Audio clip of Slotkin: Hold your elected officials, including me, accountable. Watch how they’re voting. Go to town halls and ...

In a new series, our columnist offers advice on using what you know about teaching to improve your public writing.

The problem isn't that AI processes information faster than humans. It's that it has the potential to hollow out our ...

In my book "How to Raise a Citizen (And Why It’s Up to You to Do It)," I remind readers that our kids will inherit this democracy, however healthy or fractured it may be. We can’t wait for someone ...

Dinner conversations were dominated by DeepSeek and other A.I. chatbots. Electric cars whizzed by, and apps offered drone food delivery. Unitree humanoid robots danced and spun handkerchiefs onstage ...

Getting started on a writing project is hard. Using AI to push through it can rob students of the chance to find their own ...

That might surprise people who had to cope with bubonic plague, ice ages, Vikings, world wars, colonisation and the rest. But ...

In many cases, students seek extra help when they face a blank page. Some even visit speedypaper right away to see examples or get fresh advice. This can offer a boost, but it’s also important to ...

For instance, students might be tasked with using AI to brainstorm essay ideas but then be required to write and revise using their own voice and reasoning. Teachers should be trained to integrate ...

As I type this, a little gray message keeps popping up. “Help me write,” it offers whenever I pause for a certain length of time. It makes me chuckle, because writing is my job, and then grumble.