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AI homework tools linked to sharp drop in student engagement

AI's cognitive cost: Studies show AI-assisted homework reduces student brain activity by 55%, with effects compounding after use ends. Educator concerns grow: Lawmakers and experts warn of declining ...
Education Week

Supporting Struggling Math Students Means Building Their Number Sense—and Confidence

Math is a hierarchical field, building sequentially on prior concepts. Likewise, math standards in each grade presume that ...
NPR

Should schools get rid of homework? Some educators are saying yes

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework. Since then, none of the 2,500 students in this district — ...
The Hechinger Report

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

Federal survey data suggests that the amount of math homework assigned to fourth and eighth grade students, in particular, has been steadily declining for the past decade. Credit: Stanislaw ...
The Guam Daily Post

St. John's announces winners of Pearson math scholarships

St. John’s School is proud to congratulate the recipients of the 2026 Thomas Pearson Mathematics Scholarship. A release from the school says that the scholarship - established by donor and longtime St ...