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Rahm Emanuel on How Dems Lost Their Way and Trump's Immigration Success, Plus Halperin, Lauren, More | Megyn Kelly
Former Obama Chief of Staff, Mayor of Chicago, Ambassador to Japan and now Presidential candidate Rahm Emmanuel on the crisis in education. Before his political career, Rahm aspired to be an early childhood educator. Speaking to the Megyn Kelly audience, he said we need to quit focusing on bathroom access and instead, classroom success. Emanuel points to the “Mississippi Miracle” as a model for the nation.
Reagan’s Secretary of Education Joins Qatar’s Payroll | The Free Press
The article is really about Qatar’s use of “soft power” to influence everything from U.S. Congress ($100 billion spent), to gifting the United States a new jet, and spending over $6 billion in donations to U.S. higher education institutions. Highlighting Bill Bennett’s role as a Qatari advisor—while notable given his pedigree—is for clicks.
Perplexity AI CEO Warns Youngsters to Stop Wasting Time on Instagram and Start Learning AI to Stay Employable | Techlusive
Despite the obvious conflict of interest, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas is giving good advice to quit wasting time on social media like Instagram and become an expert at using AI. While AI is presenting a challenge to people to keep up with the torrid pace of change, it can also help people learn faster, a.k.a. “Learning at the Speed of Light.”
What Joe Rogan and Ken Burns Can Teach Us About History Class | Education Next
It’s ironic that in the world where bite-size bits of content dominate Gen Z’s consumption, two of the most popular media properties are decidedly long form. The average human attention span has gone from an average of 120 seconds twenty years ago to 8 seconds today (a goldfish: 9 seconds). What both Joe Rogan and Ken Burns have tapped into is the fact that people still want depth in understanding. You can’t learn if you aren’t engaged, and Hollywood meets Harvard will continue to grow as a megatheme.
School Choice is Great, But the Churn It Allows Comes at a Cost | The 74 Million
Students transferring schools can come with a cost. Student outcomes, behavioral issues, social acclimation can all be challenging. In my view, school choice isn’t primary cause of the “churn” issue and certainly, students finding the best school for them to thrive outweighs transfer cost most of the time. The hard part is most of the serial transfer issues are associated with challenging out of school realities.
☀️EP. 17 · Heartland Innovation: Indiana Superintendent Neal Adams | Edreform in 10
Check out this interview from the ASU+GSV Summit with Hoosier Neal Adams. Indiana and Neal have been leaders with STEM certification, work-based training and diploma redesign.
OpenAI's new Canvas deal pushes AI deeper into schools | Axios
In another move to integrate AI into learning, Instructure’s deal with OpenAI will accelerate the adoption of custom chatbots for teachers grading, tracking progress and creating courses. Canvas had already been working with Anthropic, Perplexity, and Google to embed AI into the learning and teaching process. The “flip” from viewing AI as a way to cheat to the future of learning is clear as day.
‘WE’RE NOT LEARNING ANYTHING’: Stanford GSB Students Sound The Alarm Over Academics | Poets & Quants
All’s not well at the Farm. Stanford MBA students are complaining that their $250K degree is living off of the glory of the past with the current program having “outdated courses” and “disengaged faculty.” New Dean Sarah Soule has some challenges ahead.
We Are Losing Our Minds: Three Big Steps to Restore Trust in Higher Education | RealClear Education
It’s not new news but it’s none-the-less critical that the United States prioritizes education and develops a clear learning strategy and human capital development plan. Three items listed to address….1) You can’t learn if you don’t show up for class. 2) It’s time to take the politics out of education. 3) Democratize success. 15 year olds ranking 34th globally in math and $1.7 trillion of student debt are symptoms of the bigger problem.
Pittsburgh’s Duolingo expands into math courses to combat summer slide in students | WTAE
Duolingo’s free math games are designed to keep students from “slip‘n sliding away” during summer months. “Invisible Learning” happens with an activity that students want to do (playing games) but get the benefit of gaining knowledge. With 130 million monthly active users, Duolingo is used by everyone from refugees to Bill Gates.