educationWednesday, June 17, 2026
School districts are moving beyond the AI panic phase and into practical policy. Wake County's new draft is a good example: no AI detectors, but students and staff must cite AI use. Meanwhile, a Training Journal piece argues that AI is eating the practice layer of work, and L&D teams need to rebuild it deliberately.
Wake County's draft policy is notable for explicitly banning AI detectors (citing unreliability and bias) and instead requiring citation of AI use. It's a concrete example of how schools are trying to balance integrity with AI literacy.
This piece makes a sharp point: when AI does the first draft, workers lose the low-stakes practice that builds judgment. L&D teams can't just let that happen; they need to build structured practice and feedback into workflows.
AI research tools trained on citation-biased literature will amplify the Matthew effect, making it harder for new or marginal work to surface. A structural problem that tool designers should be thinking about.
The Education Department is moving special ed to HHS and civil rights to DOJ. The laws don't change, but the oversight shift could mean real changes in how these functions operate.
A Unicef report finds half the world's children face at least three overlapping climate hazards. The education angle: these disruptions threaten schooling and child development at scale.
Perovskite Materials and Devices Homepubs.rsc.org
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Dozens walk out as Google boss addresses Stanford graduateswww.bbc.com
Day 98 of #100daysofnetworks100daysofnetworks.substack.comBeej's Guide To Network Programming: The Socket Bible Every Developer Must Read + Video - Undercodeundercodetesting.com
Beej's Guide to Network Programming is a comprehensive, practical resource for C developers learning socket programming. The guide (v3.2.4, 2025) covers everything from basic structs and byte ordering to advanced topics like IPv6, UDP, TCP, and non-blocking I/O. It provides produ
Emergent Sessionsohbm.github.io
The article describes the 2026 OSR (Open Source / Research?) program's emergent sessions â spontaneous, interactive hot-topic discussions hosted by attendees. These sessions are designed for collaborative projects, open forums on timely developments, focused discussions, or testi
Venus flytraps snap shut by rapid cell-wall softeningphysicsworld.com
Researchers in France have discovered that Venus flytraps snap shut through rapid softening of their outer cell walls, contradicting the previous hypothesis that the mechanism involves water transport through the trap lobes. This finding reveals a new biological mechanism for the
Fast Following, Military Adaptation, and the War in Ukrainemickryan.substack.com
This article examines military adaptation in modern warfare through the lens of the war in Ukraine, drawing on Clausewitzian theory and Williamson Murray's framework. The author, who has observed the Ukraine war and Middle East conflicts for over four years, analyzes how nations
Some kids are bypassing age verification checks with a fake mustachetechcrunch.com
A survey by U.K.-based nonprofit Internet Matters found that about half of 1,000 children surveyed said age verification checks online are easy to bypass. One notable method children use is drawing on a fake mustache with makeup to fool age verification systems on adult websites.
The FBI built its own replica small town to simulate real-world cyberattackstechcrunch.com
The FBI has built a 22,000 square-foot replica town on its Huntsville, Alabama campus to train law enforcement in simulating and investigating real-world cyberattacks. The facility provides a secure, hands-on environment where investigators can work with the latest consumer and e
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Andreas Lebisch skriver en slutreplik i debatten om skogsbruk i Sverige. Han svarar pÄ Magnus Berg frÄn Skogsindustrierna och argumenterar för att de sista naturskogarna mÄste skyddas istÀllet för att avverkas. Debattören pÄpekar att Sverige har gott om produktionsskog och ifrÄga
Now Available: Practical Guidelines for Preventing and Mitigating Ransomware | NCCoEwww.nccoe.nist.gov
The NIST NCCoE has published the final version of NIST IR 8374 Revision 1, titled "Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 Community Profile." This resource translates the NIST CSF 2.0 into practical, actionable steps that organizations and individuals can
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