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I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful.

Each week, I highlight several sentences, with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful.  And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education.  I may also include my own comments or related links.

This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs, education policy, Artificial Intelligence, infographics, and Pinterest highlights, not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts.

Here are this week’s sentences:

At the summit, students will lead the charge in creating a policy detailing how they think artificial intelligence should be used in the classroom and the guardrails districts should put in place to protect kids’ privacy and ensure they’re getting the best education possible, said Jeff Riley, the executive director of Day of AI.

“It’s so important that we are looking at language differences and being culturally competent when it comes to determining whether a child presents with a language disorder.”

She argues that doomscrolling and passively watching videos are different from the interactive activities that many teachers use to keep kids engaged.

Leaders should stop asking “How do I hold people accountable?” and start asking “What’s preventing them from choosing it?” 

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The presence of a problem alone, even if there is awareness, is not enough to generate mobilization or reform. Social causes require organization, political opportunities, and compelling narratives in order to succeed.  See The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change

In her own life, she might prefer to learn from sleep than learn during sleep.

Teachers are far more likely to rely on their own communications with and observations of their students than quizzes or test scores to determine if they had a successful school year, with standardized tests coming in a distant last.

Don’t take the rejection to heart—turn it into an opportunity.

Intersectionality just means that we all have multiple perspectives.

California’s ranking has soared to the 13th-highest in the nation for how much it funds education per student. 

A great irony of this contemporary insecurity about attention is that, compared with the rest of the animal kingdom, the human attention span is really not that impressive.

clear goal of republicans in these states is to, in the words of carter glass, “eliminate every Negro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing the numerical strength of the white electorate.”

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) May 2, 2026 at 7:50 AM

thank you sam alito for ending the unconstitutional racial discrimination against white conservatives and allowing them to obliterate federal representation for as many black people as they can manage, as the reconstruction congress intended

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— jamelle (@jamellebouie.net) May 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 6:42 PM

There really seems to be a wave of blaming students- in San Diego, Khan Academy blaming the failure of their AI on students not asking good questions, online videos where teachers complaining about students. Not good

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) May 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM