AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking

Overall, we found the AI-generated lesson plans to be decidedly boring, traditional and uninspiring. If civics teachers used these AI-generated lesson plans as is, students would miss out on active, ...
Education Week

What Is a Basal Reader, And Why Are They Controversial?

Basal-type programs, which structure their main reading comprehension lessons around a core anthology of short full-length ...
Indiatimes

Nothing Ear (Open): Balancing Surroundings and Sound

Bihar’s governance record has sparked a fiery clash between Union Minister Nityanand Rai and RJD leader Mrityunjay Tiwari. Rai attacked the Rabri-Lalu era, labeling it “Jungle Raj,” citing 32,000+ ...
Los Angeles Times

I’m an intersex professor. Am I supposed to lie by teaching ‘only male and female’?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. I recently watched a viral video of a Texas A&M student challenging her professor for discussing “gender and ...
Daily Mail

My daughters refuse to go to school, so I teach them from home. Their siblings are their only friends - but here's why it's the best decision I've ever made - and why I've ...

As other parents strolled past happily, hand-in-hand with their children, Caro Giles dragged her nine-year-old daughter from where she had wedged herself into the footwell of the family car and ...
PC Magazine

I Tried Amazon's New Alexa Home Theater—and It Might Be the Soundbar Killer No One Saw Coming

I’m PCMag’s managing editor for consumer electronics content, overseeing an experienced team of reviewers and product testers. I’ve been covering tech for 25 years. Prior to PCMag, I worked at outlets ...
The Conversation

We teach young people to write. In the age of AI, we must teach them how to see

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is an affiliate with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making & Society. Daniel Pfurtscheller previously ...
Slate

I Hated It When Older Colleagues Did This. Now I’m Doing It, Too, And It Feels So Wrong.

I’m doing something at work I never thought I’d do. But I don’t know how to stop. Earlier this year I had my first baby. I’ve been back at work from maternity leave for six weeks and it’s been so hard ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lithgow schools teach teenagers to build drones in transition away from coal

Students in the New South Wales city of Lithgow are learning how to build drones in a grassroots effort to transition the community away from coal. Nearly half of the district's economy comes from the ...
The Independent

Tony Robinson: ‘I might worry a bit about being short, but I landed a part in the cult comedy series of the century’

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
BBC

The Victorians, Part 2 of 2

The Victorian era transformed Britain into the world’s foremost industrial and imperial power. The rise of factories saw the expansion of sprawling cities, inhabited by a working class trapped in ...
NDTV

Gul Panag On Teaching Son Nihal About India: "Both Rishi And I Grew Up As Army Brats"

Actress Gul Panag, on Sunday, took to social media to share a heartwarming glimpse into how she and husband Rishi are nurturing their son Nihal's understanding of India's diverse cultures. Drawing ...