnerable-users-0219
about 2 months ago
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Not Every Student Wants AI in the Classroom. One Student Shares His Honest Opinions. – Digital Promise
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Not Every Student Wants AI in the Classroom. One Student Shares His Honest Opinions. – Digital Promise
Accelerating Innovation in Education
https://digitalpromise.org/2026/01/29/not-every-student-wants-ai-in-the-classroom-one-student-shares-his-honest-opinions/
2 months ago
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When Two Quiet Children Need Two Kinds of Support
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When Two Quiet Children Need Two Kinds of Support
Silence often signals a mental or emotional load in children. Here's how we can support their voices.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/when_two_quiet_children_need_two_kinds_of_support
2 months ago
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How People Around the World View AI
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How People Around the World View AI
Most adults across 25 countries are aware of AI, and people are generally more concerned than excited about its effects on daily life.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/10/15/how-people-around-the-world-view-ai/
2 months ago
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