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Mobile phones and other devices to be banned from Dutch classrooms
Education ministry in the Netherlands says tech is a distraction from learning and will only be allowed if specifically needed
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Children who start reading for pleasure early had better academics, mental health as teens: study
Researchers say children who start reading for pleasure early in life could end up with better test scores and mental health outcomes as teenagers.
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Federal Complaint Says Harvard Legacy Preferences in Admissions Violate Civil Rights Act
Three Black and Latinx groups filed a civil rights complaint against Harvard Monday morning alleging that the University’s consideration of legacy and donor preferences in the admissions process violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for religious schools
The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent decision to allow a Catholic archdiocese to operate a public school is both illegal and unconstitutional. I’m not exaggerating — I’m just reading. A charter school “shall be nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, employment practices, and all other operations,” Oklahoma law states.
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Why ChatGPT Cannot Spot Its Own Writing
ChatGPT failed at identifying human-written or AI-generated text in both cases. So how come ChatGPT cannot detect its own text? Does this mean there is no difference between AI and human text?
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Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall
Cursive is making a comeback. Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
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Students are more willing to do homework when they view their teacher as attractive
In a new study published in Frontiers in Psychology, researchers found that students are more open to participate in school activities and expect to earn higher grades when they view their teacher as attractive. The findings provide evidence that children’s perception of teacher attire attractiveness is related to important school outcomes.
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Children’s enjoyment of writing has fallen to ‘crisis point’, research finds
Only one in three UK children now enjoy writing in their free time – including text messages – with those on free school meals most likely to do so
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Confessions of a ghost writer
From proof-reading an email to writing an application to the principal, they were sought to do it all.
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19+ Reading Tips For Turning into a Bookworm In No Time
Are you in a reading slump? Do you want to build a habit of reading on a daily basis? Let my tips help you start!
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23 Free, Fun, and Fabulous Writing Prompts and Activities
Free writing activities provide students with the freedom to express themselves, explore their imaginations, and develop their writing skills.
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90 per cent of teachers can't afford to live where they teach: study
Research suggests housing affordability is a major issue for teachers and may exacerbate the shortage crisis further.
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Kids Are Behind in School. How Can We Help?
Emotional regulation skills set the stage for closing the learning gap.
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It's Debatable: The merits of requiring Bible reading, Ten Commandments in public schools
In this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether Senate Bills requiring posting the Ten Commandments in public-school classrooms and permitting time for Bible reading and prayer violate the First Amendment.
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The benefits of reading and writing
Writing and reading are skills that some students find quite boring, others find difficult, and some find joy in. Both are actually very beneficial for everyone.
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'No magical recipe' for literacy: Top-performing countries have 'very different educational systems'
For analysis and a deeper perspective on children's literacy worldwide, FRANCE 24 is joined by Dr. Thierry Rocher, Director for Evaluation at DEPP (French Ministry of Education) & Chair of IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement). The IEA is an international cooperative of national research institutions, governmental research agencies, scholars, and analysts working to research, understand, and improve education worldwide.
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A Texas professor failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their papers
Some seniors at Texas A&M were denied their diplomas because their professor claimed they used AI software to cheat on their essays.
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Florida teacher under investigation for showing Disney movie speaks out
Jenna Barbee let her class watch Strange World, a PG-rated movie with a eco-positive theme and a gay character
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10 ways ChatGPT will be a boon to first-year writing (opinion)
Here are 10 ways ChatGPT will be a boon to first-year writing instruction, Jennie Young writes.
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Schools bought millions of Chromebooks in 2020 — and three years later, they’re starting to break
Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops that they could send home with their students. Quite a few turned to Chromebooks. Three years later, the US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund concludes in a new report called Chromebook Churn that many of these batches are already beginning to break. That’s potentially costing districts money; PIRG estimates that “doubling the lifespan of Chromebooks could result in $1.8 billion in savings for taxpayers.” It also creates quite a bit of e-waste.
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