Jill Barshay

1. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Jill Barshay

   A leading school shootings researcher says he was wrong (opens the original)

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   Scientists rarely announce that one of their long-held ideas has failed. But that is exactly what Ron Avi Astor, one of the nation’s leading scholars of school violence and a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said before fellow researchers at the annual meeting in April of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). […] The post <a

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2. Article · Jul 6, 2026 · Jill Barshay

   Faster solutions, lower test scores: How AI is eroding math skills (opens the original)

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   When ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, educators quickly asked whether students would use artificial intelligence to cheat, learn or simply get through homework more efficiently. Evidence is beginning to point toward a troubling answer: Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. This conclusion comes from one of the largest […] The post <a hr

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