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Bar none the best thing we did this trip — honestly the best thing I have ever done with my sophomore scholars — was a visit to Sor María Dolores Díaz de Miranda’s paper/parchment conservation laboratory (diazdemiranda.com). Her warmth, enthusiasm, and erudition bowled the students over.
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Bar none the best thing we did this trip — honestly the best thing I have ever done with my sophomore scholars — was a visit to Sor María Dolores Díaz de Miranda’s paper/parchment conservation laboratory (diazdemiranda.com). Her warmth, enthusiasm, and erudition bowled the students over.
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For all the folks who insist that AI can be a great part of a student writing assignment: Which part of the writing process do you think is unnecessary for students to experience?
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
For all the folks who insist that AI can be a great part of a student writing assignment: Which part of the writing process do you think is unnecessary for students to experience?
Yes.
It’s interesting to read the Shanahan blog post to which Dana Goldstein provides a link. A classic case of how a simple-seeming term like “reading” becomes a specialized term in the vocabulary of literacy researchers based in schools of education—and as such largely incomprehensible to outsiders.
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes.
education coverage in the NYT is generally on the side of corporate reform
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
education coverage in the NYT is generally on the side of corporate reform
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“HQIM” is the educator version of “6-7,” I’d argue
(Same hand motions, too)
(Same hand motions, too)
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“HQIM” is the educator version of “6-7,” I’d argue
(Same hand motions, too)
(Same hand motions, too)
plenty of parents and teachers like a curated book list and they won't mind getting it from the clt or the state of texas
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
plenty of parents and teachers like a curated book list and they won't mind getting it from the clt or the state of texas
i miss believing, as i did as a grad student and for a few years following, that whitman was over-assigned, over-studied
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
i miss believing, as i did as a grad student and for a few years following, that whitman was over-assigned, over-studied
one good thing we've done in class this year is look at op-eds with a lot of evidence that still make weak arguments, that discussion has become a helpful reference point for "how many pieces of evidence do i need per paragraph"
December 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
one good thing we've done in class this year is look at op-eds with a lot of evidence that still make weak arguments, that discussion has become a helpful reference point for "how many pieces of evidence do i need per paragraph"
I actually think this is a good call but STILL I don't think states should hand teachers book lists
incredible, Gatsby's gone too
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I actually think this is a good call but STILL I don't think states should hand teachers book lists
dewey wrote about the etymology of the word “expression”: it requires pressing
“At no point does the model ever give you friction,” he added. “It never pushes back. It’ll just yes and yes and yes. It’s just forever engaging.”
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
dewey wrote about the etymology of the word “expression”: it requires pressing
what a strange piece of writing this article is
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
what a strange piece of writing this article is