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AI Might Save Teachers Time. But What Is the Cost?

ED Surge

As an educator reading headline after headline about AI in education, it’s hard to not get lost in an existential tailspin to the tune of Billie Eilish’s “What was I made for?” (if AI can do all of this.) Integrating generative AI into education is complex. The field of AI is the Wild West right now — we’re working it out as we go. As an assistant professor of edtech, I often think about the implications of AI on teaching and learning, especially as I experiment with implementing various practic

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PROOF POINTS: Teens are looking to AI for information and answers, two surveys show

The Hechinger Report

Two new surveys, both released this month, show how high school and college-age students are embracing artificial intelligence. There are some inconsistencies and many unanswered questions, but what stands out is how much teens are turning to AI for information and to ask questions, not just to do their homework for them. And they’re using it for personal reasons as well as for school.

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Decoding the Math Myth: Four Strategies to Support Autistic Students

Digital Promise

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OPINION: There’s a promising path to get students back on track to graduation

The Hechinger Report

Rates of chronic absenteeism are at record-high levels. More than 1 in 4 students missed 10 percent or more of the 2021-22 school year. That means millions of students missed out on regular instruction, not to mention the social and emotional benefits of interacting with peers and trusted adults. Moreover, two-thirds of the nation’s students attended a school where chronic absence rates reached at least 20 percent.

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Digital Promise Announces Nationwide Cohort to Address Chronic Absenteeism, Partnering With Communities on Innovative Solutions

Digital Promise

The post Digital Promise Announces Nationwide Cohort to Address Chronic Absenteeism, Partnering With Communities on Innovative Solutions appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Reading Beyond the Words: The Importance of Comprehension

Heinemann Blog

What is a Reading Salad, and how can you use this tangible comprehension strategy to help your students understand complex concepts?

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Nameless Woman

Sapiens

Archives often render marginalized people’s histories invisible. In response to such erasure, a poet writes a letter to explore the experience of historically enslaved African and Creole women in Tanzania and Mauritius—and the ways in which they may have navigated their lives. Nameless Woman – Listen this letter is not addressed to anyone but receiver, whoever you are, i am dying my body has folded into itself sprouted brown mold, like rotting fruit dropped almond, fermented sugarcane moth