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We created a support program for schools in informal settlements: What we learned

Access to school is considered to be better for children who live in urban areas than in rural areas in countries such as Kenya. But research shows that this access doesn’t translate into children doing […]

Is your child in a classroom with other year groups? Here’s how it could help them

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Some children at primary school, as they head into a new school year, will find themselves learning alongside children of different ages. Year one and year two might be educated in the same classroom, for […]

While ChatGPT can help, expert says students must remember to think for themselves

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2025’s Year 12 students are the first group in history to have gone through their final years of high school with widespread access to Generative AI models like ChatGPT.This post was originally published on this […]

Historian warns AI may overwrite history by missing human suffering in testimonies

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Human historians are ever more vital in the age of AI—especially with the crucial need to capture the emotional and moral complexity behind world events.This post was originally published on this site

Who shows up in times of need? High school extracurriculars offer clues

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Are nerds the caring ones? High school stereotypes suggest that athletes score more popularity points than marching band members, debaters or leaders in the student council, but research from Rutgers finds that so-called “geeky” activities […]

Opposing the ‘inevitability’ of AI in academia is both possible and necessary, argue researchers

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Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm—including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback from politicians, policymakers and university boards, […]

The rise of AI tools forces schools to reconsider what counts as cheating

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The book report is now a thing of the past. Take-home tests and essays are becoming obsolete.This post was originally published on this site

Chalk and talk vs. active learning: What’s holding South African teachers back from using proven methods?

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As a full-time teacher completing a Ph.D. part-time, I made a decision early on: do research that speaks to the daily realities of teachers and teaching. And so, the idea came from a lived experience—the […]

Could AI write an academic paper and get published without anyone noticing?

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere. In the world of academia, it’s having a big impact.This post was originally published on this site

New free screening tool helps kindergarten teachers spot student needs early

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Starting kindergarten is a big step for young children. It can also be a key time to spot which students might need some extra help with that life transition.This post was originally published on this […]

Retail rents decrease when a marijuana dispensary moves in

As more states open the doors to legal marijuana, dispensaries are becoming a more common retail sighting. But what happens to the businesses next door when one opens for business?This post was originally published on [...]
Too much or too little AI adoption may lower workers’ job satisfaction

In research based on 2009–2020 data from 509 publicly listed US firms, lower and higher levels of adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) were associated with reduced job satisfaction, whereas moderate levels were linked to greater [...]
New study shows why clothing take-back programs fail—and what truly moves consumers to act

Retailers don’t need big financial incentives to get consumers to return used clothing—but they do need the right message. A new peer-reviewed study in the journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management finds that simply telling [...]