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Parent engagement is about far more than who shows up to family night, it is about whether families feel seen as co-educators with real power to shape school culture and student success. In a recent educationweek.org piece, Kate Carroll-Outten lifts up seven concrete strategies to move from “bake sale” participation to genuine partnership, from home visits and multilingual communication to simple, meaningful learning tasks that affirm what families already do to support their children. At Family Engagement Lab, this vision is at the heart of FASTalk.AI. When schools pair the kinds of practices highlighted in this article with tools designed for equity and access, they build the trusting, two-way communication families say they want most: clear, honest information about what their children are learning and how to help. 🔗 Article: https://lnkd.in/grGEt2Zc

谬误：检索练习是学习过程的最后环节 Myth: Retrieval Practice is the Final Part of the Learning Process 根据Arthur W. Melton在1963年提出的“学习过程模型”，学习主要分为三个主要阶段，即编码、储存和检索。 对教师和教育领导者来说，这是一个值得关注的有益模型。在学习过程中，每一个阶段都很重要。该模型清楚显示，检索练习要在知识编码（即从工作记忆转为长期记忆）之后才能进行。该模型表明，一旦学生能够从长期记忆中检索知识，学习过程就进入了最后阶段。然而，这种说法并不准确。 学生一旦能够回忆起学过的知识，他们通常就需要学以致用，例如在拓展论文或考题中应用这些知识，并且还要在不同语境中进行知识迁移。以词汇学习为例，学生一旦能够回忆起某个词的含义，他们就需要用它来准确造句并且在口语和书面答案中正确使用该词。同时，学生还应能够在不同语境中理解关键词。检索练习是学习过程中的重要一环，但并非最终环节。 有证据表明，检索练习可以在课堂内外促进学习和进步。检索练习对长期学习的裨益是教育心理学最可靠的研究成果之一（Brown等，2014），因此很多学校都热衷于采用检索练习策略。 改编自：循证教育（2023）组织的《检索练习：谬误、变异与错误》。 The Learning Process Model, accredited to Arthur W. Melton in 1963, states the three main stages of learning are encoding, storage and retrieval.  This is a helpful model for teachers and leaders to be aware of. Each stage is important during the learning process, and it clearly shows how retrieval practice cannot occur until information has been encoded (i.e. transferred from working memory to long-term memory). This model would suggest that, once students can retrieve information from long-term memory, it is the final part of the learning process. However, this is not accurate. Once students can recall information, they are often required to apply that knowledge, for example in an extended essay or examination question, and will need to transfer their knowledge across different contexts. An example, can be vocabulary learning; once a student can recall the meaning of a term, they then need to apply that term by using it correctly in a sentence and be able to use it accurately in their verbal and written answers. It is also important that students can understand key terms in a different context. Retrieval practice is a vital part of the learning process, but not the final part.  Nevertheless, retrieval practice is a strategy supported by evidence and can be used to enhance learning and progress, both inside and outside of the classroom. The benefits of retrieval practice for long-term learning are among the most secure findings in educational psychology (Brown et al., 2014); therefore, it is not surprising that many schools have enthusiastically embraced retrieval practice. Adapted from: Evidence Based Education. Retrieval Practice: Myths, Mutations and Mistakes, (2023).

“This gap was a problem before. Now it’s a crisis.” If you have any kind of stake in education (teacher, leader, parent, student) then you should be following Michelle Ament, EdD. She thoughtfully explains how our education system is not equipping students with the skills they truly need now that AI can do a lot of the entry-level work in multiple careers. We need to start focusing on those soft skills that are not easily assessed by standardized testing!

For those of you applying for residency.... I customized a GPT to help you speed-read and compare residency contracts. While the program contracts are probably not amongst your top decision-making factors in ranking, you should prooooobly read those hundred-pages PDFs before signing your life away for years. https://lnkd.in/g9E_82VV 💡 Some personal discoveries while doing this: 1️⃣ Some program that asks applicants to attest that they have received all contract templates and policies through a web link ACTUALLY do not have all the required information on those websites 🤣 2️⃣ Some programs count housing stipend as part of the base salary while others list them in addition 3️⃣ Programs definitely vary in power and protection they give residents, at least on paper 👀 ⚒️ Example tasks: (It did these for me, so now it will do it even better for you!) 1️⃣ Create a comparison table, for things that matter to you, including “vibe” given of by different programs’ legal languages   2️⃣ Rank programs based on Total Cash Benefits:COL (Cost of Living) ratio in the program’s zip code 3️⃣ Search online for missing info and incorporate into the comparison table 4️⃣ Check which programs are unionized Try it out👇

Stop Trying to Use 100 Different Resources to Save Your Grades (Seriously. You're making this harder than it needs to be lol) I run my entire medical career on a simple 5-app stack: (That's it. FIVE apps. Not 47.) (📌 Worth saving for later) 1️⃣ Anki: The External Memory If it's not a flashcard, it doesn't exist. Trust the system. Stop re-reading the same notes 10 times. (Your brain will thank you honestly) 2️⃣ ChatGPT: The Assistant (call it as a FREE tutor) My personal intern who never sleeps. I use it to simplify pathology and generate MCQs from lecture slides. (It really helps for exam prep and retention!!!) 3️⃣ Notion: The Operating System I use this to organize literally everything— Research database, clinical logbooks, study schedules, finances, ALL of it. (One place. Everything organized.) 4️⃣ Perplexity: The Researcher whereever i need i want to do research I ask questions and get evidence-based response INSTANTLY. (I wonder Why did nobody tell me about this earlier???) 5️⃣ Forest: The Constraint well, Believe me or not... we all have adhd... so, If the phone stays down, the focus stays sharp. (And you get cute little trees as rewards...jk lol) That's It. Five Simple Apps That Work Not 20. Not 50. FIVE. (i think you are good to go.) anyways, it's been an incredible journey sharing study systems and workflows so far. i helped 100+ med students organize their medlife... (like i did mine) hehe, Okay, now your turn: What's YOUR favorite study tool or app? 👇 P.S. I made a full guide on the exact AI prompts and systems I use daily (the same ones that helped me go from overwhelmed → organized) Want it? ♻️ Repost this → I'll DM you the complete guide. (Comment "Toolkit" so I know to send it) ❤️ ____ Naqi 

🚀 Excited to launch the Georgia WBL AI App Over the past month, I’ve been building something I wish I had years ago as a Work-Based Learning coordinator. It's Free to Join and I will be adding resources ASAP 👉 GA WBL AI: https://gawblai.base44.app This tool is designed specifically for Georgia Work-Based Learning coordinators, teachers, and administrators—grounded in our state’s WBL expectations, documentation needs, and real day-to-day challenges. What it helps with: Quick answers to WBL questions (without digging through handbooks) Support for coordinators juggling compliance, employers, students, and paperwork A practical way to use AI as a time-saver, not a replacement for relationships This isn’t about flashy AI. It’s about making our work more efficient, more consistent, and more sustainable—so we can spend more time with students and partners where it matters most. I’m excited to continue improving this with feedback from the field and to see how AI can responsibly support WBL across Georgia. Would love for fellow WBL coordinators to check it out and share thoughts. #WorkBasedLearning #GeorgiaCTAE #AIinEducation #WBL #CareerReady #EdTech #CTAE

2025 tested us. In this short video, I reflect on what the year demanded of myself and Emergent Works, the resilience of our community, and why we kept going, even when the path forward wasn’t clear. Our 2025 Annual Report tells the fuller story: the impact, the lessons, and the real outcomes created alongside justice-impacted and under-resourced youth and adults gaining access to digital skills, AI fluency, mentorship, paid training, and meaningful employment. As we close out the year, I invite you to watch the video, read the Annual Report and stand with us in 2026! Review our 2025 Annual Report here: https://lnkd.in/eCn5w9ad

free tool/resource I use Two free resources that have become a real backbone for me lately are ChatGPT and Google Docs. ChatGPT helps me think, break things down, ask questions freely, and make sense of what I’m learning. Google Docs helps me organize — write things out, revisit lessons, and track my progress. I use them together to: • Rewrite what I’m learning in my own words • Take notes and create simple checklists • Reflect when I feel stuck or overwhelmed • Revisit concepts, especially during late-night study sessions Some nights, this looks like going back over what I was taught, typing it out again, and asking questions until things finally click. I still do the work. But having tools that support both clarity and consistency has made learning feel less heavy. Sometimes growth doesn’t need more pressure it just needs the right support. #Day10 #LearningInPublic #FreeResources #CareerGrowth #90DayChallenge #BeginnerJourney

7.5 million kids. 7.5 million IEPs. And 94% of their parents say the process causes them stress or anxiety. IEPs average 25+ pages of legal language. Meetings are scheduled during work hours. And the support systems that exist are out of reach for most families. At Highlighter, we're building AI tools that help families prepare for meetings in minutes instead of hours, understand complex documents in plain language, and communicate with schools like the experts do. Because every child deserves a parent who walks into that meeting prepared—not just the ones whose families can afford it.

primary care specializes in people. we do this by being generalists. what's exciting is that AI is amplifying this approach for everyone i.e. patients are growing their health literacy and specialists are widening their scope. having some grounding in a generalist framework might be helpful we all navigate an increasingly chaotic world. think of it like a system prompt for yourself and your values. if we don't name what's important to us, technology will fill in the blanks and act on assumptions we may have never intended to become true. Source: The Generalist Approach (Kurt Stange, Ann Fam Med 2009)