Focusing on self-improvement, not competition, may boost grades Students who focus on mastering educational material rather than chasing a high grade tend to perform better academically.

Students who use deeper learning strategies tend to earn better grades, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. news.uga.edu/student-moti... #HigherEd #MasteringSkills #StudentStrategies #ResearchNews #EduMatters with @viktsam.bsky.social 📚👩‍🎓

Case Studies Help Teachers Tackle Ethical Classroom Dilemmas Professor Meira Levinson’s normative case studies offer students and educators a chance to learn across differences

How can teachers navigate ethical gray areas in the classroom? Harvard’s case-study approach turns dilemmas into learning moments — for both educators and students. #MoralEducation #TeacherDevelopment #EdChat #TeachingAcrossDifference #EduMatters

Researchers explore how AI could shape the future of student learning A new study reveals the strengths and pitfalls of incorporating chatbots into classrooms as a 'co-tutor'

Can AI Become a True Classroom Partner? Johns Hopkins Researchers Explore What Happens When Chatbots Step In to Co-Teach — and Why Human Guidance Still Matters Most #AIinEducation #TeachingLearning #FutureOfLearning #TeacherInnovation #DigitalLiteracy #K12 #EduMatters with @vickyloras.bsky.social

New findings by researchers at the #UniversityofHelsinki highlight the importance of education in preventing memory disorders and provide new information on why some people maintain good cognitive function despite their advanced age www.helsinki.fi/en/news/brai... #EduMatters #Age #Memory #Cognition

How is ChatGPT impacting schools, really? Stanford researchers aim to find out. • Stanford Accelerator for Learning A new collaboration between Stanford’s SCALE Initiative and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, strives to better understand how students and teachers use the popular AI platform and how it impacts learni...

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Helping Students Develop AI Prompting Skills for Critical Thinking Learn how AI prompting can foster critical thinking in students. Discover strategies for teaching prompt engineering, evaluating AI-generated content, and integrating AI ethically into coursework.

As AI continues to reshape education, students must develop the skills necessary to engage with it in meaningful ways www.facultyfocus.com/articles/tea... #AI #Teaching #Learning #CriticalThinkingSkills #DigitalLiteracy #HigherEd #EduMatters with @viktsam.bsky.social 🎓@vickyloras.bsky.social 👩‍🏫

Bridging Gaps, Building Futures: A European Tapestry of Digital Education projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m... #DigitalEducation #SchoolToSchoolMentoring #HorizonEU #InclusionMatters #FutureOfLearning #EduInnovation #BridgeTheGap #EuropeTogether #EduMatters #PeerLearning 🧑‍🏫🏫💻

Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting. www.politico.com/news/2025/05... #Trump vs #HarvardBattle #InternationalStudents #SocialMedia #PursuitOfTruth #EduMatters #HigherEd #StandFirm #Resist with @filosia.bsky.social 🐬 #UnitedBlue 💙

Biological markers for teen depression Using a novel lab method they developed, McGill University researchers have identified nine molecules in the blood that were elevated in teens diagnosed with depression. These molecules also predicted...

Unlocking the Biology of Teen Depression: New Research Offers Hope for Early Detection www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha... #TeenMentalHealth #DepressionResearch #Biomarkers #EarlyIntervention #YouthWellbeing #Parenting #EduMatters #MentalHealthAwareness #ScienceNews

Researchers Take AI to “Kindergarten” in Order to Learn More Complex Tasks Researchers show that training neural networks on the basics improves machine learning for the complicated

Kindergarten Meets AI: NYU Researchers Explore How Young Minds Shape Communication #AI #AIResearch #EarlyChildhood #CommunicationScience #HumanAIInteraction #NYU #CognitiveDevelopment #AIGoesToKindergarten #KindergartenAI #EduMatters #Pedagogy #Tech #DigitalLives

AI may speed up the grading process for teachers Large language models like Mixtral grade written responses faster, but they aren’t perfect and often grade differently than a teacher would.

Grading can be a time-consuming task for many teachers. Artificial intelligence tools may help ease the strain, according to a new study from the University of Georgia
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Are you F’ING KIDDING ME!? They had the NERVE to bring in innocent school children to sit in the background while this arsehole signs away their educational opportunities and rights? This is absolutely despicable and lower than low. I’m FURIOUS.
#Resist #Rebel #Revolt #EduMatters #SaveOurSchools

Teachers once struggled to guide students through the pitfalls of social media. Now, AI is the new frontier—will we lead or lag? A Call from UF's Interim Provost Joe Glover news.ufl.edu/2025/03/joe-... #AIinEducation #CriticalThinking #StudentEmpowerment #EdTech #FutureOfLearning #EduMatters

Judy Wajcman: AI will be good for diagnostics, but not for educating kids - LSE Business Review Judy Wajcman has spent her career studying the effects of technological change on society and work. She thinks AI will improve our lives in many ways, but there are limits to what it can do. “I'm dist...

AI's Selective Benefits: Enhancing Diagnostics but Falling Short in Education blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi... #AI #Education #EduMatters #Diagnostics #JudyWajcman #ArtificialIntelligence #Teaching #EdTech #FutureOfLearning with @vickyloras.bsky.social @viktsam.bsky.social @catskiniotou.bsky.social

Intervention that helps pupils normalise everyday emotions leads to better wellbeing Schoolchildren who are taught that stress and sadness are normal parts of life are likely to have better mental health, finds a new study led by UCL and mental health charity, Anna Freud.

Schoolchildren who are taught that stress and sadness are normal parts of life are likely to have better mental health, finds a new study led by UCL and mental health charity, Anna Freud www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...
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What makes a good teacher? — Harvard Gazette We asked Heather Hill of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education what skills a good teacher possesses. One trait stood out.

Teaching can be, without doubt, a noble profession, can't it? @vickyloras.bsky.social Defining effective teaching is not straightforward and there are many facets to it that combine to make great learning happen news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor... #Teaching #Skills #Challenging #EduMatters 👩‍🏫👩‍🎓🐝🏫

There is more to preschool than learning your ABCs and 123s, researchers say. How can educators and parents encourage and support FOLD skills in preschoolers?
www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable... #FOLD #skills #childrendevelopment #edumatters #social #emotional #learning #teaching #parenting

Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms We often hear from our colleagues that our students are not resilient, they are difficult, they seem to always have excuses, and often need

Let me share some #CAKE today with friends, professor @viktsam.bsky.social and great EFL educator @vickyloras.bsky.social www.facultyfocus.com/articles/eff... #classroom #expert #advice #higherEd #edumatters #edu #teaching #learning #care #appreciation #kindness #empathy #psychology

What might happen if the Education Department were closed? - The Hechinger Report The Trump administration has promised big changes, but he can’t make them alone.

Imagining a Future Without the Education Department: Impacts and Questions hechingerreport.org/what-might-h... #TrumpAdministration #EducationPolicy #EduMatters #FutureOfEducation #PublicSchools #EducationReform #EdLeadership #DepartmentOfEducation

Your child, the sophisticated language learner Sentences contain subtle hints in their grammar that tell young children about the meaning of new words, according to new MIT research.

Even at a surprisingly young age, kids have sophisticated knowledge of the grammar of sentences and can use that to learn the meanings of new words news.mit.edu/2024/your-ch... #EarlyLearning #LanguageAcquisition #CognitiveDevelopment #Language #Linguistics #EduMatters #LearningThroughLanguage

A Democratic Vision for Public Schools (SSIR) Neoliberalism has set the agenda for US public education for decades, championing values of individual choice, standards, and competition—with disappointing results. Amid rising civic discord, i...

Reimagining Public Education: Moving Beyond Neoliberalism ssir.org/articles/ent... #PublicEducation #EducationReform #CivicEngagement #DemocracyInEducation #EquityInEducation #EducationForAll #StudentVoice #PolicyReform #TransformEducation #InclusiveEducation #EdPolicy #EduMatters

Interesting read on the benefits of handwriting over typing, especially for children's brain development norwegianscitechnews.com/2024/08/writ... #Handwriting #Teaching #Learning #EduMatters #BrainDevelopment #EdTech #ChildrenDevelopment #ScreenTimeBalance #EducationResearch #FineMotorSkills

Could adopting elements of Norway's child-centered educational approach enhance our schools?🌍 hechingerreport.org/in-norway-a-... #EducationForAll #NurturingPotential #GlobalEducationInsights #ChildrenWellbeing #EduMatters #Edu