Nigel Farage will soon be the least popular political party leader in the UK by some margin. The confidence trick isn't working any more www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-nigel-...
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A difficult read though it builds on a lot we already know about the decline of reading. As @carlhendrick.substack.com notes elsewhere, it’s not just children who are reading less. Though adults sometimes do have less time for reading, hence my passion for short stories and poems alongside novels.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 4w agoThe advent of reading transformed society, and its decline will bring about changes of the same magnitude, @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. Can America—and civilization—survive the postliterate era?
"The Alpha maths app is built on Engelmann, not a chatbot. If your mental image of an Alpha maths lesson is a child chatting to an AI tutor, drop it. There is no chatbot" - @MrZachG @mrbartonmaths eedi.substack.com/p/ai-in-educ...
AI in Education #12: Five Things I Learned from Zach Groshell about What's Actually Inside the Alpha School Maths Apps
This is the twelth in a series of AI in Education specials, where I speak to the world’s leading experts about how AI is changing teaching and learning.
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Chatbots, novices, the automation of learning and the case for Alpha School carlhendrick.substack.com/p/children-o...
This is significant and a step in the right direction. But I think the problem here is that most AI policies in education are still written as HR style acceptable-use policies, not as learning-design policies. kjk.com/2026/06/12/o...
Ohio’s July 1, 2026 School AI Policy Deadline: What Districts, Educators, and Parents Need to Know
Every Ohio public school district must adopt an artificial intelligence policy by July 1, 2026.
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"You cannot believe your way into learning, because learning is not a state of mind; it is the residue of particular things done in a particular order, most of which feel worse than the alternatives while they are happening." @minocw.bsky.social @marjoleinmoorman.bsky.social
Carl Hendrick@carlhendrick.substack.com · last mo.Why growth mindset works in the laboratory, fails in the classroom, and reveals something true about both. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...
Finally, @carlhendrick.substack.com asks if there is a science of writing in another of his pieces looking in detail at research. substack.com/inbox/post/2... My disagreement is with the subheading which implies that writing has the same research base that reading has but much less influence.
Is There a Science of Writing?
"the dry rudiments of the beautiful science of reading"
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Why growth mindset works in the laboratory, fails in the classroom, and reveals something true about both. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/why-you-ca...
Writing research has the evidence reading had, but not the influence. Why? carlhendrick.substack.com/p/is-there-a...
Is There a Science of Writing?
"the dry rudiments of the beautiful science of reading"
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As usual, lots of fascinating things in the monthly round-up of research from @carlhendrick.substack.com but the *most widely-cited paper on the learning benefits of AI* has been formally withdrawn is certainly the standout! open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
The Monthly Dispatch — What's New in Learning Science? — June 2026
The most-cited AI-in-education paper gets retracted, retrieval practice hits a wall under high cognitive load, and a little knowledge turns out to be worse than none at all.
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The Illusion of Performance in the American Educator @aft.org @carlhendrick.substack.com www.aft.org/ae/winter202...
The Illusion of Performance
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Discussing curriculum and pedagogy with Christine Counsell Tim Oates and Harold Hislop as part of the NI TransformED programme youtu.be/Sd4Bs2_wlXw?...
TransformED school leaders conference - May 2026 - Carl Hendrick Q&A
YouTube video by TheDeptofEducation
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Spandrels of the Mind: The Case Against Humanlike AI AI tutoring might work if it stops pretending to be human carlhendrick.substack.com/p/spandrels-...
Spandrels of the Mind:
AI tutoring will work when it stops pretending to be human
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The Death of the University Degree: Cognitive surrender and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge" carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-death-...
The Death of the University Degree
Cognitive surrender, borrowed competence and the "vast counterfeiting of knowledge"
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Instructional Illusions: What We Get Wrong About Good Teaching A conversation between Jim Heal, @carlhendrick.substack.com, Robert Pondiscio, and me. #EduSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3_...
Instructional Illusions: What We Get Wrong About Good Teaching
YouTube video by American Enterprise Institute
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The people behind this are openly neo-Nazi. Reminder that the Conservatives argued this march was fine as it did not directly target any particular groups, beyond “criticism of religion”.
Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 3mo agoIf this isn't "designed to stir up hatred" against Jews, what is? Why are the Met not arresting them?
A really lovely post by @carlhendrick.substack.com, with a bit of bonus Heaney. Novels Tell Us Who We Are open.substack.com/pub/carlhend...
Novels Tell Us Who We Are
Why great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves
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/3 and I’m reminded of this great post from James Theobald (I miss him) who nails it.
It’s not often that something on social media stops me in my tracks, but this week I was transfixed by a recent interview with Bob Odenkirk who was describing a near-death experience, and the strange way a particular novel was able to help him make sense.. carlhendrick.substack.com/p/novels-tel...
Novels Tell Us Who We Are
Why great fiction can explain us better than we can explain ourselves
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"What leaders (usually) get wrong about motivation" featuring me and Doug Lemov www.nytimes.com/athletic/727...
What leaders (usually) get wrong about motivation
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Privileged to be part of the #TransformED curriculum team. Thanks to the Minister Paul Givan and the brilliant dept of education team for the welcome and tour of Parliament Buildings at Stormont today.
Fascinating conversation on AI and education with Craig Barton and education's foremost rational optimist Becky Allen youtu.be/5SHwZlJvvhM?...
Why the Apps Are Coming but Schools Will Mostly Stay the Same with Becky Allen
YouTube video by Tips for Teachers
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My 3 daughters may belong to a generation that no longer fears cancer in the way mine did. Having lost both parents to it, that thought makes me deeply happy. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Pancreatic cancer just met its match
A disease that was once a death sentence is increasingly treatable
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School smartphone bans improve classroom conditions (and that's a reason to do it in itself), but this study finds no clear early evidence that they improve mental health. www.nber.org/papers/w35181
Youth Mental Health and School Smartphone Bans: Early Evidence
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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The inimitable @carlhendrick.substack.com takes a measured look at short-form video as a learning tool, giving a fair shake to its potential advantages (ex. motivating learners about a new topics). Still, it’s primarily a cautionary signal. This section, whew. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Are students learning anything from TikTok and YouTube? And do we have the research to know? ⤵️ carlhendrick.substack.com/p/learning-i...
A LOT going on this month in the science of learning. New studies on the limits of retrieval practice, phone bans that don't move test scores, ChatGPT as cognitive crutch, and why early vocabulary growth tells us surprisingly little about later reading. ⤵️ substack.com/home/post/p-...
Do test scores improve after phone bans? Not really. - High schools gain a little. Middle schools lose a little. The average is close to zero. www.nber.org/papers/w35132
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