None can deny that artificial intelligence, including the technology that automatically completed some of those words without the need for human typing, is pervasive. But are humans stopping to consider how AI is, in a way, enslaving them as the United States
Read moreMerritt speaker Sarah Stitzlein to talk on teaching hope, reviving democracy
Where do education and democracy converge? How does education support and sustain democracy? What skills, habits and dispositions must students develop in school to participate in democracy? Questions like these have fascinated Sarah Stitzlein since her undergraduate days double-majoring in Mathematics and
Read moreMerritt speaker Lynda Stone to explore motivating youth past politics to action
It happened in a heavily traveled minority neighborhood south of the center of San Francisco. Mary Lou Vanilla, a beloved art teacher at a nearby school, lived at a dangerous and unguarded intersection along Army Street. The number of deaths there deeply
Read moreMerritt speaker James M. Giarelli looks at ‘After-School Era’ future of education
James M. Giarelli is old enough to remember when the family physician made house calls. “The doctor driving to our house, in his own car, coming into our house with the little black bag, taking care of my sister and me,” muses
Read moreMerritt speaker to explore ‘joy of discovery’ during Oct. 19 talk
Don’t try to pigeonhole Eugene F. Provenzo Jr. It won’t work. The professor emeritus from the University of Miami’s School of Education is a Renaissance man whose interests – and qualifications – reach far beyond his title. “By way of my background,
Read moreMerritt speaker to encourage valuing ‘everyday actions’
Good is all around us, Angela B. Hurley believes. Unfortunately, says the professor of education at Transylvania University, the negative often distracts our attention and drowns whatever impact something positive might have made. For example, almost everyone turns their eyes toward parents
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