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AMERICANTHINKER - Education Scorecard Ignores Common Core disaster

David Lisbona Education in America is a mess. Student achievement is abysmal and continues in decline. Without an honest assessment of what went wrong, we will never make the necessary changes to help children learn.

NYTIMES (Catherine Porter) - What Does It All Mean? Once a Year, French Students Try to Explain.

The high school philosophy exam is a rite of passage for French students. This year included questions about Friedrich Nietzsche’s 1878 book, “Human, All Too Human.”

JUSTTHENEWS (Christina Park, Lane Smith) - Senators join education tech leaders in looking for answers on how to bring AI into K-12 education

Senators and educational technology leaders discussed best practices to integrate AI in schools in the hearing,"The Future of K-12 Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

NPR (Jon Hamilton) - Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.

Danionella fish, allow scientists to track processes in its brain and body. Researchers at a major brain science center hope that studying Danionella fish will reveal new information about the brain-behavior connection.'/Open

NYTIMES (K. R. Callaway) - How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?

A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once.

AMERICANTHINKER - Why America still needs positive children’s books

Are we teaching our children criticism and division, or are we leaving them with gratitude, hope, responsibility, and inspiration?

NPR (Marielle Segarra) - To read more this summer, stop waiting for the perfect moment

So you want to ignite a reading habit this summer. How do you get back into the groove? We talk to reading enthusiasts for their best tricks — like allowing yourself to read wherever, whenever.

NPR (Jon Hamilton) - Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains

A study of more than 2,300 9- to 10-year-olds found that socioeconomic factors explained most differences in the preteens' brain development.

HUFFPOST - Teens' Reading And Math Scores Have Stagnated, U.S. Test Results Show

“We can clearly see that this isn’t just a pandemic story,” said Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.