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Why I Respectfully Disagree With Bill Dembski on AI in Education

Are GenAI chatbots really the bridge over the gulf of our education crisis?

Dr. Dembski wants us to use technology with wisdom. I share his broader goal, but not the use of generative AI chatbots to get there.

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On the State of Men and Reading

Valuable advice to students: Learn how to read deeply

Reading great books might not immediately come to mind, but according to professor Shilo Brooks, it just might be a part of the answer.

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Declining Literacy Rates and What Happens Next

Are we being alarmist or is literacy really on a lifeline?

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities.

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