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  1. Gothamist: Education tech purchases on pause as NYC schools wrestle with AI. “New York City principals have been ordered to pause purchases of any new education technology software as the nation’s largest school system continues to wrestle with an AI policy amid a growing backlash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/gothamist-education-tech-purchases-on-pause-as-nyc-schools-wrestle-with-ai/
  2. Gothamist: Education tech purchases on pause as NYC schools wrestle with AI. “New York City principals have been ordered to pause purchases of any new education technology software as the nation’s largest school system continues to wrestle with an AI policy amid a growing backlash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/gothamist-education-tech-purchases-on-pause-as-nyc-schools-wrestle-with-ai/
  3. Gothamist: Education tech purchases on pause as NYC schools wrestle with AI. “New York City principals have been ordered to pause purchases of any new education technology software as the nation’s largest school system continues to wrestle with an AI policy amid a growing backlash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/gothamist-education-tech-purchases-on-pause-as-nyc-schools-wrestle-with-ai/
  4. Gothamist: Education tech purchases on pause as NYC schools wrestle with AI. “New York City principals have been ordered to pause purchases of any new education technology software as the nation’s largest school system continues to wrestle with an AI policy amid a growing backlash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/gothamist-education-tech-purchases-on-pause-as-nyc-schools-wrestle-with-ai/
  5. Gothamist: Education tech purchases on pause as NYC schools wrestle with AI. “New York City principals have been ordered to pause purchases of any new education technology software as the nation’s largest school system continues to wrestle with an AI policy amid a growing backlash.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/11/gothamist-education-tech-purchases-on-pause-as-nyc-schools-wrestle-with-ai/
  6. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We are shocked when we see educators, timid before criticism and confused about first principles, betray their trust. And we wonder what can be that "philosophy of education" which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 1, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #censorship #citizenship #controversy #education #highereducation #intellectualfreedom #intimidation #pedagogy #timidity #university

  7. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We are shocked when we see educators, timid before criticism and confused about first principles, betray their trust. And we wonder what can be that "philosophy of education" which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 1, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #censorship #citizenship #controversy #education #highereducation #intellectualfreedom #intimidation #pedagogy #timidity #university

  8. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We are shocked when we see educators, timid before criticism and confused about first principles, betray their trust. And we wonder what can be that "philosophy of education" which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 1, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #censorship #citizenship #controversy #education #highereducation #intellectualfreedom #intimidation #pedagogy #timidity #university

  9. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We are shocked when we see educators, timid before criticism and confused about first principles, betray their trust. And we wonder what can be that "philosophy of education" which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 1, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #censorship #citizenship #controversy #education #highereducation #intellectualfreedom #intimidation #pedagogy #timidity #university

  10. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We are shocked when we see educators, timid before criticism and confused about first principles, betray their trust. And we wonder what can be that "philosophy of education" which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 1, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #censorship #citizenship #controversy #education #highereducation #intellectualfreedom #intimidation #pedagogy #timidity #university

  11. How is metacognitive laziness with AI mediated by groups?

    I’m quite taken with the concept of ‘metacognitive laziness‘ (even if I don’t like the term). It refers to a disposition to avoid difficulty, drawing on short-term assistance of AI in superficial ways rather than engaging in the metacognitive work prompted by challenges in learning. As I summarised it a few days ago:

    The experience of difficulty activates metacognition. If the students cognitively outsource in increasingly habitual ways, it doesn’t just mean they lose the learning involved in what they are outsourcing. It means they lose their capacity to tolerate difficulty, as well to respond metacognitively to that difficulty. This points to the assumption which many educators have that there is something

    How is this process mediated by group work? My sense is that it can be amplified by group dynamics or mitigated by them. The group can make it easier to sit with uncertainty by establishing that other people feel a similar anxiety in the face of uncertainty. But the group can also make it harder to sit with uncertainty if it’s defined by competitive dynamics or pluralistic ignorance.

    Existing conceptualisations of how students engage with models are deeply individualised. The problem is not taking the individual as a unit of action, it’s remaining there in a way that stops us teasing out how these individual user-model dynamics are shaped by the social context in which students encounter task, enact them and talk about what they’ve done.

    #AI #groupDynamics #groupWork #pedagogy #userModelInteraction
  12. Mathematics Teaching 300 now available online atm.org.uk/Mathematics-Teachin

    A special edition celebrating 300 issues with a self-referential cover, like MT 150 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_e)

    Design by me

    Five free articles for non-members:

    Understanding geometry proof what do students say to AI feedback? atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Yuqian (Linda) Wang and Hanmin Song explore whether personalised AI feedback can support students’ understanding of geometry proof tasks.

    An appreciation of Alison Parish (1951–2026) atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/

    Can pedagogy for problem solving promote equity in the classroom? atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Laura King reflects on pedagogies to support equity in primary mathematics when teaching problem solving

    Number a disinformation timeline atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Micheál Ó Dúill traces history and cultures to argue for teaching zero to nine instead of one to ten.

    If it hadn’t been for Dave… atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Barbara Binns reflects on Dave Wilson (1947–2026) with contributions from Geoff Faux and Tony Brown.

    #MathematicsTeaching #iTeachMath #MathEd #MathsEd #Math #Mathematics #teaching #pedagogy #didactics #education #design #GraphicDesign #AMiE #MT #MT300 #recursion #DrosteEffect #number

  13. Mathematics Teaching 300 now available online atm.org.uk/Mathematics-Teachin

    A special edition celebrating 300 issues with a self-referential cover, like MT 150 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_e)

    Design by me

    Five free articles for non-members:

    Understanding geometry proof what do students say to AI feedback? atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Yuqian (Linda) Wang and Hanmin Song explore whether personalised AI feedback can support students’ understanding of geometry proof tasks.

    An appreciation of Alison Parish (1951–2026) atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/

    Can pedagogy for problem solving promote equity in the classroom? atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Laura King reflects on pedagogies to support equity in primary mathematics when teaching problem solving

    Number a disinformation timeline atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Micheál Ó Dúill traces history and cultures to argue for teaching zero to nine instead of one to ten.

    If it hadn’t been for Dave… atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/
    Barbara Binns reflects on Dave Wilson (1947–2026) with contributions from Geoff Faux and Tony Brown.

    #MathematicsTeaching #iTeachMath #MathEd #MathsEd #Math #Mathematics #teaching #pedagogy #didactics #education #design #GraphicDesign #AMiE #MT #MT300 #recursion #DrosteEffect #number

  14. What do staff need to be ready for AI integration? 

    If we argue that AI ought to be incorporated into teaching and learning, it presents the obvious question of what ‘incorporate’ means in practice (which I discussed in this post) and what staff need to be able to do this competently. This latter question is one which Xue Zhou, Lei Fang and Lilian Schofie begin to answer in this paper. From pg 140:

    For instructors to incorporate AI into their teaching successfully,  they must develop skills across three primary knowledge domains: technological knowledge  (TK), pedagogical knowledge (PK) and content knowledge (CK) (Celik, 2023). Within the field  of AI literacy, TK encompasses an understanding of AI principles, tools and their practical  applications, along with proficiency in using AI and educational technology tools. PK entails  insights  into  the  methodologies  of  teaching  and  learning,  incorporating  AI  to  bolster  instructional  techniques  and  the  development  of  assessments,  as  well  as  in  delivering  educational content. CK involves expertise in the specific subject matter.

    This is schematic and high level but it provides us with useful categories to think about the practical challenge. With regard to AI TK effectively equates to ‘AI literacy’ (not that this is necessarily a more concrete concept), PK relates to the deployment of that AI literacy in teaching and CK relates to subject knowledge for which AI is relevant and/or the role of AI in shaping their relationship to that subject knowledge. What I found valuable about their paper (note that I’m using the initial categories, not the later ones) are the empirical results about the limitations encountered in developing this knowledge. 

    From pg 149: 

    Our findings reveal that the inadequacy of AI training – focusing  predominantly on technical aspects without addressing its social implications or integration  into educational practices – contributes significantly to its low adoption rates. This approach  to training fails to meet the comprehensive AI literacy standards recommended by Stolpe and  Hallström (2024), which emphasise the need for technical skills, technological and scientific  knowledge and socio-ethical understanding. Furthermore, the training does not sufficiently  address key elements necessary for integrating AI into educational settings or the technology’s  underlying principles.

    From pg 149: 

    Our findings indicate that barriers to TK are primarily down to general  unfamiliarity with AI tools or over-reliance on them. This is consistent with Gaber (2023), who  explored the familiarity of academic staff with AI and found  only  a medium level of AI  awareness. In TCK, which is based on knowledge about the technologies employed within the content  field and  on  an understanding of how a particular technology may contribute to teachers’  content-specific knowledge (Koehler and Mishra, 2009), barriers identified include a lack of  understanding of AI tools, uncertainty about which tools are most appropriate for specific  teaching needs and concerns about the ethics of using these tools, as well as difficulties in integrating AI tools with content to enhance teaching

    From pg 150:

    PK encompasses knowledge about various technologies in  relation to specific teaching approaches (Celik, 2023). The findings suggest that reluctance to  adopt AI stems mainly from concerns about academic integrity and the possible decline in  critical thinking skills, despite studies like that of Essien et al. (2024), which indicate that AI  enhances critical thinking. There is an evident fear  that students might become passive  recipients of information, merely copying and pasting data provided by AI without engaging in  rigorous fact-checking or evidence evaluation (Tlili  et  al., 2023). Furthermore, expressed concerns about student ‘laziness’ suggest a fear that AI could encourage a more lackadaisical  approach to learning, where students rely too heavily on AI for answers.


    What do I think we can learn from this? I would suggest these findings illustrate that training needs to be close to the context of delivery. Training about how to use a technology doesn’t address the questions of why, how, what for or when not to use it. It also needs to take the professional concerns underpinning a reluctance to engage in cultivating that knowledge seriously. Would it be possible to develop a university wide training programme adequate to those two challenges? I would suggest not at the level of content: you could cover the key bases but it would be abstract and general, with insufficient preparation for action because examples by nature would be broad. It would also miss the connection to context and values which are necessary to sustain engagement with knowledge across these three registers: the stakes would not meaningfully be there for participants.

    #AIIntegration #higherEducation #LLMs #pedagogy #teachingAndLearning
  15. From answer engines to learning engines — Why fast answers are like fast food

    People crave fast answers. But the purpose of information systems is to help people gain knowledge. So we should seek better questions.

    duncanstephen.net/from-answer-

  16. From answer engines to learning engines — Why fast answers are like fast food

    People crave fast answers. But the purpose of information systems is to help people gain knowledge. So we should seek better questions.

    duncanstephen.net/from-answer-

  17. From answer engines to learning engines — Why fast answers are like fast food

    People crave fast answers. But the purpose of information systems is to help people gain knowledge. So we should seek better questions.

    duncanstephen.net/from-answer-

  18. From answer engines to learning engines — Why fast answers are like fast food

    People crave fast answers. But the purpose of information systems is to help people gain knowledge. So we should seek better questions.

    duncanstephen.net/from-answer-

  19. From answer engines to learning engines — Why fast answers are like fast food

    People crave fast answers. But the purpose of information systems is to help people gain knowledge. So we should seek better questions.

    duncanstephen.net/from-answer-

  20. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    Q. Should we discourage children from playing war games?
     
    A. We might wish to discourage them, but it would be utterly useless at the present time, so we might as well give in gracefully and try to see that when war games are played they teach the lessons which we wish our children to learn — ­fair play, magnanimity in victory, courage in defeat and no hatred of peoples.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1942-08), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 59

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/83…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #children #conflict #courage #fairplay #games #hatred #lessons #magnanimity #model #moralityplay #nationalism #pedagogy #play #prejudice #teachingmoment #wargames #WorldWar2 #ww2 #parenting

  21. National Council on Teacher Quality: Have you checked out our new database?. “Earlier this month, NCTQ launched an amazing new tool to give the public better access to the content of collective bargaining agreements, teacher handbooks, school calendars and teacher salary schedules. … We’ve begun with the nation’s 50 largest school districts but will be adding an additional 50 this year.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/national-council-on-teacher-quality-have-you-checked-out-our-new-database/
  22. National Council on Teacher Quality: Have you checked out our new database?. “Earlier this month, NCTQ launched an amazing new tool to give the public better access to the content of collective bargaining agreements, teacher handbooks, school calendars and teacher salary schedules. … We’ve begun with the nation’s 50 largest school districts but will be adding an additional 50 this year.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/12/national-council-on-teacher-quality-have-you-checked-out-our-new-database/
  23. Local News Matters Bay Area: Cal State’s deal with OpenAI draws pushback as some students, faculty resist ChatGPT. “A recent Cal State survey of over 94,000 students and university employees found 52% of faculty reported AI having a negative effect on their teaching and 67% of students felt their professors don’t teach them how to use AI effectively. Now, as Cal State approaches the end of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/06/local-news-matters-bay-area-cal-states-deal-with-openai-draws-pushback-as-some-students-faculty-resist-chatgpt/
  24. Local News Matters Bay Area: Cal State’s deal with OpenAI draws pushback as some students, faculty resist ChatGPT. “A recent Cal State survey of over 94,000 students and university employees found 52% of faculty reported AI having a negative effect on their teaching and 67% of students felt their professors don’t teach them how to use AI effectively. Now, as Cal State approaches the end of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/06/local-news-matters-bay-area-cal-states-deal-with-openai-draws-pushback-as-some-students-faculty-resist-chatgpt/
  25. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 -

    This hooks masterpiece should be required reading. Not simply, there is nothing objective or neutral about any act of educating. Our active awareness here can only make us better at our craft.

    #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #bellhooks #teachingtotransgress #nonfiction #education #pedagogy

  26. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 -

    This hooks masterpiece should be required reading. Not simply, there is nothing objective or neutral about any act of educating. Our active awareness here can only make us better at our craft.

    #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #tbr #tbrpile #tbrlist #quotes #reading #bellhooks #teachingtotransgress #nonfiction #education #pedagogy

  27. Cette semaine, le réseau thématique CNRS Éducation nous présentera ses travaux réunis au sein d’un ouvrage collectif qui paraîtra prochainement :

    🔎 🏫 🎓 « Regards interdisciplinaires sur la recherche en éducation »

    🗓️ Vendredi 20 mars 2026 de 9h15 à 17h30
    📍 CNRS Site Pouchet et en visioconférence

    Pour y participer, suivez le lien zoom indiqué dans le programme : rteducation.sciencesconf.org/?

    @cnrs @shs @sociology @cnrsshs @EducationRechercheADBS @academia @REA

    #language #linguistics #socialsciences #biology #miti #inegality #equals #education #sociology #geography #research #collaboration #pedagogy #numerique #ruralité
    #SFL #CNRSeditions #Watorek #Borst #Vibert #Gaille #Bodolec #Etxepare #Poulain #Assaiante #Knoop #Gacoin #Vallet #Farrer #Bara #Caro #Goudeau #Buisson #Liquete #Behra #Filiod #CairoCrocco #Clerc #Mascret #Delarue #Gardes #Vors #Allouch #Sallandre #Goudeau #Tenret

  28. Cette semaine, le réseau thématique CNRS Éducation nous présentera ses travaux réunis au sein d’un ouvrage collectif qui paraîtra prochainement :

    🔎 🏫 🎓 « Regards interdisciplinaires sur la recherche en éducation »

    🗓️ Vendredi 20 mars 2026 de 9h15 à 17h30
    📍 CNRS Site Pouchet et en visioconférence

    Pour y participer, suivez le lien zoom indiqué dans le programme : rteducation.sciencesconf.org/?

    @cnrs @shs @sociology @cnrsshs @EducationRechercheADBS @academia @REA

    #language #linguistics #socialsciences #biology #miti #inegality #equals #education #sociology #geography #research #collaboration #pedagogy #numerique #ruralité
    #SFL #CNRSeditions #Watorek #Borst #Vibert #Gaille #Bodolec #Etxepare #Poulain #Assaiante #Knoop #Gacoin #Vallet #Farrer #Bara #Caro #Goudeau #Buisson #Liquete #Behra #Filiod #CairoCrocco #Clerc #Mascret #Delarue #Gardes #Vors #Allouch #Sallandre #Goudeau #Tenret

  29. Cette semaine, le réseau thématique CNRS Éducation nous présentera ses travaux réunis au sein d’un ouvrage collectif qui paraîtra prochainement :

    🔎 🏫 🎓 « Regards interdisciplinaires sur la recherche en éducation »

    🗓️ Vendredi 20 mars 2026 de 9h15 à 17h30
    📍 CNRS Site Pouchet et en visioconférence

    Pour y participer, suivez le lien zoom indiqué dans le programme : rteducation.sciencesconf.org/?

    @cnrs @shs @sociology @cnrsshs @EducationRechercheADBS @academia @REA

    #language #linguistics #socialsciences #biology #miti #inegality #equals #education #sociology #geography #research #collaboration #pedagogy #numerique #ruralité
    #SFL #CNRSeditions #Watorek #Borst #Vibert #Gaille #Bodolec #Etxepare #Poulain #Assaiante #Knoop #Gacoin #Vallet #Farrer #Bara #Caro #Goudeau #Buisson #Liquete #Behra #Filiod #CairoCrocco #Clerc #Mascret #Delarue #Gardes #Vors #Allouch #Sallandre #Goudeau #Tenret

  30. Cette semaine, le réseau thématique CNRS Éducation nous présentera ses travaux réunis au sein d’un ouvrage collectif qui paraîtra prochainement :

    🔎 🏫 🎓 « Regards interdisciplinaires sur la recherche en éducation »

    🗓️ Vendredi 20 mars 2026 de 9h15 à 17h30
    📍 CNRS Site Pouchet et en visioconférence

    Pour y participer, suivez le lien zoom indiqué dans le programme : rteducation.sciencesconf.org/?

    @cnrs @shs @sociology @cnrsshs @EducationRechercheADBS @academia @REA

    #language #linguistics #socialsciences #biology #miti #inegality #equals #education #sociology #geography #research #collaboration #pedagogy #numerique #ruralité
    #SFL #CNRSeditions #Watorek #Borst #Vibert #Gaille #Bodolec #Etxepare #Poulain #Assaiante #Knoop #Gacoin #Vallet #Farrer #Bara #Caro #Goudeau #Buisson #Liquete #Behra #Filiod #CairoCrocco #Clerc #Mascret #Delarue #Gardes #Vors #Allouch #Sallandre #Goudeau #Tenret