Not another blog post about AI and education… No, I’m not trying to guess your thoughts, but it is what I sometimes think myself. Sometimes I feel like everything has already been said and written. Whether it be by AI or not (I wanted to insert an em dash here just for fun). But there… Read More What ChatGPT does to critical and creative thinking
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Universal free school meals are usually discussed from the perspective of health, poverty, and/or opportunity policy. However, a new American study by Andres Cuadros-Meñaca looks at something else: whether free meals for everyone also affect school suspensions. The researchers analysed data from schools that introduced such free meals at various times. Their conclusion: schools that implemented such… Read More Do Universal Free School Meals Reduce School Suspensions?
Yesterday, I came across this message (in French) on Twitter. Because the person who shared it isn’t named Éléonore, I assume she didn’t write it herself. So I went looking. Call it an obsession. I found the same message a few times, including on Facebook , but also a similar message from a certain Claire on Instagram:… Read More Synthetic Authenticity: Be Careful With AI Testimonials About Education…
Last week, UNICEF published a new report on inequality and child well-being in high-income countries. There was quite a lot of media attention for the rankings, but the report itself is more interesting than simply asking which country is now “winning”. In reality, it is about something more fundamental: what economic inequality does to children.… Read More Rich Countries, Unequal Childhoods
Hate speech has long since become an educational problem. Students are confronted with it not only online but also at school. They hear racist remarks, sexist memes, homophobic jokes, or humiliating comments about religion, origin, or gender. And although schools are often the place where such tensions become visible, they are simultaneously one of the… Read More What can schools effectively do against hate speech?
I, too, have received emails about articles or papers that I supposedly wrote, but which simply do not exist. It is a phenomenon that researchers increasingly encounter, as AI systems produce convincing-sounding but fabricated references. Through Inside Higher Ed, I discovered that these are now called Frankencitations. These citations appear to be compiled from existing authors,… Read More Word of the day: Frankencitations
The PISA results will be released again later this year. For the first time, in the second week of September instead of December. This is not the most fortunate timing, if you ask me. As always, most discussions will revolve around learning performance. Mathematics. Reading. Science. Rankings. Decline. Hopefully not the latter. We might well… Read More One of the reasons why I am looking forward to the PISA results in September: what was a COVID effect and what wasn’t?
Paul, Casper, and I are currently putting the finishing touches on the update of the first book on Urban Myths. But completing it is tough because, of course, new studies keep appearing. This includes this new study concerning gender bias among teachers. The researchers used data from the French ELFE cohort study and followed more than… Read More Teachers, Gender Bias, and Behaviour: A More Nuanced Story
There is something oddly comforting in this short video from Harvard Business Review. Not because it tells people to simply “believe in themselves,” but because it reframes something many high achievers quietly struggle with: imposter syndrome. Arthur Brooks argues that feeling like a fraud is often not a sign that you are incompetent. In many… Read More Why The Imposter Syndrome Might Not Be Entirely Bad