Literacy
Many Young Adults Are Barely Literate, Yet Earned a High School Diploma
One in four young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate – yet more than half earned high school diplomas, according to recently released data. The number of 16-to 24-year-olds reading at...
EdTech
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...
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...
EdTech
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...
CRT
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...
bias
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...
