MindShift

High school philosophy students in France grappled with two questions for their exam: Can one be happy when others are not? And, Do we have control of our words?

What Does It All Mean? Once a Year, French Students Try to Explain. The high school philosophy exam is a rite of passage for French students. This year included questions about Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1878 book, “Human, All Too Human.”

Movement does not have to be separate from instruction. It can become a powerful instructional tool that supports both engagement and skill development

Using Movement as an Instructional Tool in Literacy When kids are able to move, they learn better. Here's how to give young students more opportunities to move throughout lessons.

Integrated math takes concepts from both algebras and geometry, plus a little from trigonometry and blends them over multiple years instead of teaching them separately, a year at a time.

Algebra + geometry = integrated math. Is it a formula for success? Integrated math is slowly gaining favor in high schools. Supporters say it opens doors to a variety of STEM pathways. But there is a tradeoff with calculus.

Tutorials on TikTok and YouTube show students how to use tools known as humanizers and autotypers, which make it easier than ever to cheat.

Student Cheating Is Becoming Impossible to Detect in an A.I. Era Big tech companies and small start-ups are using social media to hype new tools that allow students to trick teachers and A.I. detectors.

Using these activities, students are both learning how to think critically about this technology and acquiring new words to help them express that thinking.

https://www.middleweb.com/53535/sharpen-ai-skills-while-kids-learn-new-words/

How likely is it that students can skip a four-year degree and make a good living or achieve “economic mobility?”

The six-figure trades story has a catch: The vast majority of non-college jobs pay far less. Some students can build good lives without a bachelor’s degree. But federal wage data shows those paths are narrower — and often more gendered — than the headlines suggest.

Last week, Roblox introduced new account types and controls. Here’s what parents should know about the changes.

Roblox Just Rolled Out New Parental Controls: Here’s What to Do First The platform’s new age-based account types claim to give parents more control over what kids can access. Here's what parents need to know

Are the millions of dollars invested in career pathway programs actually helping students get a head start on college and careers?

Why Career Pathways Can be Clarifying | KQED A report tracks 6,000 career pathways students after high school graduation. Some of the results offer clues about what students really learn.

No screens. No tabs. Just books. One teacher is using DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time to help students rediscover deep reading.

The Benefits of Teaching Students to Use Books for Research Having high school students spend time reading books shows what research can be like without digital distractions—and many prefer it.

The best learning strategy may be less about what works and more about when it works.

Retrieval Practice vs. Worked Examples: When to Use Which — The Learning Scientists Today I’m reviewing a study that directly compared two effective learning strategies (retrieval practice and worked examples) on their usefulness for generalizing knowledge (transfer).