Daniel Willingham

AI changes feedback on student writing when it knows student race, gender https://www.edweek.org/technology/ai-changes-its-feedback-on-students-writing-when-it-knows-their-race-gender/2026/06

“To learn how to teach and test yourself brings much comfort and is not as dangerous as shaving yourself; everyone should learn it at a certain age for fear of one day becoming the victim of an ill-guided razor.” —Georg Lichtenberg

Parents, you may learn a lot at back -to-school night.

Robert Pondiscio offers an insightful list of 19 reasons that knowledge-rich curricula have not been broadly adopted in the US, despite strong research support. To his 19, I'd add this one: "educators underestimate what young children can learn, and the joy with which they will learn it." https://open.substack.com/pub/thenext30years/p/why-knowledge-rich-curriculum-never

What to do with the kids this summer? "Every day, do something for your mind, something for your body, and something for the family."

Perspective | How to help kids exercise their brains and become more independent this summer — even during covid-19 From two veteran educators -- one a Montessori teacher and the other a cognitive scientist.

Small study shows surprisingly encouraging results of a critical thing college class in reducing four biases https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-52606-001

People are more transported by stories they hear, rather than read. For storytellers, the opposite is true. https://myscp.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jcpy.70029?campaign=wolearlyview

New research on providing information to parents who are selecting a school: information and social factors matter.

Try this link: https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/05/19/los-angeles-school-choice-experiment-on-parent-information-and-student-growth/

Chalkbeat A University of Chicago economist tested whether student-growth data could steer families toward more effective high schools. The answer depended on whether enough parents got the message.

Domain-specificity, bro