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OPINION: When ‘business as usual’ is no longer defensible in the liberal arts

The Hechinger Report

In addition to field-specific knowledge in, for example, computer science or history, sound liberal arts education delivers the development of transferable skills, such as “critical thinking.” It aims to cultivate attributes — empathy is one — associated with leadership and civic responsibility.

Civics 105
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Teaching What Matters: Preparing Students for an AI-Driven World

Dr. Shannon Doak

Emotional intelligence, critical thinking, and adaptability—things that go far beyond the technical. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving : Instead of just drilling memorization, we need to help students flex their critical thinking muscles. The essential skills for these jobs?

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States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights?

ED Surge

Last weeks batch of executive orders from the Trump administration included one that advanced AI leadership. But even with a new executive order in hand, those interested in incorporating AI into schools will look to states not the federal government for leadership on how to accomplish this. So are states stepping up for schools?