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August 27
Stanford Gave Kids an AI Tutor. Many Never Used It. AI in education Stanford Gave Kids an AI Tutor. Many Never Used It. Stanford handed 355 elementary students their own AI reading tutor. Many never opened it, and the ones who did used it far too little to help. The fix was not… Kansas Weighs Screens in Early Grades. The Device Isn’t the Question. Education policy Kansas Weighs Screens in Early Grades. The Device Isn’t the Question. Kansas is debating whether to pull screens from its youngest classrooms. It is a fair instinct built on a shaky premise: that the device decides whether a child learns. Here… Google Built the Study Tool That Teaches, and the One That Doesn’t AI in education Google Built the Study Tool That Teaches, and the One That Doesn’t On August 19 Google bundled quizzes, flashcards and a talk-to-it assistant into one student hub. Some of it makes a child do the hard work of learning. Some of it… An AI Tutor’s Pitch Reaches for a Myth Science Retired in 2008 AI in education An AI Tutor’s Pitch Reaches for a Myth Science Retired in 2008 A London AI tutor raised millions on a neuroscience story and a promise to teach your child their way. One of those selling points was debunked back in 2008. Here…
August 26
AI Reading Tools and Dyslexia: Build the Skill or Bypass It? Dyslexia AI Reading Tools and Dyslexia: Build the Skill or Bypass It? Nigerian educators are calling for more AI and assistive technology to help children with dyslexia, and the access those tools give is real. But six experts in one story skip…
August 25
Written Off at Five: Why a Learning Label Is a Starting Point Dyscalculia Written Off at Five: Why a Learning Label Is a Starting Point A specialist told Erin Moore's parents she was the one child in the class who was different. She was five. She is 21 now and finishing a degree, and the… ADHD Isn’t a Deficit or a Superpower. The Honest Middle Helps More ADHD ADHD Isn’t a Deficit or a Superpower. The Honest Middle Helps More A viral paper says ADHD fuels creativity. Its authors measured no one and were far more careful. The gap between a hedged synthesis and a costless-gift story is the part… Your Child’s Reading App Is Adaptive. To What, Exactly? assistive technology Your Child’s Reading App Is Adaptive. To What, Exactly? A Hungarian reading app raised six million euros on the strength of one word: adaptive. It is a real feature, and it names a weaker thing than the science behind… Vanderbilt’s Dyslexia School Expands as the Field Rethinks What Dyslexia Is Dyslexia Vanderbilt’s Dyslexia School Expands as the Field Rethinks What Dyslexia Is Vanderbilt opened a newly expanded school built entirely for children who struggle to read. Ten months earlier, and with far less fanfare, the field rewrote its own definition of dyslexia,…
August 24
ADHD Diagnoses Are Surging. A Diagnosis Is Not a Verdict. ADHD ADHD Diagnoses Are Surging. A Diagnosis Is Not a Verdict. ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions are climbing worldwide, and in England more adults than children now get stimulants. The number every parent hears is real. What it actually counts, and what…