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Toronto researchers tracked kids for 15 years to measure how screen time relates to school test performance. This is what they found Researchers at SickKids and St. Michael’s Hospital followed more than 3,000 kids to study effects of screen exposure before age 8.

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TDSB pause on Chromebook program rekindles debate: are kids using too much tech in class? The program gave every Grade 5 and 9 student a Chromebook to use in class and at home. A budget-related pause has left some parents relieved.

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Free flu and COVID-19 vaccines now available across Ontario | CBC News Free flu and COVID-19 vaccines are now available to everyone six months and older who lives, works or goes to school in Ontario.

Free flu and COVID-19 vaccines now available across #Ontario

RSV immunization free for vulnerable populations, including everyone over 75

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YouTube video by Toronto Sun Ontario launches $75 million ad campaign using the words of Ronald Reagan to argue against tariffs.

If anyone wants to know which ad had Trump losing his mind on Truth Social in the middle of the night and tanking relations with one of the United States’ most reliable trade partners, here it is.
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Andrew Phillips: Donald Trump did it again. He’s sunk to depths I never imagined It’s gotten to the point where the president’s actions go beyond the ability of words in a newspaper like the Star to describe them fully.

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Good Morning #Cats 🌤️

How School Districts Are Crafting AI Policy on the Fly It's a struggle to create guidelines that keep up with rapid advances in the technology.

How School Districts Are Crafting AI Policy on the Fly: It's a struggle to create guidelines that keep up with rapid advances in the technology.

Toronto researchers tracked kids for 15 years to measure how screen time relates to school test performance. This is what they found Researchers at SickKids and St. Michael’s Hospital followed more than 3,000 kids to study effects of screen exposure before age 8.

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Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

How Local Librarians Keep AI Slop Off the Shelves AI is being used to create nonsensical, sometimes dangerously inaccurate books. Local librarians are tasked with keeping these volumes out of their collections.

“When you get a suspicious book, “you look it up to see what else the [author] has written. And you see there's 30 things, and none of them have any reviews, and they were all written in the last two years,” DeMeester-Lane says.”

The PL has the eBook. Have a look and see what you think :) tdsb.insigniails.com/Library/Item...

Tylenol doesn’t cause Autism.

Are Ontario’s middle schools hurting student achievement? A new report says yes — but that’s not the whole story C.D. Howe Institute study says students who switch to middle schools in Grade 6 score “significantly worse” on standardized tests, reigniting debate.

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Black TDSB students say they face ‘dehumanizing’ racism, greater academic hurdles, new studies find In separate studies by U of T researchers, Black students reported facing excessive discipline due to discrimination.

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Opinion: There are many lessons in books – and in the attempts to ban them The Edmonton Public School Board’s removal of ‘sexually explicit’ books from libraries – and the provincial order that prompted it – is pure folly

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I've studied over 200 kids—here are 6 'magic phrases' that make children listen to their parents Child psychologist Reem Raouda has studied more than 200 child-parent relationships. Based on her research, she's found the six "magic" phrases that get kids to cooperate and listen, without feeling under threat.

Reem Raouda writes, "I’ve learned that kids listen best when they feel connected. A big part of that is emotional safety: knowing they are respected and have the freedom to express their feelings."

Canadian teachers want lessons on how to ethically incorporate AI into classrooms | CBC News Canadian teachers say they lack instruction on how to use AI educationally and ethically in the classroom. The complaint comes as three major tech companies are teaming up with teacher unions in the U...

Hot take: Yes, teachers need to learn how to use AI and how to leverage it to help students learn even better.

But, policies that already exist to support and regulate technology use in schools (e.g. laptops, cell phones, email) apply to AI. Nothing is new.

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Even OpenAI's CEO Says Be Careful What You Share With ChatGPT The AI model is not your therapist and the company behind it can't necessarily keep it secret. Sam Altman thinks that's 'very screwed up.'

Districts are saying they can protect student privacy while integrating AI throughout schools. Sam Altman is saying nah

New documents reinforce that Science Centre closure was not supported by engineers The Ontario Science Centre was shuttered on June 21, 2024, with the Ontario government claiming that a structural roof issue made it unsafe. New documents suggest that the engineers inspecting the roo...

Elsa Lam continues to prove & document how corrupt & full of lies the Doug Ford closure of the science centre was & is. Read & share widely - not that it matters in Ontario, a province that seems ok w a high level of this.

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Texas Schools Face New Book Selection Process Under Senate Bill 13 | KFOX 14
As of September 1, school boards—not librarians—will be in charge of collection development.

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Supreme Court allows Trump to proceed with mass firings at Education Department | CNN Politics The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative hig...

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Alberta to ban books deemed sexually explicit from school libraries Students in Grade 10 and above may only access the library material with non-explicit sexual content if province deems it developmentally appropriate for them

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Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’ The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country.

Et tu, AFT? www.wired.com/story/micros...

The College-Major Gamble What should young people study when AI threatens to take their jobs?

Entry-level tech jobs are beginning to fade away, in part because of a new technology. @damonberes.com spoke with @rosehorowitch.bsky.social about how AI is affecting college students and the job market—and what the future may hold.

Why AI May Not Be Ready to Write Your Lesson Plans AI struggles to craft engaging lessons that make good use of technology and activate students’ critical thinking skills, researchers found.

Researchers used various prompts to get 3 AI programs to generate hundreds of lesson plans & thousands of activities for 8th-grade social studies. Result: Most resembled old-fashioned textbook teaching and were focused on getting students just to memorize facts rather than analyze: is.gd/jyfH08

Wanawī is Cree for ‘go outside’ – it’s a teaching we should learn alongside our kids Interacting with the physical world stimulates curiosity and creativity; that’s why land-based education is such an effective tool

Teaching in nature about honouring where we live and why we should be caretakers of this land

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School board takeover: Don’t be fooled. It is not about finances — it’s power politics Ontario's education minister claims the current TDSB takeover is about finances, this is largely a smokescreen. Rather, it is about the Ford government asserting its conservative vision of education o...

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