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Charter school is replacing teachers with AI Charter school is replacing teachers with AI

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How to talk to your ‘skeptic’ family about science misinformation How to talk to your ‘skeptic’ family about science misinformation

By Lauren Leffer

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This is your brain. This is your brain on screens. This is your brain. This is your brain on screens.

By Jill Barshay / The Hechinger Report

Students testing ChatGPT AI tutor on computers

A version of OpenAI’s GPT-4 will be ‘teaching’ thousands of kids this fall A version of OpenAI’s GPT-4 will be ‘teaching’ thousands of kids this fall

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School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books

A notebook with Spanish verb conjugations, written probably in the process of learning two languages simultaneously

You should learn two languages at once You should learn two languages at once

By Amanda Svachula

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What it takes to display a 176,000-pound space shuttle in a launch configuration What it takes to display a 176,000-pound space shuttle in a launch configuration

Student at desk doing math homework during COVID-19 lockdown.

US schools aren’t ready for another pandemic US schools aren’t ready for another pandemic

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis/Undark

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs

Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs Coping advice from people with the world’s most stressful jobs

By Rob Verger, Erik Olsen

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Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools Young kids learn the realities of climate change in forest schools

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Volunteer astronomers bring wonders of the universe into prisons Volunteer astronomers bring wonders of the universe into prisons

By Briley Lewis

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Learning a new language? Here’s how to perfect your pronunciation. Learning a new language? Here’s how to perfect your pronunciation.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past?

Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past? Born of eugenics, can standardized testing escape its past?

By Deborah Blum / Undark

A young girl feeding a brown-and-white goat over a wire fence on a farm.

7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals 7 ways to support a kid who wants to care for animals

By Noah Lederman

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In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround In school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaround

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Ransomware hackers hit a massive Los Angeles School system over the weekend Ransomware hackers hit a massive Los Angeles School system over the weekend

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The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them The Opt Out: School devices are sharing your family’s data, but you can stop them

By Karina Montoya

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying

How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying How a ‘digital twin’ of an Apache helicopter could help keep these old birds flying

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help. Not a math person? Duolingo wants to help.

By Charlotte Hu

The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family The untold tale of Eliza Youmans, the daring educator in PopSci’s founding family

By Corinne Iozzio