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Architecture News<p>Archdaily : Brighton High School / JAWSARCHITECTS <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1033115/brighton-high-school-jawsarchitects" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archdaily.com/1033115/brighton</span><span class="invisible">-high-school-jawsarchitects</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a></p>
Terence Eden’s Blog<p><strong>Books will soon be obsolete in school</strong></p><p><a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/books-will-soon-be-obsolete-in-school/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/books</span><span class="invisible">-will-soon-be-obsolete-in-school/</span></a></p><p></p><p>I recently had a chance to ask a question to one of the <strong>top</strong> AI people. At a Q&amp;A session, I raised my hand and asked simply "What is your estimation of the future educational value of AI?"</p><p>The response was swift and utterly devastating for those laggards who want to hold back progress. The AI guy said:</p><blockquote><p>Books will soon be obsolete in schools. Scholars will be instructed through AI. It is possible to teach every branch of human knowledge with AI. Our school system will be completely changed inside of ten years.</p><p>We have been working for some time on educational AI. It proves conclusively the worth of AI in chemistry, physics and other branches of study, making the scientific truths, difficult to understand from text books, plain and clear to children.</p></blockquote><p>That's it. We can throw away all those outdated paper books. Children will learn directly from an AI which, coincidentally, is sold by the company. We can trust their studies on such matters and be assured that they have no ulterior motive.</p><p>But, ah my friends, I have told a <em>slight</em> untruth. I didn't ask that question. Frederick James Smith asked the question to Thomas Edison in <strong>1913</strong>. The question was about the new and exciting world of motion pictures.</p><p></p><p>You can <a href="https://www.laviemoderne.net/images/forum_pics/2017/20171116%20New%20York%20NY%20Dramatic%20Mirror%201913%20Mar-Apr%201914%20Grayscale%20-%200690.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">read the full exchange from The New York Dramatic Mirror</a>.</p><p>A hundred-plus years since the great and humble Edison made his prediction and… books are still used in schools! Those of us of a certain age remember a TV occasionally being wheeled in for one lesson or another. Today's kids watch more video content than ever - of mixed quality - but still rely on books and teachers.</p><p>Videos are good for some aspects of learning, but woefully inadequate for others.</p><p>I'm not trying to say that just because one technology failed, so will all others. But it is <em>amazing</em> how AI-proponents are recycling the same arguments with basically the same timescale. Will AI be part of education? Sure! Just like videos, pocket computers, the Metaverse, and performance enhancing drugs.</p><p>Will it be the <em>only</em> tool ever needed for education? I doubt it. Will vested interests and uncritical journalists continue to boost it? You don't need to have read many history books to work out the answer.</p><p>Further reading: <a href="https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-the-future-all-food-will-be-cooked-in-a-microwave-and-if-you-cant-deal-with-that-then-you-need-to-get-out-of-the-kitchen/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen</a></p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/ai/" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/education/" target="_blank">#education</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/history/" target="_blank">#history</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/tag/schools/" target="_blank">#schools</a></p>
Terence Eden<p>🆕 blog! “Books will soon be obsolete in school”</p><p>I recently had a chance to ask a question to one of the top AI people. At a Q&amp;A session, I raised my hand and asked simply "What is your estimation of the future educational value of AI?"</p><p>The response was swift and utterly devastating for those laggards who want to hold back progress. The AI guy said:</p><p>👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/books-will-soon-be-obsolete-in-school/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/books</span><span class="invisible">-will-soon-be-obsolete-in-school/</span></a><br>⸻<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a></p>
earthling<p>‘There were bodies on the ground, people torn apart’</p><p>Um Momen, a displaced Palestinian and witness to the attack, said: “My children were playing in the yard and they were carrying lunch. Suddenly, we hear bombing in the school. We heard the screams of women and children. My husband went to find our children. We found [in] the school, the classes full of dead bodies and young children, women shattered into pieces.” </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Palestinians train on violins during a session organised by the Edward Said national conservatory of music in Gaza City. </p><p>Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
earthling<p>France condemns Israel’s demolition of West Bank school near Tubas</p><p>The school, which had been planned to serve approximately 100 children in the village of Aqaba, was demolished on August 5.</p><p>The school was the second educational facility financed by AFD to be demolished in the occupied West Bank. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WestBank</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Witnesses describe Israeli attack on Gaza City school-turned shelter</p><p>“We were sitting safely, having lunch, feeling happy and at ease, when suddenly we heard a missile hit the school,” she said. “There were bodies on the ground, people torn apart. We always believed this school was safe … but it turned out it was not. This is the sixth time the school has been struck, and before, my daughters were among those killed.”</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>Earlier: “Reforming the test without adjusting how it’s used in ratings won’t fix the pressure <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> are under. ... Until we fix the student assessment and the student school accountability system, students will continue to be taught to the test.” <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislative-repeal-and-replace-staar-test/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-legisl</span><span class="invisible">ative-repeal-and-replace-staar-test/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
:rss: Hacker News<p>It Looks Like a School Bathroom Smoke Detector. It Could Be an Audio Bug<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/school-bathroom-vape-detector-audio-bug/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/school-bathroo</span><span class="invisible">m-vape-detector-audio-bug/</span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/hacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacks</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/black_hat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>black_hat</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/defcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defcon</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/404_media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>404_media</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>Archdaily : Swan Hill Specialist School / WHDA <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1033049/swan-hill-specialist-school-whda" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archdaily.com/1033049/swan-hil</span><span class="invisible">l-specialist-school-whda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The judge’s ruling followed a motion for summary judgment from the American Federation of Teachers &amp; the American Sociological Assoc, which challenged the govt’s actions in a Feb lawsuit.</p><p>The case centers on 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept memos ordering <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> to end all “race-based decision-making” or face penalties up to a total loss of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>. It’s part of a campaign to end practices the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin frames as *discrimination* against white &amp; Asian American students. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge on Thursday struck down 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin actions aimed at eliminating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> programs at the nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>.</p><p>In her ruling, US District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland stated that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> when it threatened to cut federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> from educational institutions that continued with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> initiatives.</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-dei-schools-lawsuit-ruling-education-department-4c1dbb5f7b3997ba78c17b25a935fb3f?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-14-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-dei-s</span><span class="invisible">chools-lawsuit-ruling-education-department-4c1dbb5f7b3997ba78c17b25a935fb3f?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-14-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Speaking of teaching:</p><p>(1) ICE will be on our school campuses this Fall. Some Superintendents &amp; principals are saying they won't cooperate, but what happens when the storm troopers force their way into our classrooms or nab students and parents from the curb before school? Are teachers trained &amp; ready to resist? </p><p>(2) Trump has refused to allow $8 billion of Congressionally-approved money to come into California's school system. This will harm the most marginalized students in our schools-since that is where most federal funding goes.</p><p>(3) Curriculum attacks will continue, both with Trump's demand that we end all "DEI" programs &amp; curriculum AND witht SCOTUS ruling allowing parents to opt their students out of specific lessons. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gestapo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dei</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Young musicians sing and play instruments in Gaza’s ruins of war</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
Architecture News<p>Archdaily : Euro School Banerghatta / Vijay Gupta Architects (VGA) <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1032957/euro-school-banerghatta-vijay-gupta-architects-vga" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">archdaily.com/1032957/euro-sch</span><span class="invisible">ool-banerghatta-vijay-gupta-architects-vga</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EducationalArchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationalArchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>"God, the lack of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a> ed in <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> is horrifying. The number of young <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> who know basically nothing about sex, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/reproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduction</span></a>, and their own bodies is almost as astounding as the number of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/sexually" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexually</span></a> active grown <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/adults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adults</span></a> who know little to nothing about those things. We desperately need sex ed."</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/791794309200494592" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/nando161mando/79179</span><span class="invisible">4309200494592</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Architecture expert: Estonia’s newest school buildings great — for extroverts | News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1281801/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1281801/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PelgulinnaStateHighSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PelgulinnaStateHighSchool</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a></p>
Algernon D'Ammassa<p>A story I have been reporting on over seven years may actually be coming to a conclusion. This week I visited the newly rebuilt, still under construction, Columbia Elementary School, which had been plagued with problems due to construction errors, especially heavy mold. </p><p><a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_2cb335ee-adf9-4f94-ac2d-707520d62f44.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abqjournal.com/news/article_2c</span><span class="invisible">b335ee-adf9-4f94-ac2d-707520d62f44.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/LasCruces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LasCruces</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/construction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>construction</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"AI – the ultimate bullshit machine – can produce a better 5PE than any student can, because the point of the 5PE isn't to be intellectually curious or rigorous, it's to produce a standardized output that can be analyzed using a standardized rubric.</p><p>I've been writing YA novels and doing school visits for long enough to cement my understanding that kids are actually pretty darned clever. They don't graduate from high school thinking that their mastery of the 5PE is in any way good or useful, or that they're learning about literature by making five marginal observations per page when they read a book.</p><p>Given all this, why wouldn't you ask an AI to do your homework? That homework is already the revenge of Goodhart's Law, a target that has ruined its metric. Your homework performance says nothing useful about your mastery of the subject, so why not let the AI write it. Hell, if you're a smart, motivated kid, then letting the AI write your bullshit 5PEs might give you time to write something good.</p><p>Teachers aren't to blame here. They have to teach to the test, or they will fail their students (literally, because they will have to assign a failing grade to them, and figuratively, because a student who gets a failing grade will face all kinds of punishments). Teachers' unions – who consistently fight against standardization and in favor of their members discretion to practice their educational skills based on kids' individual needs – are the best hope we have:"</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/11/five-paragraph-essay/#targets-r-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/08/11/fiv</span><span class="invisible">e-paragraph-essay/#targets-r-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schools</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Grading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grading</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GoodhartsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodhartsLaw</span></a></p>
Texas Observer<p>“The state is using the assessment to punish campuses and teachers and other students … and parents don’t want to be a part of that system.” </p><p>New from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://texasobserver.social/@josephinelee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>josephinelee</span></a></span>: The state's standardized testing system is massively unpopular in both parties. What are the chances the lege will actually replace it with something better? <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislative-repeal-and-replace-staar-test/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-legisl</span><span class="invisible">ative-repeal-and-replace-staar-test/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/TXlege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TXlege</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>