by Englist | Jul 13, 2026 | Englist blog, Elementary, Learning resources
Today with a class I was reading about the dangers of AI. As a group we read this piece from Business Insider about how AI is making us dumber (”us” being AI users as a whole) and I also shared this solid piece from Psychology Today about the effects of AI use...
by Englist | Jun 30, 2026 | Englist blog, Elementary, Learning resources
Reading =/= Comprehending Recently, the teachers at Englist read a research paper titled “Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert.” The authors of the paper give an interesting example of how necessary background knowledge is to reading...
by Englist | Jun 30, 2026 | Englist blog, Learning resources
“The wind howled like a pack of wolves chasing prey. Every single stalk of wheat in the field was bent over, kneeling like slaves. The wheat used to be golden and shining, but it had long since browned and become dull. I stood there, letting the sleet cut my face...
