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Back to basics: Schools turn to block play to build AI-ready minds

As artificial intelligence rapidly reshapes the educational landscape, school districts across the United States are looking ...

25 Teachers Are Sharing The "Basic" Things Students Apparently Cannot Do Themselves Anymore, And We Should All Be Panicking

"Immature parents who are always on their phones and have no idea how to interact with a child, too much screen time, no ...

‘Not everybody needs to go beyond the basics of computing, just as not everybody needs to write poetry’

Jeffrey D. Ullman emphasizes the importance of basic computing knowledge, akin to literacy, without the need for advanced ...

Even More Teachers Are Sharing The Everyday Things Students Can't Do For Themselves Anymore

"Immature parents who are always on their phones and have no idea how to interact with a child, too much screen time, no ...
Opinion

‘Learn to code’ is dead. So what the heck should you actually teach your kids in the age of AI?

Holly Baxter asks tech experts what students should actually study, now ‘learn to code’ is dead — and gets some surprising answers ...
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Chinese language curriculum launched for basic, junior and senior high schools in Ghana

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has officially launched a Chinese language curriculum for basic, junior high and senior high schools in Ghana, as the Confucius Institute at ...
The Atlantic

‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Back to basics? Cursive lessons will be mandatory for Florida kids if this bill passes

New bills would mandate cursive reading and writing instruction for Florida elementary school students. Students would be required to demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing cursive by the ...
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Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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American Sign Language Puzzles: Free 5-page PDF for Kids

If the words “educational activity” send your kid running for the hills…you’re not alone. That’s why I made this sign language puzzle printable. It’s ASL practice disguised as a game. Sneaky, I know.
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American Sign Language Matching Activities for Kids (42 Free PDFs)

According to some resources, American Sign Language is one of the most frequently used languages in the United States. Depending on the criteria used to count people, it often falls somewhere between ...
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7 Basic Life Skills Slowly Disappearing From Kids’ Lives, According To Teachers

Kids today live very different lives than youngsters did in previous generations. With technology permeating every part of life, there are so many things that they do differently, or don’t have to do ...