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“The report offers evidence to suggest that students who use generative AI are already seeing declines in content knowledge, critical thinking and even creativity. And this could have enormous consequences if these young people grow into adults without learning to think critically.”
I got a lot to say about this study and no time to say it, but any time someone thinks using AI is helping students learn writing it is likely to be the opposite and rooted in a view of what learning writing is like that must be challenged and revised. www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:47 PM
“The report offers evidence to suggest that students who use generative AI are already seeing declines in content knowledge, critical thinking and even creativity. And this could have enormous consequences if these young people grow into adults without learning to think critically.”
Henry David Thoreau penned in his journal “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.”
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Henry David Thoreau penned in his journal “Methinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.”
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Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
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When Khaman Maluach’s freshman season at Duke University ended in April, the biggest question about the 7-foot-2 man’s ability to play in the NBA had nothing to do with his shooting, size or skill.
It had everything to do with his passport.
nbcnews.to/4njFv04
It had everything to do with his passport.
nbcnews.to/4njFv04
June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
When Khaman Maluach’s freshman season at Duke University ended in April, the biggest question about the 7-foot-2 man’s ability to play in the NBA had nothing to do with his shooting, size or skill.
It had everything to do with his passport.
nbcnews.to/4njFv04
It had everything to do with his passport.
nbcnews.to/4njFv04
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A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...
Enumerating AI effects in education
Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash Over recent weeks, controversy has surfaced over research publications claiming to show statistical evidence that generative AI has beneficial effects on learning.…
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May 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A race is on to produce statistical evidence of the effects of AI in education. It's leading to a rush of viral studies that play well on social media but don't stand up so well to methodological scrutiny. New post codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/e...
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If academic institutions want to grade students in a meaningful way, I suspect they will now need to go back to handwritten exams and oral tests only. If you can’t handwrite or speak, it’ll have to be done on a non-networked dumb machine. Maybe just a typewriter
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If academic institutions want to grade students in a meaningful way, I suspect they will now need to go back to handwritten exams and oral tests only. If you can’t handwrite or speak, it’ll have to be done on a non-networked dumb machine. Maybe just a typewriter
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Undergraduate learning assistants can serve as a force multiplier for good instruction in a large course. At a huge university, they make interactive and relational teaching possible in more classrooms. chroni.cl/4cHowA8
The Students Who Help Teach Their Peers
How undergraduate learning assistants make large-enrollment courses feel more human.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Undergraduate learning assistants can serve as a force multiplier for good instruction in a large course. At a huge university, they make interactive and relational teaching possible in more classrooms. chroni.cl/4cHowA8