Blue books, no tech as NJ faculty try to make class AI-resistant

Artificial intelligence is intended to help reduce human labor, but classrooms are for humans to learn through labor. Where ...
The New York Times

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech. By Anemona ...
Washingtonian

Schools Are Banning Phones. What About Laptops?

When my son was in ninth grade, at a well-regarded DC public school, he spent his days guzzling entertainment. We did not send him to school with a phone—it was too distracting—but the school district ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

How Students Should Practice, In and Out of Class

L ectures are boring. Assignments are busy work. And all of that tuition is for this? When Justin Shaffer hears these kinds of complaints from students, he thinks they have a point. He also thinks ...
Oregonian

A bill to cap class sizes in Oregon has widespread teacher support. But it could also mean less attention for students who need the most help

A bill to make class sizes a mandatory topic of bargaining between Oregon school districts and their local teacher unions appears poised to clear a key hurdle in Salem this week. Should the concept ...