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Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
The first time I caught a student using ChatGPT to write their paper, I felt……

Book Review: Primary Reading Simplified, by Christopher Such
Today’s guest book review is by Kim Lockhart. Finding a new favourite book, one that…
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Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching...
The sage-on-the-stage is not the enemy. For years, educators have been told that the best…

Attention Must Be Paid
This guest review of Blake Harvard’s Do I Have Your Attention is written by Justin Cerenzia….

Teaching & Learning Illuminated by Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, &...
From The Science of Learning, Bradley Busch, Edward Watson, and Ludmila Bogatchek have kicked it…

Difference Maker: Enacting Systems Theory in Biology Teaching, by Christian...
Today’s book review is by Beth Hawks. Teaching Science is a Challenge Science classes cover…

Hope for Cynics by Jamil Zaki
When I first picked up Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by…

Honesty by Christian Miller
At first glance, honesty might seem like a straightforward, even mundane topic. When I picked…

Awe by Dacher Keltner
We often center our lives around familiar emotions like joy, sadness, anger, anxiety, or disgust,…

Hidden Brilliance by Lynn Kern Koegel & Claire LaZebnik
As parents and educators, we often find ourselves trying to mold children into the expectations…