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When Leaders Share Deepfakes: Teaching Truth in an Age of Political AI

This weekend, President Donald Trump shared a video depicting himself flying a fighter jet and dumping sludge over protesters. It was not real. It was AI-generated. Within hours, Senator J.D. Vance...

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EdTech

AI Won’t Replace Your Kid’s Teacher, But It Will Make Them Better

A few messages arrived asking if I’m going soft on AI in education. I’ve sounded cynical in the past about the idea (even as I wrote cautiwously in favor of it). Am I buying into the hype after...

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AI Can Finally Make Education Work. If We Don’t Screw It Up.

I feel like Morpheus offering you two pills, except both pills are just facts you’ve been avoiding. Fact one: We’ve known for 40 years what actually works in education. One-on-one tutoring. Benjamin...

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I Will Not Remain Silent When Books Are Being Banned

Back in January 2022, when I read this headline in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “Movement would ban LGBTQ books, online materials from school libraries,” I felt like I was in an episode of the...

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Want to Be an Engaged Citizen? Read Banned Books by Authors of Color.

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison's words would have made her a literary giant no matter what, but her position as one of our country's 'most-banned' authors gives her an arguably more important...

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Why “Gender Queer” Belongs on Library Shelves — Even If It Makes You Uncomfortable

I wanted to write something cutesy like, “I read Gender Queer, so you don't have to,” but that would be bad advice. With book bans popping up across America like acne, the best soap would be an...

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