Is it time to let the machines do the work and just give our students our best wishes?

Check out the latest KV advice column featured in the ACM Substack series, "Queue: In Practice."

https://buff.ly/jlUPdpF

#softwareengineering #computerscience #education

A quotation from Ulysses Grant

Let us all labor to add all needful guarantees for the more perfect security of free thought, free speech, and free press, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and of equal rights and privileges to all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion. Encourage free schools, and resolve that not one dollar of money shall be appropriated to the support of any sectarian school. Resolve that neither the state nor nation, or both combined, shall support institutions of learning other than those sufficient to afford every child growing up in the land the opportunity of a good common school education, unmixed with sectarian, Pagan, or Atheistical tenets. Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private schools, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the Church and the State forever Separate.

Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) American military leader, US President (1869–77)
Speech (1875-09-25), Address to the Army of the Tennessee, Annual Reunion, Des Moines, Iowa

More about this quote: wist.info/grant-ulysses-s/1598…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ulyssesgrant #childrearing #childraising #churchandstate #education #freepress #freespeech #freethought #freedomofreligion #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #parochialschool #publiceducation #religiousfreedom #seculargovernment #secularism

If this is the future of teaching, I despair for humanity…

#AI
#Education
#Teaching
#EuanBlair

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/28/teachers-euan-blair-firm-report-horrendous-stress-ai-used-to-rate-their-work

https://medium.com/@screwlisp/001beginnings-as-consuming-as-possible-and-no-consumer-by-screwlisp-c5d4036a3976

Continuing my #medium #writing, I suppose this short note is about #software #education, #lisp and a few #bookstodon recommendations.

A quotation from Felix Frankfurter

The nonsectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom. The sharp confinement of the public schools to secular education was a recognition of the need of a democratic society to educate its children, insofar as the State undertook to do so, in an atmosphere free from pressures in a realm in which pressures are most resisted and where conflicts are most easily and most bitterly engendered. Designed to serve as perhaps the most powerful agency for promoting cohesion among a heterogeneous democratic people, the public school must keep scrupulously free from entanglement in the strife of sects.

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education 333 U.S. 216–217 (1948)
[concurring]

More about this quote: wist.info/frankfurter-felix/85…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #education #firstamendment #freedom #freedomofreligion #nonsectarian #religiousfreedom #school #SCOTUS #sectarianism #secular #seculargovernment

“For both students and their teachers, it will be necessary to make time for thinking and for learning how to think. Equally important is teaching how to think in exciting and engaging ways. This is where teachers can be at their best, at the heart of that process, guiding students at every step.”
#Education #Teaching #Learning #AI #Science
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02949-9

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

43.

Bumblebees have antennae cleaners!

Two comb edged notches on their front legs.

Insert the antenna.
Bend the leg to close.
Pull antenna through.
Catch dirt and pollen.
Engineered by #nature.
No apps/AI required.
#bees

#bumblebees
#insects #environment
#biodiversity #education
#climate #planet #autumn
#science #naturephotography

A quotation from The Bible

The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction,
and concern for instruction is love of her,
and love of her is the keeping of her laws,
and giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,
and immortality brings one near to God,
so the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom.
 
[ἀρχὴ γὰρ αὐτῆς ἡ ἀληθεστάτη παιδείας ἐπιθυμία,
φροντὶς δὲ παιδείας ἀγάπη,
ἀγάπη δὲ τήρησις νόμων αὐτῆς,
προσοχὴ δὲ νόμων βεβαίωσις ἀφθαρσίας,
ἀφθαρσία δὲ ἐγγὺς εἶναι ποιεῖ θεοῦ·
ἐπιθυμία ἄρα σοφίας ἀνάγει ἐπὶ βασιλείαν.]

The Bible (The Old Testament) (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals)
Book 22a. Wisdom (Wisdom of Solomon) 6:17ff (Wis 6:17–20) [NRSV (2021 ed.)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-ot/4483/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #oldtestament #wisdomofsolomon #apocrypha #discipline #education #instruction #learning #religion #salvation #selfcontrol #wisdom

@argv_minus_one
DISCAIMER:

Not suggesting you do 0, but you can count how many strangers you're making friends with (or some similar method to solve things such as 'more friends with the world' as the final result and our partial 'work' / responsibility?)

Growing cold numbers is different to #education or #communication with people for further development of the mind (not only material extraction).

Right?

Burnout in Informal Education.
September 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Working in informal education is a deeply rewarding career, but it can also be emotionally and physically demanding, leading to educator burnout. During this webinar we will explore the symptoms and causes of burnout as well as the unique challenges informal educators face. We'll also discuss prevention and recovery strategies and how to build resilience...
https://camzie.org/event/burnout-in-informal-education/ #globalmuseum #education

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Burnout head in hands

anyone who uses a screen reader have experience with the AP exam?
#accessibility #APExam #HighSchool #Education #StandardizedTesting

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

The laws of logic are fundamental principles that govern reasoning. They include the Law of Identity, the Law of Non-Contradiction, and the Law of Excluded Middle. Understanding these laws is essential for clear thinking and effective communication. #Logic #CriticalThinking #Philosophy #Reasoning #Education

#Mathspace discloses #DataBreach affecting over 1 million people

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mathspace-discloses-data-breach-affecting-over-1-million-people/

#privacy #cybersecurity #math #education

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

What is Alpha School? Here's a story from Scientific American explaining the thinking behind the AI-based private-school network. At the second link, find journalist Benjamin Riley's blogpost about a bizarre boot camp that Alpha students are currently participating in.

https://flip.it/pichxI
https://flip.it/nAqf7j

#Education #Technology #AI

The laws of logic are fundamental principles that govern rational thought. They include the law of identity, the law of non-contradiction, and the law of excluded middle. Understanding these laws is essential for clear reasoning and effective communication. #Logic #CriticalThinking #Philosophy #Reasoning #Education

Hello, my friends.
Every month I reach out to you with this plea, and you’ve never let me down.
Thanks to you, I was able to pay three months’ rent in arrears.
And now I’m reaching out to you again to help with this month’s rent.
The rent is €200.
Please help my family pay the rent. Share please 🙏
#palestine #gaza
#GazaVerified #GazaHelp #Donate #Boost4Help #Education #SupportEducation #Gaza #StandWithGaza #Fundraiser #Donate
#FediForGaza
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest
https://chuffed.org/project/189598-help-haya-complete-her-college-education-and-provide-food-for-her-family

Quick! Get her!

"A student at the #University of #Exeter has alleged that she was subjected to a torrent of #antisemitic abuse on #campus, despite not being #Jewish, simply due to her work with a #Holocaust #education charity.

#AmberleyThay, 20, a third-year history student who works as a regional ambassador for the Holocaust Educational Trust ( #HET), claimed to have been labelled a “mouthpiece for #Israel” thanks to her advocacy for more comprehensive teaching about the #Shoah.

She has been involved with the charity for four years, first engaging with it during a visit to #Auschwitz as part of its Lessons from Auschwitz project."

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/exeter-student-antisemitic-abuse-holocaust-education-not-jewish-koi640n4

The fascinating thing about this topic is how many fedi conversations it's inspired to sink down into the deep hole of the 19th century Anglo-European Race Science embedded in the brains of the left.

There's some crazy fucked up takes happening around these parts. Whats next, phrenology?

The blood quantum ratio counting is strong with these ones.

" #California is poised to become the first state to treat #Jewish identity as an #ethnicity on official forms, with a new optional checkbox heading to #Gov. #GavinNewsom’s desk.

Supporters say the change could reveal gaps in #healthcare, #education and #hatecrime response for the state’s 1.2 million #Jews, giving officials better data to direct resources.

Opponents warn a single ‘Jewish’ #ethnic box oversimplifies diverse Jewish histories and risks echoing past government tracking, amid elevated #antisemitism and debate over #religion, #ancestry and #culture."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-06/california-wants-to-list-jewish-as-ethnicity-jews-are-divided-over-idea

The laws of logic are foundational principles that guide our reasoning. They include the law of identity, the law of non-contradiction, and the law of excluded middle. Understanding these laws helps us engage in clearer thinking and effective communication. #Logic #CriticalThinking #Philosophy #Reasoning #Education

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

The laws of logic are foundational principles that govern reasoning and argumentation. They include the law of identity, the law of non-contradiction, and the law of excluded middle. Understanding these laws is crucial for clear thinking and effective communication. #Logic #CriticalThinking #Philosophy #Reasoning #Education

Flashy, Friendly, Ferocious.
A Case Study of Mythological Creatures in Museum Family Programs.
Open-access Volume 13 of the Journal of Folklore and Education.
👇
https://jfepublications.org/article/flashy-friendly-ferocious/
#globalmuseum #museums #education #folklore

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Art Kids Summer 2024: Mythical Creatures was an eight-week, family-centered initiative designed to activate connections across the museum’s permanent collection through a shared thematic focus

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

28.

Back off dude!
My space.
My flower.

Bumblebees are gentle creatures but if they feel threatened by your presence when foraging on a flower they will raise their middle leg to signal to you to keep your distance.
#bees #biodiversity
#nature #environment
#bumblebees #science
#insects #education
#wildlifephotography

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

Not a flattering review given the lens chosen. IDGAF. My copy gets here today and I'm looking forward to it. Pun intended.

"A few days after I started #reading #DaraHorn’s new #book, I was called a “#kike” for the first time to my face.

It was a sunny afternoon and I was wearing my Newsguild shirt. A person on the sidewalk, deshabille, possibly collecting junk, asked what union I was in. Against my better judgment I engaged, believing them to be a fellow worker. I said I was a journalist. They then decided I was a “fascist” and “complicit.”

“Do you like writing about the #genocide in #Palestine? The war in #Iran?” they asked me, trailing me past a #Judaica store in a very #Jewish neighborhood.

[...]

#Horn’s The #FinalSolution to #theJewishQuestion: A Love Story for the Living, her latest provocatively-titled #nonfiction book is a survey of #antisemitism past and present and the ways #Jews explain ourselves to the world. At its heart, it is about #education."

https://forward.com/culture/books/847643/the-final-solution-jewish-question-dara-horn-review/

A magnificent example of the educational materials used in the 19th century to popularize science through the magic lantern. Consisting of a mahogany case containing a series of glass plates mounted on wooden frames with mechanisms, it illustrates various phenomena of the Solar System. These animated plates, which allowed for the simulation of orbital movements, were essential for explaining astronomical concepts to the general public.
@foticoscollection
#globalmuseum #Victorian #education

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

The laws of logic are foundational principles that govern rational thought and reasoning. They include the law of identity, the law of non-contradiction, and the law of excluded middle. Understanding these laws is essential for clear communication and critical thinking. #Logic #CriticalThinking #Philosophy #Reasoning #Education

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

"Last week, #DaraHorn was hosted on #HavivRettigGur’s #podcast, “#AskHavivAnything,” to discuss her past #book and her soon-to-be-released book, both of which argue that #Holocaust #education in the #UnitedStates commonly fails to teach about the #Jewish people and #antisemitism, with possible negative consequences.

As #Horn has famously put it, our world seems far more invested in teaching about “dead #Jews” than about Jewish life. She suggests that this approach may reinforce the very hatred it is supposed to inoculate against.

Within hours of that episode airing, #Instagram accounts were using clips from the podcast to accuse the #Holocausteducation organization I work for of harming Jews. I am certain this is not what Horn intends, but one consequence of her argument is that it can easily be reduced to the belief that “Holocaust education does not work.”

It does, in fact, not work and the positive indicators in the article make Horn's case not Cunningham's. 🙄

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/does-it-matter-if-kids-learn-about-dead-jews/

A quotation from Douglas Adams

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance

A quotation (probably not) from Eleanor Roosevelt

He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
(Misattributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/85…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #confucius #application #complaisance #consideration #contemplated #education #ignorance #learning #thinking #thought

After initially trying to ban AI use, a growing number of U.S. public schools are trying a new strategy: encouraging classroom experimentation. Will exposing students to AI keep them from outsourcing their thinking to chatbots? @AssociatedPress reports:

https://flip.it/MENvlC

#Tech #AI #Education

"Literature, like youth, is wasted on the young."

#literature #Education #books #bookstodon #liberalarts #humanities #reading #poll

“The U.S. side,” the statement continued, “should abandon the Cold War mentality & foster an open, fair, & non-discriminatory environment for educational, scientific, & people-to-people exchanges between China & the United States.”

#Trump #law #education #racism #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #research #China

…The #DOJ also is investigating whether #Harvard University is allowing #Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude #US students 🙄, adding to the barrage of federal inquiries the #Trump admin has opened in its battle against the #university.

A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy said in a statement that the country opposes what it described as the politicization of “normal #scientific, #educational, & #academic exchanges.”

#Trump #law #education #racism #AcademicFreedom #research

The release didn’t name the schools, but a #US official … said they include #Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [ #MIT ] & #JohnsHopkins University.

…Sarah Spreitzer, VP at the American Council on #Education, which represents #college & #university presidents, raised concerns that the announcement suggests, without any evidence, that the #schools are engaged in wrongdoing.

#Trump #law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #China

If #schools don’t complete a review & terminate any arrangements deemed “problematic” in the next 2 weeks, they face losing #funding. The purported goal is to protect taxpayer-funded #research from theft & exploitation, the #Pentagon said.

“The Department of War has zero tolerance for academic partnerships that compromise our national security,” Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, said in a news release.

#Trump #law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #China

#Trump doesn’t just love the uneducated, he hates the educated. Probably because their mere existence proves he’s a moron.

#Pentagon orders audit of 30 #universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

The #DoD has ordered 30 #US universities to audit their partnerships with mostly Chinese universities & military training institutions as the Trump admin scrutinizes #China’s growing global influence.

#law #education #AcademicFreedom #AcademicPartnerships #research
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-audit-china-harvard-mit-738832f9f20186dc5f9ef1aa39914636?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

Another pressing from O'Rly? Books 😉
Parody as homage.
#OReillyBooks #OrlyBooks #parody #humor #DoverPictoralArchives #ComputerScience #education

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Parody of O'Reilly Press book cover: An intentionally blurred image, barely readable, with a bird from the Dover Pictorial Archive and text "Joint Photographic Experts Group. JPEG compression: The Definitive Guide. O'RLY?"

There are so many ways you educate yourself and those in your social circle about #FreeSoftware. Our Framatube channel has many great videos: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

A quotation from Margaret Mead

The children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Coming of Age in Samoa, ch. 14 (1928)

More about this quote: wist.info/mead-margaret/85496/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #margaretmead #belief #education #orthodoxy #problemsolving #solutions #teaching #thinking #thought

The justices are expected to decide in coming months whether to take up the case, which is being closely watched as conservatives…work to expand #religious “rights” [ #Christian #evangelism ] in public spaces & opponents battle them in court. In April, a conservative appeals court upheld the law in a narrowly divided opinion.

#SCOTUS #law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandments #education #PublicSchools #schools #Texas

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

#SCOTUS asked to hear case on #Texas #law requiring #TenCommandments in #schools


The case could set up a landmark clash over the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.

With this #SupremeCourt, I truly fear the outcome.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #education #PublicSchools

#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/4xaYNcK

#CivilLiberties groups Monday asked #SCOTUS to hear their challenge of a #Texas #law requiring that all #PublicSchools’ classrooms display the #TenCommandments, potentially setting up a landmark clash over the #SeparationOfChurchAndState.

#Constitution #EstablishmentClause #education #schools

NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs.

But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.
https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-wisconsin-atlas-preparatory?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #School #Wisconsin #Milwaukee #Parenting #Children

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

22.

Solitary Bee Lifecycle.
Quick Version!
Adults emerge in spring/summer.
Mate.
Male dies.
Female starts nest.
Lays up to 30 eggs in individual pods stocked with pollen and nectar.
Female dies.
Young pupate over winter.
Emerge in spring.
#bees #nature#biodiversity
#climate #environment
#worldbeesanctuary #education
#science #pollinators

No mention of climate change in new curriculum until Year 11
*NO MENTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE*
What the ducking duck?!
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/education/999624/no-mention-of-climate-change-in-new-curriculum-until-year-11
#ClimateCrisis #Education #Negligence

@RichardJMurphy / #RichardMurphy [UPDATE - OPENING PICTURE VIA RIGHT CLICK ---> "NEW TAB" SHOWS BIGGER / ORIGINAL VERSION SOMETIMES...

The thumbnail, drag-drop or copying picture is different / smaller or not as big sometimes, so need to open.

--------older post below-----

1/ The #Infographic needs to be bigger

I love small graphics and saving filesize but you could go X2 / 200% the size without worry.

How about adding it for clearer #education?

In less than 12hrs I'll be taking graduates of the Tunnel training into another edition of Fortress. 4x6hrs, followed by 2 weeks of supported service deployments and experimentation.

I'm excited about every part of it (esp to see what participants build up), except the 1am starts, in my, umm, challenging timezone.

It'll be coffee black as midnight for a bit.

https://courses.nikau.io/fortress/

#sysadmin #education #infrastructure #floss

Lack of transparency and national guidelines mark the expansion of #FacialRecognition in Brazilian #education

https://internetlab.org.br/en/pesquisa-en/lack-of-transparency-and-national-guidelines-mark-the-expansion-of-facial-recognition-in-brazilian-education/

#Brazil #FRT #privacy

New post: Valedictorian, Interrupted

https://lanie.work/advocacy/valedictorian-interrupted/

#Disability #Education #Blind #Tsbvi #Personal #Advocacy

Stanford University’s Founding Matriarch Was a Travel-Loving Philanthropist Who Met a Tragic End. A New Exhibition Explores Her Life, Grief and Death by Poison

Jane Stanford’s legacy is the focus of a new showcase at the California university. The display features artifacts that have never previously been exhibited

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stanford-universitys-founding-matriarch-was-a-travel-loving-philanthropist-who-met-a-tragic-end-a-new-exhibition-explores-her-life-grief-and-death-by-poison-180989211/

#history #education

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Jane Stafford appears in profile, shown from the chest up and facing left. Her dark hair is styled in an updo with curls on top and the rest pulled back. She wears a dark, textured dress with a cameo brooch at the center. The dress features beadwork, sequins, and embroidery.

@vampiress

Exactly why I retired this month & quit academia. Was an English professor, & last semester, I put a few white text "invisible" instructions in my PDF paper prompts; out of 3 classes, I failed 38 of 66 students for AI cheating. They never read the assigned texts; most failed the majority of reading comprehension quizzes.
Not worth the effort when students hate books, have zero curiosity about the universe, & EACH plagiarism case costs 6 hours of unpaid labor.
#Education #teachers

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the mom from That seventies show, pouring tequila into a blender filled with ice, with the caption teachers grading papers

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

19.

In excess of 91 million beehives in the world.
Honey/Pollination industry is worth €4 billion.
5.7 million flower visits to make 1kg of honey.
THIS AFFECTS NATIVE WILD BEES!

‘Hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.’
- Lou Reed

#bees #honeybees
#nature #biodiversity
#truth #environment
#honey #science #education
#vegan #impact #climate

Boosting the stats: Under Mike Miles, #Houston ISD forced 1000s of students into remedial classes in order to artificially improve school ratings. It's a stark warning of what's to come for other school districts in the crosshairs. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-houston-miracle-shell-game/

#education #Texas #news #politics #USpol #GulfCoast

#Apple says #MacBookNeo is pulling #schools away from #Windows and #Chromebooks

https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/01/apple-says-macbook-neo-is-pulling-schools-away-from-windows-and-chromebooks/

#privacy #MacBook #Microsoft #Google #education #school

A quotation from Bulwer-Lytton

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English novelist and politician
Kenelm Chillingly: His Adventures and Opinions, Book 3, ch. 12 [Kenelm] (1873)

More about this quote: wist.info/bulwer-lytton-edward…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #BulwerLytton #edwardbulwerlytton #dogma #education #inspiration #instruction #motivation #school #suggestion #teacher #teaching

A quotation from Bill Watterson

   CALVIN: (building a snowman) I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life.
   HOBBES: Such as?
   CALVIN: Procrastinating and rationalizing.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/85252…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #education #excuse #homework #procrastination #rationalization #realworld #selfrationalization #skills #training

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Calvin and Hobbes (1993-02-15)

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

15.

Bumblebee queens determine the sex of young produced.
Initially producing female workers, later in the nest’s life they choose to produce males and future queens.

‘Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them’
- Mark Twain

#bees #bumblebees
#nature #wildlife
#saturday #biodiversity
#environment #science
#education #pollinators
#vegan #climate

As Lou Doyle observes, whatever we think of recent pronouncements & proposals from Andy Burnham on skilled education....

'Nobody should expect a devolved skills strategy to undo a class-coded hierarchy that’s taken decades to settle. It will fail if we once again place the solutions to broader societal challenges on the shoulders of teachers'!

Spot on: once again it blames the victims for class-based structural inequality!

#politics #class #skills #education

https://feweek.co.uk/burnham-parity-of-esteem-starts-with-pay-not-pathways/

New post: Why a School Comes First

https://lanie.work/advocacy/why-a-school-comes-first/

#Disability #Multiple-Disabilities #Education #Community #Accessibility #Chronic-Illness #Neurodiversity #Advocacy

#Education . . .

I just heard the other day that the public elementary schools in #EastCoCoCounty opened for new school year yesterday, 7/28/2026 and, I just checked, & the school year ends on 6/10/2027.

That makes a very long school year.

As I recall, when I was in school, from elementary to college, the new school year didn't start until mid/late September.

Do the students learn any more &/or do any better on achievement tests with the longer period of instruction? I doubt it. 🤷‍♂️

New to the #FreeSoftware movement and not sure where to start? Check out some of our videos on Framatube: u.fsf.org/3it #FSF #education

Don't miss out ... Catch up with everything we've published from the July/August 2026 issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2026/

#journalism #media #Texas #politics #education #USpol #news #law #police

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The July/August 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine features an illustration of a BIPOC boy in a classroom, holding a toy white school bus, while looking pensively out the window at barbed-wire festooned prison walls. Headline: The Texas School Arrests Crisis, How kids as young as 10 bear the burden of tough-on-crime policies, by Josephine Lee. Other headlines: An East Texas Love Letter by Dalyah Jones, The Houe That Youtube Built by Steven Monacelli.

Last week: Students who have been taught that they must revere the barons of “free enterprise,” that inequality is not worth discussing, & that they should accept their circumstances will become a compliant workforce & a malleable voting base. https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/

#Texas #education #religion #politics #USpol #news

#MIT to Become Hotbed of #AI Video #Surveillance

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/mit-to-become-hotbed-of-ai-video-surveillance.html

#privacy #education #university

Know nothing about India's youth-led "cockroach" movement but don't want to look like a thicky thicky dumb dumb in front of your mates?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nSPzkm1vs6Q

#india #protest #cockroach #education #mrcodydahler #stopthefarright #FuckModi

New post: The Gap Nobody's Building For

https://lanie.work/advocacy/the-gap-nobodys-building-for/

#Disability #Multiple-Disabilities #Education #Accessibility #Chronic-Illness #Neurodiversity #Community #Personal-Growth #Advocacy

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A woman who sexually abused a minor. Boxer Mike Tyson, who served time for rape. Both of these people successfully launched private schools that collected public money.

As the voucher system grows more popular, few states have guardrails in place.
https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-growth-florida-arizona-west-virginia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Education #School #Parenting #Teaching #Children #Florida #Arizona

Who runs this private school? Who will be teaching my child? Does this school have any documented issues?

We put together this guide to help you answer questions like these about private schools so you can make informed decisions for your family.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-research-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #Education #Parenting #School #Children #Parents #Kids

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence; and in this respect ministers of religion follow gospel authority more closely than in some others. This must be reckoned as a serious defect in the ethics taught in Christian educational establishments.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 8 “Religion in Education” (1932)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/849…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #Christianity #education #intelligence #religion

New post: Learning Enough to Change Direction

https://lanie.work/technology/learning-enough-to-change-direction/

#Accessibility #Disability #Chronic-Illness #Executive-Dysfunction #Education #Ai #Technology

#MountRoyal #University confirms breach as hackers claim attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mount-royal-university-confirms-breach-as-hackers-claim-attack/

#privacy #DataBreach #cybersecurity #education

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A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Patriotism of the nationalistic type, so far from being taught in schools, ought to be mentioned as a form of mass-hysteria to which men are unfortunately liable, and against they need to be fortified both intellectually and morally. Nationalism is undoubtedly the most dangerous vice of our time.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 10 “Patriotism in Education” (1932)

More about this quote: wist.info/russell-bertrand/848…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #jingoism #education #indoctrination #masshysteria #nationalism #patriotism #school

"We cannot choose to become idiots." When Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano gave his students a take-home midterm for the first time, most of them did suspiciously well. Suspecting widespread AI use, he voided the results and told students he would reweigh the final, after which 18 students dropped out. The average score on the final was 48.6 percent, a historic low. Serrano spoke to Inside Higher Ed about the university administration's response, and how he believes they should respond to AI-enabled cheating.

https://flip.it/g4D2MG

#Education #AI #Technology

@internetarchive #DivideAndConquer Strategy - especially destabilizing through modern #Capitalism, makes any #RootInfrastructure far more unstable, and far easier to usurp.

#AbuseOfPower dates back to the beginning of Man, and should be taught in early stages of development, as sustainable #education. Making #BehavioralScience is a proven root in accomplishing this obvious upgrade.

We worked together with the pupils and the staff of Jerome Nursery and Primary School to harvest our maize, which was ready for harvest.

¥¥The best part is that we donated all of it to the school.

As one of our partner schools, we are happy to be supporting each other!

The donated maize will be milled into flour, which will provide meals for the school for several weeks.💪

@sustainable_schools 💪

#foodsecurity #education #farmingdairy #SustainableAgriculture

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Pupils and staff harvest maize together in a field, gathering around bags of freshly picked maize with green hills and a cloudy sky in the background.

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A project leader holds freshly harvested maize in a field while pupils continue harvesting in the background..

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Pupils harvest ripe maize together in a field, working as a team with rolling green hills in the background.

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A smiling pupil proudly holds freshly harvested maize in a field, celebrating a successful harvest.

A quotation from Baltasar Gracian

Let friendly intercourse be a school for knowledge, and social contact, a school for culture; to make teachers of your friends is to join the need of learning to the joy of converse.
 
[Sea el amigable trato escuela de erudición, y la conversación enseñanza culta; un hacer de los amigos maestros, penetrando el útil del aprender con el gusto del conversar.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 11 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/gracian-y-morales-ba…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #gracian #baltasargracian #conversation #discussion #education #friendship #learning #teaching

📢 LAST DAY to submit your talk for #SeaGL2026 !!

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#cfp #linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #oshw #openhardware #privacy #security #protocols #art #community #education #careers #ai #free #libre #open #tech #seattle #devops #hackerspace #hack

if you grew up in canada (or in some parts of the US which got the show via PBS) in the 80s/90s, you might remember Owl/TV

i can't think of a more wholesome, future-positive, environment conscious and upbeat kids science education show. it embraced exactly what it meant to be canadian: the excitement of living your life as a cooperative steward, and the world as a place to be explored instead of exploited

their animated intro on CBC expressed the exact mood and posture of the show. voice actor Cree Summer: you deserve honorary citizenship here for nailing the intro song 😎

(edit: turns out cree summer already has dual citizenship!)

source: retrontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ILhv6N-Bk

#canada #cbc #retro #animation #science #education

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An animated introduction of a children's science show. The animation shows a sun, trees, and great horned Owl dancing to upbeat 80s pop music. Every object in the animation dances to the music, as the owl walks down the street of a city. The owl flies away into the sky and then into space. The owl then rides a skateboard, falls off, and the ends with OWL/TV painted on a wall by a white rat.

A quotation from Samuel Johnson

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2

More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance

#Texas #State Board of #Education votes to require millions of #students to study #Bible stories

The Texas State Board of Education has approved a proposal that will establish lists of required reading – including biblical stories & Bible verses — for its #K12 English & literature curriculum.

#law #US #Constitution #SeparationOfChurchAndState #indoctrination #NewApostolicReformation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/us/texas-schools-bible-curriculum-vote

A quotation from Cicero

MARCUS: As a field, though fertile, cannot yield a harvest without cultivation, no more can the mind without learning.
 
[Ut ager quamvis fertilis sine cultura fructuosus esse non potest, sic sine doctrina animus.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Tusculan Disputations [Tusculanae Disputationes], Book 2, ch. 5 (2.5) / sec. 13 (2.13) (45 BC) [tr. Peabody (1886)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #tusculandisputations #accomplishment #cultivation #development #education #harvest #learning #mind #potential #productivity #soul

the best part of building an online encyclopedia for multimedia and educational games is acquiring the physical media. after 10+ years of hunting, finally received an affordable copy of Oceans - arguably one of the best educational multimedia experiences MS’s edutainment division produced.

it came with some adorable stickers that have the best utopian scholastic styling and i can’t wait to scan it all in for the https://cd-rom.ca encartapedia!

#digiPres #softwarePreservation #multimedia #cdrom #utopianScholastic #education

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A boxed copy of Microsoft Oceans: Explore the Mysterious World of the Deep. It has a giant squid on the front with a school of fish in the background. In front of the box are six stickers for other MS educational products: Dogs, Ancient Lands, Dinosaurs, Dangerous Creatures, Musical Instruments and Oceans.

A quotation from Montaigne

For this reason, mixing with men is wonderfully useful, and visiting foreign countries […] to bring back knowledge of the characters and ways of those nations, and to rub and polish our brains by contact with those of others.
 
[A cette cause le commerce des hommes y est merveilleusement propre, & la visite des pays estrangers […] pour en rapporter principalement les humeurs de ces nations & leurs façons : & pour frotter & limer nostre cervelle contre celle d’autruy.]

Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) French essayist
Essays, Book 1, ch. 25 (1.25), “Of the Education of Children [De l’institution des enfans]” (1579) [tr. Frame (1943), ch. 26]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montaigne-michel-de/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montaigne #micheldemontaigne #studyabroad #conversation #customs #education #experience #foreigners #interaction #learning #selfimprovement #society #travel

So there is value in oral examination (literally oral).

At Stanford University:
«Some classes have started reintroducing proctoring - the supervision of candidates during an examination - and spoken-word tests to avoid cheating, [Lucy Zimmerman, a computer science major who served as a teaching assistant] said.»

This is, of course, a detail of a much bigger picture.

BBC article:
Stanford was their golden ticket - could AI help or hinder that?
<https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c872j82j2qyo>

#AI
#ArtificialIntelligence
#Education
#LargeLanguageModels
#LLM
#LLMs
#UniversityEducation

"The #GOP-led House Committee on #Education and the #Workforce is also investigating the #union over #antisemitism, citing several of the same instances later outlined in the #BrandeisCenter complaint.

The #EEOC’s #NEA case is part of an expansion of the #Trump administration’s antisemitism investigations beyond college and K-12 campuses. Last week the U.S. Health and Human Services Department opened its own probe into the #American #Psychological Association, also based on a Brandeis Center complaint.

In addition to alleged harassment of #Jewish members at the convention, Miller said the center’s NEA complaint also involved diversity-based hiring practices at the union[...]"

In a former life I was something of a (small e) expert in labor movement strategy and giving the Trump admin ammunition to witch hunt you is just bad decision-making. This was completely foreseeable and totally avoidable.

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/23/united-states/feds-open-antisemitism-investigation-into-national-education-association

We're often told a key problem is the UK over-emphasises academic (university) education & an under-appreciates vocational training. so continued starving of Further Education of funds looks like madness (or just prejudice).

When private sector pay is rising at around 3-4% on average, to have FE Colleges likely unable to offer annual pay rises undermines their ability to retain staff who are frequently drawn from the trades.

We need to invest more in FE!

#education
https://feweek.co.uk/college-staff-face-zero-pay-rise-warning/

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NEW BOOK | 'After the Before Times: Teachers’ Experiences of Pandemic Pedagogy' by Sarah Barrett

Delve into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns on teachers in Canada.

Read freely online or buy a copy: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0529

#OAbooks #Teaching #OpenAccess #Education

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An image of the book in hardback on a colourful background alongside text that says: After the Before Times: Teachers’ Experiences of Pandemic Pedagogy by Sarah Barrett In March 2020, when schools across Ontario, Canada closed and emergency remote teaching and learning (ERTL) began, 160,000 teachers were abruptly separated from their students and from the relational fabric that sustains classroom life. After the Before Times documents how teachers experienced those early months of COVID-19 pandemic pedagogy—and what their stories reveal about the nature of teaching and learning. Drawing on interviews with fifty primary and secondary school teachers, Sarah Barrett moves beyond questions of technology and technique to explore relationships: with government, school boards, colleagues, parents, students, and self. In the ‘negative space’ of pandemic pedagogy, teachers identified what was hardest to replicate at a distance: trust, community, professional integrity, and care. Grounded in the African philosophy of Ubuntu, ‘I am because we are’, this book offers a timely reflection on crisis, integrity, and the relational foundations of a good quality education.

#GOPCorruptAF #GOPHatesYou
#USpolitics #environment #Healthcare #Education

spotted my junior high school vice principal in the local news 😬

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/school-superintendent-campbell-9.7227158

#yeg #alberta #education

"If you want to sell someone something, you first have to convince them that they need it. This rationalization is the likely source of a fundamental myth of the American public school system: that before the proliferation of compulsory, tax-payer funded schooling, Americans were ignorant and mostly illiterate."

"Authority will always try to convince you how helpless and bereft you would be without the authority. Americans were neither illiterate nor ignorant before forced schooling. Compulsory, tax-payer funded education has not been an overall improvement for the population, despite the billions of dollars and wasted hours spent on it. To claim Americans need government schools to learn is a grab for power and control, and ignores centuries’ worth of data and lived experience."

#Education #School #Literacy