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

Messy Handwriting: It’s Not Tech’s Fault, It’s Been Around Forever

“In fact, Shakespeare’s Hamlet says just that: “I once did hold it, as our statists do, A baseness to write fair, and labored much How to forget that learning” That is, elegant handwriting was a tell-tale skill of the upwardly mobile, not those who were born into power and privilege. Writing carelessly could be a […]

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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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