Students hand in AI essays full of padding. I made a daily game about cutting it, and teachers started using it as a bell ringer.

I read a lot of AI text at work. Somewhere between the third "testament to" and the hundredth "delve", I stopped trusting long sentences altogether. So I made a small game called Long Story Short: one sentence a day, keep the five words that actually carry the story, cut the rest.

It's a week old. 12,000 plays so far. A retired news editor emails me most mornings to argue about the answers, clause by clause, and he's mostly right. Yesterday two players argued opposite sides of the same word and convinced me my sentence itself was wrong.

So from tomorrow the sentences come from real news stories, and the answer is whatever the paper's sub-editor kept.

Long Story Short

Submitted 2026-08-19T10:30:18Z by Mastbubbles https://ift.tt/kmlLTbc

English learning app

I just immigrated to U.S, what is a good app for my child to learn English from?

Submitted 2026-08-19T05:58:08Z by Emergency_Link_3276 https://ift.tt/QrJpcms

I am looking for something online to teach books

Same as what happens in a literature classroom but online the teacher\ host gives assigned reading and then we join to discuss it

I really wanna find something like this so if anyone can tell me where to search :( I am 20 years old, but I really loved reading so I want to continue

Submitted 2026-08-18T20:59:44Z by Manona44 https://ift.tt/LxWa2VB

split TK/K class

does anyone have experience they can share about being in a split class in CA public school?

my kiddo was put in a TK/K split and is in the TK cohort. the school admin gave me a sales presentation on why it’s a good thing when I voiced my concerns about the placement. essentially they said tough luck and tried to tell me parents prefer a split and he will have more one on one time.

Submitted 2026-08-18T16:57:13Z by thatbthing https://ift.tt/huBga2f

Education in Europe

Hi! I'm an American and Russian citizen, and I've recently finished a bachelor's degree in Psychology in Russia. I've heard that there are many opportunities for students like me to pursue further education in Europe. I would be unbelievably grateful if someone could share their experience about a similar situation: what were you pursuing after graduation? I'm particularly interested in either sexology or criminology/forensic psychology, but I'm open to other suggestions as well!
Thank you so much in advance!🥹

Submitted 2026-08-17T22:53:20Z by water_bag772 https://ift.tt/2ac4GkB

What should stay shared when learning becomes more personalized?

I have been thinking about education as a one-to-many system. A teacher has to work with many students at once, even though each person arrives with different prior knowledge and gets stuck at different points.

But I do not think the answer is to turn education into one student alone with an AI. Learning is also social: discussing, collaborating, seeing how other people think and having a teacher who gives direction.

What interests me is whether the individual experience around the same knowledge could become more personal. The source and objective could stay shared, while the explanation, interface, practice and feedback adapt as the person learns.

I am building an open-source project around this idea, but I am still trying to understand the boundary. What should become personal, and what would education lose if it stopped being shared?

Submitted 2026-08-17T21:54:21Z by JoseEstevez22 https://ift.tt/FptaoTw

Students: What is your perception/feelings about AI generated media in your courses?

This is primarily directed at higher ed students but all are welcome too. I'm looking to get a sense of the various opinions/feelings on AI generated media in courses specifically. So graphics, images/"photography", video, etc.

If you know something is AI generated do you still trust the content presented?

Are all uses okay? Are all not okay? Are there uses that are okay and others that are not? When and why?

Do you have a different feeling if the AI media is a small amount and there is primarily non-AI media in other parts of the course?

Does the use of AI media impact your perception of the school? Faculty?

Any and all opinions are welcome, please feel free to elaborate on why you feel a particular way. Thank you!

Submitted 2026-08-17T20:47:40Z by stano1213 https://ift.tt/b39MVca