A weekly collection of education-related news from around the web.

How Are Cellphone Bans Going?

“And, at the end of a phone-free day, when asked if life is better with no phones this year compared to last year, the students said yes. Fifteen-year-old Sonia Ngai said, “I think I’m living more in the moment.” Those moments are to be savored, they now realize, because while smartphones may go on forever, […]

Ohio State University Requires Students To Study AI

“The goal of the initiative, AI Fluency, is that students, beginning with the class of 2029, will graduate and be fluent in both their major and AI… Beginning this year, all freshmen are required to take a course in generative AI and multiple workshops aimed at real-world applications to help them master the technology.”

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Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.

Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.

Peter Nilsson

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