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Looking back at the Future of Humanity Institute
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Z-Library helps students to overcome academic poverty, study finds
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Private school - worthwhile/good idea for not rich people?
Did you or someone you know go to [edit public private, parent paid] school, esp if the students' parents can't easily afford it? Did their parents actually move to be closer to a prestigious...
Did you or someone you know go to [edit
publicprivate, parent paid] school, esp if the students' parents can't easily afford it? Did their parents actually move to be closer to a prestigious school? Is it worth it for folks who aren't old boys/old girls and in general are neither new nor old money? Does it ever make sense to use the college fund to pay for secondary education?28 votes -
The Business-School research scandal that just keeps getting bigger
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Should a country speak a single language? In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi.
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Teachers: what do you do with a class that couldn't care less about what you have to say?
I'm not a teacher, professor or anything, but I had a speaking engagement at a school recently and saw myself in front of a class of students who where tired, bored out of their minds, and just...
I'm not a teacher, professor or anything, but I had a speaking engagement at a school recently and saw myself in front of a class of students who where tired, bored out of their minds, and just wanted to go home. It was a demoralizing experience because I was invited to talk about things that are very dear to me on a personal level. It wasn't easy because in a sense I was putting my heart out to a sea of rolling eyes.
I lectured two classes. The first was wonderful, the students were very interested and made great interventions. The second was a complete disaster and I almost ended it before the time. They were interested in anything but my talk. At some point I wondered, why should I keep talking? Do teachers face that routinely? If so, there's a place for you in haven!
I was glad to go back home knowing I would not have do it again...
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Chegg is on its last legs after ChatGPT sent its stock down 99%
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The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
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Scientists and archivists worry Epic Games' control of the 3D model market will 'destroy' cultural heritage
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Non-college educated White men used to be ahead in the American economy. Now they’ve fallen behind.
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The perverse consequences of tuition-free medical school
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Beautification project in California prison inspired by Norwegian approach to incarceration – rehabilitation in humane prisons surrounded by nature leads to successful reintegration into society
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How harmful are AI’s biases on diverse student populations?
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The elite college students who can’t read books
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I teach a student with Reactive Attachment Disorder and I need help
Special Ed. Teacher here. This year I've been assigned a tough caseload. But my most challenging student is easily the student with Reactive Attachment Disorder and possibly autism. I'll call him...
Special Ed. Teacher here.
This year I've been assigned a tough caseload. But my most challenging student is easily the student with Reactive Attachment Disorder and possibly autism. I'll call him Jake.
Edit: He's in middle school, btw.
To protect his privacy and my own, I can't give many specifics. This student is chronically online and I wouldn't put it past him to Google situations he's caused in my class.
Some vague descriptions of the things he's done this year:
-Repeatedly jokes about pedophilia and teachers who have been arrested for it. It makes me uncomfortable that he does this, obviously. The only saving grace here is that he has thrown it around so many times, including calling multiple teachers pedophiles last year, that everyone knows he is just being rude and it's not a serious accusation. Thoroughly documented and I'm not really concerned about actually being accused. Fyi, I have informed his adoptive parents and they have informed his counselor. They are taking it seriously and have started investigating whether or not this is just shocking humor or a more serious part of the Jake's history before adoption.
-Waits for the perfect time to drop rude or shocking comments to inflict maximum damage. When he wants to say something awful to me or in general, he will hold off until he has an audience and the room is relatively quiet.
-Constantly mocks and shit talks certain students. We have dealt with it. He isn't just getting away with it. But even after consequences, separation from the students, and punishments at home, he doesn't stop. He's hung up on hating a couple of kids in particular but will generally be rude to whoever if he wants to. One of these kids is a scrappy kid from a rough school and I could totally see it ending in punches if we don't manage this.
-Absolutely refuses to share any serious thoughts. Even when asked what kind of support he needs, what kind of rewards would motivate him, or what's bothering him, he just gives ridiculous answers in a high-pitched voice or walks away. This kid wants no part in coming up with solutions and won't even engage in a conversation about his behavior or even the behavior of others.
-Speaking of his high pitched voice, this is the voice he always uses to say rude things. He has his normal speaking voice and then he uses this higher pitched voice when he says things that are rude or shocking. Like he has two different brains and one wants to be mean.
-Last year, he kept a list of times he felt students and teachers had broken the code of conduct.
-absolutely hates special Ed. Hates me for being a special ed. teacher. Reminds the other kids in my class that they're "special" constantly.
For the record, all of these things have been addressed many times. The school has been supportive, the parents have been supportive, and everyone knows that this behavior, if continued for much longer, will likely result in a change of programming for this student. He would be placed in a more restrictive setting.
This is kind of my last ditch effort to see if anyone has ideas, because this student is on the verge of leaving my classroom. If there is anything I can do to make it work with this kid, I would do it immediately. He's smart, witty, and unfortunately very funny in a South Park kind of a way. But he's raising hell every day and he's the first student I've had where it feels like I can't connect with him at all. And not for lack of trying.
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The phone ban has had a big impact on school work (at a school in Iceland)
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To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight
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If Kansas schools know social media harms students, why do they use Instagram?
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I quit teaching because of ChatGPT
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Review: Math from Three to Seven, by Alexander Zvonkin
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Artificial Intelligence-enabled intelligent assistant for personalized and adaptive learning in higher education
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English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees
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Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices
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What gay men’s stunning success might teach us about the academic gender gap
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More Chinese women graduate but jobs and equal pay still elude them: women under-represented in Stem subjects at university and afterwards are quizzed about plans to start a family
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Navient reaches $120 million settlement with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for misleading US student loan borrowers
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Finnish pupils in Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books after a decade of state-backed promotion of laptops and other digital devices in the classroom
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Shooter kills four and injures at least nine at a high school outside Atlanta
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I walked away from my job as a queer educator
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How would you go about teaching (or learning) critical thinking?
I’m interested in everyday applications like noticing bias in commercial media as well as word-of-mouth and social media. Are there any principles or methods you know of that you’d consider...
I’m interested in everyday applications like noticing bias in commercial media as well as word-of-mouth and social media. Are there any principles or methods you know of that you’d consider especially important?
I’m also interested in any recommendations for online training.
Edit: Wow! Since there are some great suggestions in the comments, I'd like to summarise them here:- Primary sources and secondary sources (fefellama)
- Engagement (BeanBurrito)
- Under The Influence by Terry O'Reilly [podcast] (chocobean)
- Influence, marketing, motivation, bias, dark patterns, corruption, phrasing and choice of words (chocobean)
- Multiple sources. Verbalise your thought process / question yourself (hobofarmer)
- Advanced Placement English. Ethos, pathos, logos (Wisix)
- Learning how to hold and study concepts without internalizing them. Not becoming emotionally dependent on “being right”. (bet)
- Flaws in perception and processing. The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef: "the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were" (Landhund)
- Fact checking, exercises such as mock trials (chizcurl)
- Not assuming that critical thinking transfers across domains (daywalker)
- Falsifiability, scientific psychology, psychological bias, cognition / emotion / behaviour (daywalker)
- 'Very Short Introductions' series by Oxford Press (daywalker)
- Many ways to conceptualise "critical thinking". Appreciating the humanity of other people. (mieum)
- Self reflection and acknowledgement of diversity (mieum)
- The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science [book] (gaywallet)
- Being Wrong: Adventures on the Margin of Error [book] (boxer_dogs_dance)
- Be curious and ask questions (Markpelly)
- Empathy facilitates understanding and tempers reactivity (Aerrol)
- Nobel disease or Nobelitis (saturnV)
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American teachers are burning out on the job
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Blue and red US states were putting period products in schools — then came the anti-trans backlash
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Teachers, how has Covid-19 affected your students and classes long term?
I only know a handful of teachers personally, and I’m fascinated by their unique perspectives on how the pandemic affected their classrooms. I’m curious how instruction adapted during 2020 and...
I only know a handful of teachers personally, and I’m fascinated by their unique perspectives on how the pandemic affected their classrooms.
I’m curious how instruction adapted during 2020 and 2021 quarantine, how younger or older students were impacted by losing a year of socialization, and other remarkable or surprising changes that came from those years. How did it affect you personally? Were you happier teaching before covid and unhappy with the permanent changes post-pandemic, or vice versa?
My second hand knowledge is mostly from elementary school teachers in the southeast US. I’d love to hear from teachers across all age groups, especially outside the US.
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What are online courses could you suggest for starting UI/UX design?
Hey there, I am asking for a friend who is interested in transitioning from their career of designing print ads (Photoshop and InDesign) to web design. I would imagine they would need some courses...
Hey there, I am asking for a friend who is interested in transitioning from their career of designing print ads (Photoshop and InDesign) to web design.
I would imagine they would need some courses on responsive design and Figma? But I'll let the people with experience talk if they're here.
Free is preferred but willing to pay if needed! And if you have links or specific online courses you really like and helped you, that would be great!
Thanks in advance!
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MIT's drop in Black students shows fallout from top court ruling
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Anti-trans school board candidates backed by Ron DeSantis get crushed in Florida
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United States Supreme Court blocks Joe Biden administration rules against sex discrimination in schools
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Gay student says “Coach” Tim Walz protected him from homophobic bullies
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Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play
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It’s official: These thirteen books are now banned from all public schools in Utah
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Amid a growing awareness of youth mental health, twenty schools in Denmark have pushed back their start times following a two-year trial
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Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas
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The rich world’s teachers are increasingly morose. Hanging on to the best of them is getting harder.
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Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
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US appeals court blocks all of Joe Biden's SAVE student debt relief plan
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Graduated in December 2023, but federal student loan servicer still lists my loan status as "in school" and that repayments will not begin until December 2025?
Screenshot for clarity My understanding was that after I graduated, I would have a six-month grace period, during which no loan payments would be due. At some point during that six-month grace...
My understanding was that after I graduated, I would have a six-month grace period, during which no loan payments would be due.
At some point during that six-month grace period, my university should have notified "the feds" or my loan servicer that I had graduated, so that they could appropriately adjust my loan status and start date of my repayments.
Well, we are seven, almost eight months post-graduation, and my loan repayments still are not due to begin until December 2025.
I'm still looking for a job, so if I can continue to put off repayment, that would be great.
Of course, if my loan status finally updates, and the servicer realizes I was supposed to start repayment in July 2024, but didn't, then that would not be great.
What do?
Literally this evening I intended to just go ahead and sign up for the SAVE plan, so I wouldn't have any payments until I got a job, even if my loan servicer woke up and realized their mistake. Unfortunately, republicans hate America, so that plan is looking dead in the water. I might go ahead and try to sign up anyways. Maybe I will continue to get lucky.
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The best and brightest don’t want to stay in Canada. I should know: I’m one of the few in my engineering class who did.
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In Norway, children walk to school aged six, or even travel across the country. Why do these kids have so much independence, while other countries are so risk-averse?
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Students at fake university in Michigan created by ICE can sue US, court rules
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