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Artificial IntelligenceWhen it comes to digital technology, educators and school systems haven’t historically been fleet of foot. But artificial intelligence is partially bucking the trend. Many teachers are embracing it, even as school systems follow form and are moving slowly, or barely at all. Among the myriad ways school systems can respond, there are two obvious poor choices. On one end of the spectrum, they could turn entirely away from AI—which districts like N…See the Story
AI Is Officially Here, There, Everywhere, and Nowhere
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The Education Exchange: A Resource for Homeschoolers and the Policymakers who Support Them
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Mental Health · New HavenAbigail Shrier’s wildly popular new book, Bad Therapy, is one of the latest takes on the causes of the mental health crisis occurring among youth. Shrier’s diagnosis is that society’s obsession over kids’ feelings undermines their development, hindering their ability to manage the vicissitudes of life. This problem, she says, is largely due to contemporary approaches to psychotherapy, parenting, and schooling. One of the schooling practices she …See the Story
Is Social and Emotional Learning “Bad Therapy”?
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Columbia University · PalestineStudents occupy part of the campus at Columbia University on April 19, a day after the New York Police Department arrested over 100 pro-Palestine protesters.
Columbia University canceled in-person classes yesterday after weekend protests that the Biden White House termed “unconscionable and dangerous.” The New York Police Department ultimately arrested more than a 100 protesters who’d been part of the unruly mob chanting “Hamas, we lo…See the Story
Campus Thuggery Is No Way to Cultivate Citizens
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The Education Exchange: Private Schools Have the Edge on Civic Education
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Doing Educational Equity Wrong
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Massachusetts · MassachusettsThe Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Education has long been known for its tendency to overstep in its rulemaking. Many federal agencies are tempted to avoid the notice-and-comment requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) by fabricating administrative law in the form of “clarifications” and “guidance”—but no agency has succumbed to that temptation more than OCR. As Shep Melnick has pointed out (see “Rethinking Fe…See the Story
Fishing for Rules
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