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Happy to hear directly from students. Sad that they don't have a functioning government.
Congress hasn't passed AI rules for schools. So these 98 teens did it themselvesShould students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.www.npr.org
A review of FLAG’s finances, donor operations and online donation network reveals a less celebratory picture. There is little evidence that the nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...www.propublica.org
"It took one colleague around seven years to bank 77 sick days to use for a single pregnancy. “Women go back sooner than they should have, because they don’t have the days,” Jones said. “You end up in this deficit zone.”"
Newsom Reverses on Long-Sought Paid Leave Benefit for Teachers in California - KFF Health NewsCalifornia lawmakers gave public school teachers 14 weeks of paid leave in the state’s new budget, a long-sought benefit for the largely female workforce. Gov. Gavin Newsom previously opposed similar ...kffhealthnews.org'People in Springfield called themselves “heritage citizens,” euphemism for entitlement. Who is really a heritage citizen on land that is stolen? When we are all immigrants? How far back do you have to trace family to be “heritage” citizen?Is it just abt being white?' www.patreon.com/LyzLenz/post...
Who will you blame when they’re gone? | Men Yell at MeI did not intend to come to Springfield, Ohio, the week that temporary protected status (TPS) ended for Haitian immigrants. Since the Supremwww.patreon.comThe fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade open.substack.com/pub/populari...
The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusadeLast Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...open.substack.comAcademically, researchers have often found no significant differences in achievement between schol districts on 5- vs. 4-day schedules, particularly when districts with shorter weeks maintain instructional hours. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
States Start to Crack Down on 4-Day School WeeksMeasures limiting when schools can adopt shortened schedules center on maintaining academic achievement.www.edweek.orgValuable thread. LLM + ignorance = meszs
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)These errors (which the industry wants us to refer to as "hallucination" - a whimsical, obscuring, anthropomorphizing euphemism) are the reason that reliable AI use requires the discernment that comes from skill and expertise. 8/
"Instead of explicitly saying what they’re saying, they’re coding their aims—breeding distrust in contraception, pushing teens toward early marriage, enforcing traditional gender roles—in language that is a hybrid of anti-abortion talking points and Make America Healthy Again pseudoscience."
I Thought Conservative Sex Education Couldn’t Get Worse. The Trump Administration Found a Way.Abstinence-only education is a proven disaster. But the new plan is somehow even more dangerous.slate.com“As conservative activists around the country chip away at church-state separation in education, that leaves a key question unanswered: Can Colorado stop a religious school from being recognized and funded as a public school?“
Education Officials Knew ‘Public Christian School’ Was Religious Before It Opened – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Coloradopagosadailypost.com
Wolfers: For nine out of the last 10 presidencies, if you’d said, “How much should we blame the president for what’s going on with the economy right now?” I would have said that the president is just one factor among many. That’s what I would have said nine out of 10 times. This is the 10th time.
