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September 13
Schools Get an AI Privacy Deal, Not Proof It Teaches AI in education Schools Get an AI Privacy Deal, Not Proof It Teaches Teachers' unions and Microsoft signed schools an iron-clad AI privacy standard, and the protections are real. But read the whole thing and you will not find one line about whether… California’s Chatbot Law Won’t Touch the Design That Hooks Kids Education policy California’s Chatbot Law Won’t Touch the Design That Hooks Kids California has signed the country's strongest child-safety tech laws, and the protections are real. But the companion-chatbot bill governs what happens after a harmful moment, not the engineered design that… ‘Bad at Math’ Isn’t a Real Category. Here’s What Is. Dyscalculia ‘Bad at Math’ Isn’t a Real Category. Here’s What Is. Almost every child who struggles with numbers hears it eventually: you're just bad at math. But when researchers go looking for the clean line between the kids who have the…
September 12
Orton-Gillingham for Math? Your Child Needs a Roadmap, Not a Label Dyscalculia Orton-Gillingham for Math? Your Child Needs a Roadmap, Not a Label Orton-Gillingham is a reading method, but homeschool and special-education guidance keeps recommending it for dyscalculia too, as if one credential covers both. Math difficulty and reading difficulty are not the… A Smart Pen Flags Writing Trouble Early. Detection Still Isn’t Help. Dysgraphia A Smart Pen Flags Writing Trouble Early. Detection Still Isn’t Help. An Italian research team wired a ballpoint with motion sensors that flag children's writing struggles earlier than ever. The headlines call it detection. The researchers call it something far more…
September 10
The ‘Math Brain’ Myth Behind North Carolina’s Math Overhaul Mathematics The ‘Math Brain’ Myth Behind North Carolina’s Math Overhaul North Carolina is rewriting which math courses high schoolers must take, and most coverage calls it a fight over rigor versus relevance. The state’s own math chief named a quieter… A Mandate Is Changing How Massachusetts Teaches Reading. Here’s Why. Reading A Mandate Is Changing How Massachusetts Teaches Reading. Here’s Why. A Massachusetts town's reading-curriculum update looks like a budget fight over an unfunded mandate. Underneath is a bigger question the coverage skips: were children being taught to read, or taught…
September 9
Reading Scores Are Falling, and the Slide Began Before the Pandemic Education policy Reading Scores Are Falling, and the Slide Began Before the Pandemic The 2025 PISA results show American reading scores sliding again, and the coverage blames the pandemic and phones. The more careful data says the decline started around 2013, and no… Florida’s Proposed Classroom AI Opt-Out Isn’t the Real Question AI in education Florida’s Proposed Classroom AI Opt-Out Isn’t the Real Question Florida is about to vote on rules that would let parents opt their child out of classroom AI, with notice, a non-AI alternative, and extra review for the youngest students.… Your District Is Going ‘AI-Powered.’ Ask What Actually Teaches AI in education Your District Is Going ‘AI-Powered.’ Ask What Actually Teaches Broward County branded its schools 'AI-powered' this year, and districts everywhere are following. It sounds like progress. But whether a tool teaches your child was never about its AI label,…