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In the last posting, in response to a middle school teacher’s query, I explained why fluency instruction deserved attention in secondary school. I shared information showing growth in fluency during the middle school years, that instr...
Blast from Past: This blog first posted on October 9 and 16, 2021, and was reposted on June 6, 2026. The original was issued in two parts over two weeks. Those pieces have been combined here. That, along with some minor text revisions and updates, are the only changes. It is not that we have made no progress over the past five years – that would be unfair — but these issues are still annoying. This version includes a link to the 30 and 84 comments elicited by their first appearance. Pet peeves are, by their very nature, complaints. I assume no one wants to hear a lot of whining th...
The world’s all atingle with artificial intelligence (AI). OpenAI reports that ChatGPT serves 700 million users each week. Seventy-eight percent of businesses and other organizations depend upon it, too. Private investment in AI is m...
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