Sentences Of The Week

“geralt / Pixabay I thought readers might, or might not, find this new regular post useful. Each week, I highlight several sentences , with links to their sources, that I find interesting/concerning/useful. And they may, or may not, be directly connected to education. I may also include my own comments or related links. This regular post will join my other regular ones on teaching ELLs , education policy , Artificial Intelligence , infographics , and Pinterest highlights , not to mention sharing of my regular Education Week posts . Here are this week’s sentences: Reading is hard to teach, hard to sustain and not connected to any one policy shift. “The interesting issue for folks to consider is not should there be more homework, but should there be better homework,” Epstein said. Some families recently delivered to Mayor Zohran Mamdani a petition with thousands of signatures calling for a two-year moratorium on generative A.I., such as chatbots. What I’ve learned , across every one of these close calls and near misses, is that what keeps us safe isn’t the stuff we pack or stockpile; it’s the community we build before calamity strikes. Each time we focus on learning from failure instead of being consumed by it, we rewire our brains, building pathways that make thoughtful responses more natural than automatic reactions. We understand the risks there, and I think that we have to understand the same risks when we talk about media and devices that aren’t inherently bad, it’s just that they need to be used in a way that’s appropriate for the person using them. Students need explicit instruction in how algorithms shape what they see, how online communities can normalize dehumanization, and how emotions like shame, envy, and humiliation are often being deliberately activated and exploited. “They are using generative A.I. to write before they learn how to write. They are reading ChatGPT summaries of a book before they have ever read a book,” he said. Fantasies of violence against political enemies are, in fact, a defining feature of Trump’s political language. “In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” — George Orwell, “1984” https://t.co/8yFPDag2SW — Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) April 23, 2026 How come they never start in 1500 https://t.co/K0YmYvuBFu — Future Thug (@aswangfan) April 23, 2026 El Papa cuando le preguntan su postura sobre la migración: “Yo cambiaría la pregunta: qué hace el norte global para ayudar al sur global en su situación que les obliga a migrar” pic.twitter.com/kloyVAlmUy — perrito barista (@Carlitospindola) April 23, 2026 “Oh do you think he was referring to you” BRILLIANT pic.twitter.com/47TtMsiGmX — Chris Meloni (@Chris_Meloni) April 27, 2026 Imagine calling Renee Good and Alex Pretti “domestic terrorists” and calling immigrants “animals” then turning around and telling people they need to “tone down their rhetoric.” — Rev. Benjamin Cremer (@Brcremer) April 27, 2026 The “reactionary colorblindess” of the right-wing justices has reached its logical conclusion in finding that it is racist NOT to let Louisiana—and any other state for that matter—discriminate on the basis of race in voting. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0… [image or embed] — Adam Serwer ( @adamserwer.bsky.social ) April 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM I've thought for a while that the educational risk isn't about daily writing instruction but killing the very possibility of assigning real out-of-classroom projects. [image or embed] — Michael Pershan ( @mpershan.bsky.social ) April 30, 2026 at 9:46 AM

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