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We don’t have to live like this.
It’s a choice.
Every day we do nothing to restrict guns.
Every day we claim it’s mental illness and not access.
Every day we let them change the subject.
We don’t have to live like this.
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Moms Demand Action (@momsdemand.bsky.social)
It has been 13 years since the lives of 20 children and six educators were taken in minutes by a gunman armed with a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle and high-capacity magazines at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Connecticut. Two other people were wounded. 🧵

𒁃 How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short Introduction
https://www.openculture.com/2025/09/how-to-write-in-cuneiform-the-oldest-writing-system.html

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short Introduction
Teaching child visitors how to write their names using an unfamiliar or antique alphabet is a favorite activity of museum educators, but Dr. Irving Finkel, a cuneiform expert who specializes in ancient Mesopotamian medicine and magic, has grander designs.

Florida's proposed loyalty oath for educators would ban atheists from becoming teachers
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/floridas-proposed-loyalty-oath-for

OpenAI announces ChatGPT for Teachers, designed for K-12 educators and school districts, and says it will be free to K-12 educators in the US through June 2027 (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/openai-chatgpt-for-teachers-k-12-educators.html…

OpenAI rolls out 'ChatGPT for Teachers' for K-12 educators and districts
ChatGPT for Teachers will be free to K-12 educators in the U.S. through June 2027

Learning to Make MISTAKEs: Modeling Incorrect Student Thinking And Key Errors
Alexis Ross, Jacob Andreas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11502 https://arxiv.org…

Learning to Make MISTAKEs: Modeling Incorrect Student Thinking And Key Errors
Research on reasoning in language models (LMs) predominantly focuses on improving the correctness of their outputs. But some important applications require modeling reasoning patterns that are incorrect. For example, automated systems that can reason about and simulate student errors are useful for providing real-time feedback in the classroom or offline practice for educators-in-training. This paper presents a new method, MISTAKE, that (1) constructs high-quality synthetic examples of reasonin…

Nuclear Beavers
Joshua Wylie, Pablo Giuliani, Kyle Godbey, Sylvester Agbemava
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12055 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.12055

Nuclear Beavers
Nuclear physics is a very abstract field with little accessibility for wider audiences, and yet it is a field of physics with far reaching implications for everyday life. The Nuclear Beavers demonstration is a hands-on experience that offers an intuitive lens into nuclear structure and decay. We aim to provide a more accessible entry point for students and educators by substituting complex nuclear structures and interactions with tactile building blocks following well-defined rules, thereby ope…

Detecting Gender Stereotypes in Scratch Programming Tutorials
Isabella Gra{\ss}l, Benedikt Fein, Gordon Fraser
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11064 https://arx…

Detecting Gender Stereotypes in Scratch Programming Tutorials
Gender stereotypes in introductory programming courses often go unnoticed, yet they can negatively influence young learners' interest and learning, particularly under-represented groups such as girls. Popular tutorials on block-based programming with Scratch may unintentionally reinforce biases through character choices, narrative framing, or activity types. Educators currently lack support in identifying and addressing such bias. With large language models~(LLMs) increasingly used to generate …

When AI Grow Up
Peter Ostick interviewing founders, educators, futurists, and technologists to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping not just our work — but the world our children will inherit...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/when-a

"Coch and Daniel do not call for more neuroscience in classrooms, but for better scientific literacy among teachers, school leaders, and teacher educators. They demonstrate that anyone seeking to apply brain research to enhance teaching must first comprehend what that research can – and cannot – reveal."

Exploring Teachers' Perceptions of ChatGPT Through Prompt Engineering
Dimitrios Gousopoulos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08634 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510…

Exploring Teachers' Perceptions of ChatGPT Through Prompt Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and especially Large Language Models (LLM), such as ChatGPT has revolutionized the way educators work. The results we get from LLMs depend on how we ask them to help us. The process and the technique behind an effective input is called prompt engineering. The aim of this study is to investigate whether science educators in secondary education improve their attitude toward ChatGPT as a learning assistant after appropriate training in prompt engineering. The results of the…

As US schools adopt AI, a look at the growing use of AI-powered monitoring tools like GoGuardian to scan students' chatbot conversations for signs of self-harm (Janne Knodler/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

AI Chatbot Surveillance Tools Are Quietly Watching Kids In Class
As US educators embrace AI in the classroom, firms are selling software to flag mentions of self-harm, raising concerns over privacy and control.

Educators Sue After Being Fired For Posts About Kirk - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/09/educators-sue-after-being-fired-for-posts-about-kirk/

do you teach public school in nyc? very excited to be on a panel at this day-long event for educators about using the grateful dead as a primary source, next friday, 11/7 at brooklyn bowl. (think it's only open to nyc teachers.) https://nycdoesocialstudies.eventsmart

AI in Pakistani Schools: Adoption, Usage, and Perceived Impact among Educators
Syed Hassan Raza, Azib Farooq
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25293 https://arxiv…

AI in Pakistani Schools: Adoption, Usage, and Perceived Impact among Educators
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly permeating classrooms worldwide, yet its adoption in schools of developing countries remains under-explored. This paper investigates AI adoption, usage patterns, and perceived impact in Pakistani K-12 schools based on a survey of 125 educators. The questionnaire covered educator's familiarity with AI, frequency and modes of use, and attitudes toward AI's benefits and challenges. Results reveal a generally positive disposition towards AI: over two-thi…

Who would have guessed.
Big Tech is paying millions to train teachers on AI, in a push to bring chatbots into classrooms
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-teacher-union-microsoft-f7554b6550fb90519dd8129acac8e2…

This month, the Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW) 2025 brought together performing artists, technologists, educators, and students from around the world.
A joint initiative of GÉANT and Internet2, NPAPW25 explored what happens when creativity meets advanced networks.
From history of network-enabled performances to MVTP uses cases, and the distributed concert linking New York & Miami, it was a success.
🔗 Read the full recap by Domenico Vicinanza:

Manim for STEM Education: Visualizing Complex Problems Through Animation
Christina Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01187 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.01187

Manim for STEM Education: Visualizing Complex Problems Through Animation
Many STEM concepts pose significant learning challenges to students due to their inherent complexity and abstract nature. Visualizing complex problems through animations can significantly enhance learning outcomes. However, the creation of animations can be time-consuming and inconvenient. Hence, many educators illustrate complex concepts by hand on a board or a digital device. Although static graphics are helpful for understanding, they are less effective than animations. The free and open-sou…

Scaling Accessibility Education: Reflections from a Workshop Targeting CS Educators and Software Professionals
P D Parthasarathy, Anshu M Mittal, Swaroop Joshi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22759

Scaling Accessibility Education: Reflections from a Workshop Targeting CS Educators and Software Professionals
Despite growing global attention to digital accessibility, research from India highlights a significant gap in accessibility training for both computing educators and software professionals. To address this need, we designed and conducted an experiential workshop aimed at building foundational capacity in accessibility practices among 77 participants, including computer science (CS) faculty and industry practitioners. The one-day workshop combined hands-on activities, tool demonstrations, and c…

Large language models for behavioral modeling: A literature survey
Muhammad Laiq
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24782 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.24782

Large language models for behavioral modeling: A literature survey
In recent years, large language models (LLMs) have been extensively utilized for behavioral modeling, for example, to automatically generate sequence diagrams. However, no overview of this work has been published yet. Such an overview will help identify future research directions and inform practitioners and educators about the effectiveness of LLMs in assisting behavioral modeling. This study aims to provide an overview of the existing research on the use of LLMs for behavioral modeling, parti…

A look at China's push to integrate AI tools into children's lives, even as educators and researchers remain skeptical, warning the benefits are overstated (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-china-childhood/

AI is reshaping childhood in China
Government support and tech companies’ drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking.

Leveraging Large Language Models for Robot-Assisted Learning of Morphological Structures in Preschool Children with Language Vulnerabilities
Stina Sundstedt, Mattias Wingren, Susanne H\"agglund, Daniel Ventus
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22287

Leveraging Large Language Models for Robot-Assisted Learning of Morphological Structures in Preschool Children with Language Vulnerabilities
Preschool children with language vulnerabilities -- such as developmental language disorders or immigration related language challenges -- often require support to strengthen their expressive language skills. Based on the principle of implicit learning, speech-language therapists (SLTs) typically embed target morphological structures (e.g., third person -s) into everyday interactions or game-based learning activities. Educators are recommended by SLTs to do the same. This approach demands preci…

Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/schools-service-scoops-heritage-award-for-the-national-archives/

Schools service scoops heritage award for The National Archives - The National Archives
Educators at The National Archives have won a prestigious prize for their history workshops. The team, all trained teachers, won The Sandford Award for Heritage Learning 2025. They bring alive history using maps, drawings, wills, censuses, illustrations and other records from around 26 million documents held at The National Archives in Kew. Sessions based on […]

DraftMarks: Enhancing Transparency in Human-AI Co-Writing Through Interactive Skeuomorphic Process Traces
Momin N. Siddiqui, Nikki Nasseri, Adam Coscia, Roy Pea, Hari Subramonyam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23505

DraftMarks: Enhancing Transparency in Human-AI Co-Writing Through Interactive Skeuomorphic Process Traces
As generative AI becomes part of everyday writing, questions of transparency and productive human effort are increasingly important. Educators, reviewers, and readers want to understand how AI shaped the process. Where was human effort focused? What role did AI play in the creation of the work? How did the interaction unfold? Existing approaches often reduce these dynamics to summary metrics or simplified provenance. We introduce DraftMarks, an augmented reading tool that surfaces the human-AI …

Roadmap: Emerging Platforms and Applications of Optical Frequency Combs and Dissipative Solitons
Dmitry Skryabin, Arne Kordts, Richard Zeltner, Ronald Holzwarth, Victor Torres-Company, Tobias Herr, Fuchuan Lei, Qi-Fan Yang, Camille-Sophie Br\`es, John F. Donegan, Hai-Zhong Weng, Delphine Marris-Morini, Adel Bousseksou, Markku Vainio, Thomas Bunel, Matteo Conforti, Arnaud Mussot, Erwan Lucas, Julien Fatome, Yuk Shan Cheng, Derryck T. Reid, Alessia Pasquazi, Marco Peccianti, M. Giudici, M. Marconi, A. Bartolo, N. Vigne, B. Chomet, A. Garnache, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, Richard Burguete, Sarah Hammer, Jonathan Silver
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.18231 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.18231 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.18231
arXiv:2511.18231v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The discovery of optical frequency combs (OFCs) has revolutionised science and technology by bridging electronics and photonics, driving major advances in precision measurements, atomic clocks, spectroscopy, telecommunications, and astronomy. However, current OFC systems still require further development to enable broader adoption in fields such as communication, aerospace, defence, and healthcare. There is a growing need for compact, portable OFCs that deliver high output power, robust self-referencing, and application-specific spectral coverage. On the conceptual side, progress toward such systems is hindered by an incomplete understanding of the fundamental principles governing OFC generation in emerging devices and materials, as well as evolving insights into the interplay between soliton and mode-locking effects. This roadmap presents the vision of a diverse group of academic and industry researchers and educators from Europe, along with their collaborators, on the current status and future directions of OFC science. It highlights a multidisciplinary approach that integrates novel physics, engineering innovation, and advanced researcher training. Topics include advances in soliton science as it relates to OFCs, the extension of OFC spectra into the visible and mid-infrared ranges, metrology applications and noise performance of integrated OFC sources, new fibre-based OFC modules, OFC lasers and OFC applications in astronomy.
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Strategies educators can use to counter misinformation related to the quantum information revolution
Jaya Shivangani Kashyap, Chandralekha Singh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12489

Strategies educators can use to counter misinformation related to the quantum information revolution
Remarkable advances in quantum information science and technology (QIST) have taken place in recent years. However, they have also been accompanied by widespread misinformation. This paper provides suggestions for how educators can help students at all levels and especially early learners including those at the pre-college and college levels learn key QIST concepts so that they are less likely to be misinformed, e.g., by online unvetted resources. We discuss findings from interviews with five c…

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic are providing millions to the American Federation of Teachers to build AI training hubs aimed at educating 400,000 teachers (Jocelyn Gecker/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/artificial-int…

Microsoft and OpenAI invest millions in AI training for teachers
The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in artificial intelligence. The tech giants are paying for training for teachers to apply AI skills in the classroom. For the companies, the partnerships are also opportunities to make inroads into schools and win over students in the race for AI dominance. American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten says skepticism guided her negotiations, but the…

Mind the Ethics! The Overlooked Ethical Dimensions of GenAI in Software Modeling Education
Shalini Chakraborty, Lola Burgue\~no, Nathalie Moreno, Javier Troya, Paula Mu\~noz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13896

Mind the Ethics! The Overlooked Ethical Dimensions of GenAI in Software Modeling Education
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is rapidly gaining momentum in software modeling education, embraced by both students and educators. As GenAI assists with interpreting requirements, formalizing models, and translating students' mental models into structured notations, it increasingly shapes core learning outcomes such as domain comprehension, diagrammatic thinking, and modeling fluency without clear ethical oversight or pedagogical guidelines. Yet, the ethical implications of this in…

A principled way to think about AI in education: guidance for action based on goals, models of human learning, and use of technologies
Noah D. Finkelstein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01467

A principled way to think about AI in education: guidance for action based on goals, models of human learning, and use of technologies
The rapid emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies has the potential to dramatically influence higher education, raising questions about the roles of institutions, educators, and students in a technology-rich future. While existing discourse often emphasizes either the promise and peril of AI or its immediate implementation, this paper advances a third path: a principled framework for guiding the use of AI in teaching and learning. Drawing on decades of scho…

Oh look, the #BCNDP Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap*
Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then...
PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by exploitative international tuitions that can just *disappear*)
PPS: Domestic enrolment is not declining in any significant kind of way in the sector. From the “State of Post Secondary Education in Canada 2025” by Alex Usher:
"This decline in per-student funding is therefore not primarily a result of a significant decline in total funding; rather, it is a result of expenditures remaining more or less
constant while enrollments increased.”
WHICH IS WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR DECADES
#layoffs #education #educationIsaRight #PostSecondary #VIU #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #University #College
https://albernivalleynews.com/2025/11/25/b-c-launches-independent-review-of-post-secondary-education-system/

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
IPPOG Collaboration
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17643 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.17643…

IPPOG: a global network for particle physics outreach and education
We present the International Particle Physics Outreach Group (IPPOG), a global network dedi- cated to connecting students, educators, and the general public with the world of particle physics. In this paper, we outline the need to bridge the existing gap between the particle physics community and the wider audience, and we present the solutions that IPPOG has implemented to overcome it through three pillar Activities: the International Masterclasses and the Global Cosmics hands-on activities ne…

Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Ana Elisa Lopez-Miranda, Tiffany Timbers, Rohan Alexander
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.12283 …

Prompting the Professoriate: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Perspectives on LLMs in Data Science Education
Large Language Models (LLMs) have shifted in just a few years from novelty to ubiquity, raising fundamental questions for data science education. Tasks once used to teach coding, writing, and problem-solving can now be completed by LLMs, forcing educators to reconsider both pedagogy and assessment. To understand how instructors are adapting, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 42 instructors from 33 institutions in 10 countries in June and July 2025. Our qualitative analysis reveals a …