Funny on Sunday: Achievable Bucket List

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When Language Becomes Diagnosis: Multilingual Learners in Special Education

Imagine two students with similar difficulties. One receives a diagnosis placing him on the autism spectrum. The other gets a label of an intellectual disability. The consequences of both diagnoses can be significant: different expectations, a different trajectory, different opportunities. But what if that difference does not lie only in the student, but also in… Read More When Language Becomes Diagnosis: Multilingual Learners in Special Education

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Do carrots really improve your eyesight? A myth born in World War II

We’ve almost all grown up with it: carrots are good for your eyesight. And spinach makes you strong (but that’s another story, or is it?). In some places, there’s an even stronger version of the claim: carrots can help you see in the dark. But where does that idea actually come from? And is it… Read More Do carrots really improve your eyesight? A myth born in World War II

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Does studying in the West lead to more democracy? What education (cannot) do

There is a persistent notion in international education and policy circles: send young people from non-Western countries to Western universities, and they return as bearers of democracy. It sounds almost self-evident. Education shapes. Exposure changes people. And so, society changes along with them. But those same Western educational institutions also shaped various dictators… A topic… Read More Does studying in the West lead to more democracy? What education (cannot) do

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AI lesson planning: this study shows a problem, but not the right one

Do AI tools create better lesson plans than teachers? Many educators would instinctively answer ‘no’. Some will hope ‘not yet’.  But I think: is that actually the right question to ask? A recent study by Trust and colleagues seems to confirm the simple negative answer. The researchers asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot to generate more… Read More AI lesson planning: this study shows a problem, but not the right one

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When youth services fail, schools become the safety net

Students with hearing or visual impairments were once seen as a challenge for inclusive education. In many ways, they still sometimes can be. But over time, schools have built up expertise, support structures and experience. In many systems, this is no longer where the greatest tensions lie. The group that increasingly defines the challenge looks… Read More When youth services fail, schools become the safety net

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AI can improve work. But only if you actually use it

In my work, I try to stay sober about AI. Sometimes that comes across as too critical for enthusiasts, sometimes too positive for sceptics. The latter group might feel more at home today, thanks to a new study by Sean P. Walton and colleagues that examines what actually happens when people work with AI. Human AI… Read More AI can improve work. But only if you actually use it

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AI broke our exams. Are oral exams the fix? Hold your horses…

There is something irresistible about solutions that feel both old and new at the same time. Oral exams, for example. Centuries old, once the norm, then largely abandoned, and now suddenly back in the spotlight. Not out of nostalgia, but out of necessity. Since the rise of generative AI, a familiar reflex keeps popping up:… Read More AI broke our exams. Are oral exams the fix? Hold your horses…

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Funny on Sunday: Let’s Twist Again

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Does Individualism Make Children More Anxious? What a Global Study Really Shows

There is something irresistible about large international studies. Seventy countries. Three decades. Thousands of data points. The kind of research that immediately gives the impression that we are getting closer to answering a big question. In this case, what does cultural change do to the mental health of children and young people? Does a more… Read More Does Individualism Make Children More Anxious? What a Global Study Really Shows

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