Jeffrey R. Young
Journalist | 2014 Nieman Fellow | Editor of @edsurge | Producer and host of EdSurge Podcast | Articles and talks at https://t.co/jfwHX8EMuw
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Jan 17, 2025 |
flipboard.com | Jeffrey R. Young
Judge shows mercy on driver fined for running a red light after learning why he did itThe judge dismissed the case and took time from his schedule to empathize with the driver. When it comes to road rules, people sometimes fail to stick …
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Jan 17, 2025 |
edsurge.com | Jeffrey R. Young
Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024By Jeffrey R. Young Jan 17, 2025 Can I have your attention? The challenge of getting and keeping the attention of students in schools and colleges was the topic of several of our most popular episodes of the EdSurge Podcast over the past year. Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones — one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
edsurge.com | Jeffrey R. Young
Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about four miles, though that factory closed more than 50 years ago. Today, the town of about 5,000 people has no gas station, no bank and no grocery store. And just a few years ago its only school closed. The shuttering of that school was particularly tough for a community that has been in decline for decades. “Everyone loved that school.
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Jan 9, 2025 |
edsurge.com | Jeffrey R. Young
We’ve been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Here’s the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how they’re using them on assignments.
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Jan 7, 2025 |
edsurge.com | Jeffrey R. Young
Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents of student cheating with AI. It turns out, those changes aren’t much different than what worked to deter previous cheating methods. That’s the argument of Tricia Bertram Gallant, a longtime expert in academic integrity who is director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego.
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I'm enjoying this podcast series about Karen Silkwood called Radioactive, for those looking for a new narrative podcast. https://t.co/w94N8HGxTT
As Schools Ban Phones, More Kids Are Using Smartwatches Important deep dive into the smartwatch surge among kids by my EdSurge colleague @ByEmilyTate. And we're excited to co-publish the story with @WIRED https://t.co/AJgGPF6zHd
It's still unclear what role AI will play in education. One project is exploring whether bots can be instructional designers (or at least assistants as educators build course materials). https://t.co/YTxs0f7E92
