As a college professor, it's disturbing how many companies are emailing me out of the blue trying to sell me AI to "help" my students.

Plot twist: I teach our AI & Machine Learning course.

The design of software engineering course projects https://lobste.rs/s/tsr2cw #education
https://austinhenley.com/blog/groupprojects.html

How 18th Century Spanish Conquistadors Built the Heart Los Angeles Around Crooked Streets via Laughing Squid [Shared] [Video]

Map historian Daniel Steiner, who previously explained how the first street grid in New York City started in Gravesend, Brooklyn, talked about how Spanish Conquistadors in the late 18th laid out the map for the city of Los Angeles.

In 1850, when California became part of the United States, most of the area began following a grid formation, except for the heart of the city, whose crooked streets are a reminder of the city’s Spanish roots.

https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/28/how-18th-century-spanish-conquistadors-built-the-heart-los-angeles-around-crooked-streets-via-laughing-squid-shared-video/

I've got a taste of Stephen and it's of the King order

"We don't need no education!"

The Indiana Legislature abolishes a school district with no warning or notice making constituents angry.

#indiana #education #HoosierMast #inleg

https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-union-school-closure-lawmakers-no-explanation

"Schools should be teaching useful skills like taxes and financial management"

This implies that education is esoteric and useless, but seeing how most people lack understanding of our own biology and human rights, yet have strong opinions on them, it is crucial to reinforce education on science and humanities subjects even more.
#education #school #science #transrightsarehumanrights #trans

Although officially considered “voluntary,” it has become increasingly clear that club activities in Japanese schools can place excessive burdens on both students and teachers, leading to growing calls for reevaluation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/japan-school-extracurricular-activities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #schools #education #students #aichi

If you need fuel against the "wOmEn NevEr cReaTed anYtHIng" trolls, this website, AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions) lists works of art by women across times and countries.

It's an association lead by the art historian Camille Morineau.

https://awarewomenartists.com/en/

#studentloans #studentdebt #education #economy Who Trump's student debt collection plan will hurt the most https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-student-loans-repayment-economy-rcna202805

KVUC - Copenhagen Adult Education Center. #copenhagen #europe #education

Daughter, 15, is writing a biology test at school tomorrow and has just summarised the content for us at the kitchen table. The topics are DNA, cell division, chromosomes, the immune system and immunisation. The teacher (who comes from Iran and is a biologist who has only recently become a teacher in Berlin) did a really good job, and she was able to explain it well. Why can a 15-year-old understand this and many adults nowadays refuse to?

Trumpism is attacking America's core institutions to gain unchecked power and only a united civic uprising that defends and reforms these institutions can stop it and build a better future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/04/27/world/america-needs-an-uprising/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #education #courts #democracy

Joshua Schreier, Vassar College history prof:

"American pro-Israel groups [..] the Anti-Defamation League/ADL, Hillel Internat'l, Aipac & the Heritage Foundation have united behind Republican measures to crack down on higher education...

As long as increasing numbers [..] speak out for Palestinians’ humanity, the pro-Israel movement armed with disingenuous accusations of antisemitism will aid Maga’s war on American higher education & democracy itself."

#education

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/26/antisemitism-us-jews-free-speech

Last Thursday, I ran my first creative coding workshop for older kids and teens (ages 12-16) at the Darling Square Library Makerspace. I was amazed to see what they all created in just two hours! Here are some examples.

Many students perfer bots over teachers. But ability to ask endless questions without judgement or pushback isn't a proven way to learn.
#ai #genai #education

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/25/ai-chatbots-students-workplace-mentors

People are turning to Gnosticism, Mysticism, Paganism, etc not because they hate God but because the churches have become a political symbol of Anti-Intellectualism, and because politicians have denied us a classical education, we yearn for the symposium.