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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

ED Surge

Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master. Reading requires building connections in the brain that wouldn’t exist without explicit instruction.

Pedagogy 107
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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

ED Surge

And what we're really working on is what would a human-centered, a relationally centered version of education look like if it could be empowered by and supported by AI? Will you release a white paper, or tools? We were very much influenced by the book “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence.”

EdTech 101
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‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

The reason why guided play is so effective is because it reflects these key characteristics of decades and decades of research of how we know how human brains learn best. But research is finding when there’s a learning goal, that guided play yields the best results for that.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

ED Surge

Medicine and nursing programs have been natural fits, but some in the humanities are experimenting too, such as in architecture and film. Certain disciplines and classes lend themselves to simulations that take advantage of the strengths of VR.

Tutoring 140
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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Last fall, a white paper by O.U.’s At the University of Cincinnati, student leaders, representing groups advocating causes from fossil fuel divestment to anti-human trafficking, recently identified a common foe: university spending practices. “We Others agree.

Economics 128
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Meet the New APSA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession

Political Science Now

His scholarly interests include international law, mass atrocity, human rights, and disability law and policy. His articles have appeared in Human Rights Quarterly , the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , New Political Science , Disability Studies Quarterly , Peace Review , and elsewhere.