'But even in classrooms, books are few and far between. And when they do appear in curricula, they are often selected primarily in the hope that something 'appealing' or 'accessible' or 'relevant' will prompt reluctant students to actually read them.' bit.ly/3U3QvSS

'Instead, these models are essentially next-word prediction engines, meaning that after they’ve been prompted by human-generated text, they run a complicated set of statistical algorithms to predict what text to generate as output.' bit.ly/43WyjOj

'In a landscape pocked by hyperbolic social media, pro-terrorist theatrics on campus, and performative MAGA lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, do we really think America’s problem is a lack of activism?' bit.ly/44eazoL

'In the past few years, there’s been much talk about the need to teach “true history.” The intuition is a healthy one (even if it’s frequently used to justify teaching politicized caricatures of America the Awful).' bit.ly/44kvxm2

Angela R. Watson joins the Education Exchange podcast this week to discuss the new Johns Hopkins Homeschool Hub. bit.ly/4bij4RZ

'One of Shrier’s main concerns is how incessantly focusing on emotions can get in the way of accomplishing important tasks. If you want to climb a mountain, obsessing over your feelings will keep you at the bottom, she argues ...' bit.ly/3Qkr8tE

Neville Chamberlain and “True History.” Smug self-certainty is a lousy lens through which to view history. bit.ly/44kvxm2

'Imagine a doctor prescribing a sophisticated new drug to 100 patients and finding 95 of them didn’t take it as prescribed. That is the situation with many online math interventions in K–12 education today.' bit.ly/4cWfHlF

From the Spring 2024 issue of EdNext: School Choice for Me but Not for Thee. bit.ly/48HUBnq

'Increasingly, school curriculums are getting swept away by a movement that is determined to teach math in a way that is antithetical to research and common sense.' bit.ly/3JeY7eV

From the Spring 2024 issue of EdNext: The Party of Education in 2024 — Will it be the Democrats? The Republicans? Or neither? bit.ly/42BDW3L

Angela R. Watson, a senior research fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, joins the Education Exchange podcast to discuss the launch of the Johns Hopkins Homeschool Hub. bit.ly/4bij4RZ

'Martin centers 'A Most Tolerant Little Town' on the students. For her, they are the ones who desegregated the school, not the lawyers, judges, and National Guardsmen. They did not seek martyrdom but simply wanted to be treated equally.' bit.ly/3w52x5a

'As practiced today, campus protests feature a lot of appetite, id, and ego. Taking their cue from the cultural memory of Mark Rudd and his fellow ‘60s-era showmen, they’re histrionic affairs rather than considered ones.' bit.ly/44eazoL

'A commitment to excellence need not conflict with a drive for equity. Indeed, excellence is not the enemy of equity.' bit.ly/4d3KGfC

'One of the big tasks facing SEL researchers is understanding the conditions under which SEL works, fails, and, yes, even harms. But we’re not entirely in the dark on this question.' bit.ly/3Qkr8tE

The Education Exchange: A Resource for Homeschoolers and the Policymakers who Support Them. The new Homeschool Hub gives a boost to the growing home-education sector. bit.ly/4bij4RZ

Should lawmakers expand access to apprenticships for students, or is higher education the better career path? Ryan Craig and Ben Wildavsky debate this topic in the latest EdNext forum. bit.ly/4cJenCx

'So what’s the big deal about books? Why do they matter, and what is this purported research that supports reading them rather than, say, passages or stories or even (tip of the hat to NCTE) YouTube videos.' bit.ly/3U3QvSS

From the Spring 2024 issue of EdNext: How Building Knowledge Boosts Literacy and Learning. First causal study finds outsized impacts at “Core Knowledge” schools. bit.ly/4cavdtF