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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

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A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first. These ideas have revived interest in E.D.

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Can kids get passionate about learning — and develop the persistence to follow where it leads? One school has a plan

The Hechinger Report

It’s a hard thing to measure, but learning science suggests that this is the case.”. Related: It all started in a German castle: How wilderness programs shape some urban schools. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Choose as many newsletters as you like.