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Intelligence Brief #002 May 22, 2026 Arts
Eighty percent of school districts have AI guidelines, but almost none of them address how teachers should design lessons.
Four signals: Boston mandates AI literacy for graduation; 80% of districts have AI policies that skip pedagogy; California students co-authored a digital wellness bill; and an Arts classroom signal on designing assignments AI can’t replace.
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Blog Writing Instruction & Feedback Systems
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Writing Instruction May 20, 2026
Why Students Don’t Use Comments
Teacher comments don’t improve student writing when there’s no revision slot for them to land in. The problem isn’t what the comments say — it’s where they arrive in the workflow.
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High School — Grades 9–12
Writing Instruction Article
Why High School Writers Stop Revising
Research on why revision fails in most high school classrooms and the structural fixes that produce real change in student behavior.
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Writing Instruction One-Pager
Why High School Writers Stop Revising
Three reasons revision habits break down and five practical starting points for teachers. Quick-reference format.
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ACT Preparation Article
The ACT Writing Problem Nobody Is Solving
Why multiple-choice gains don’t move writing scores, what the ACT Writing section actually tests, and what closing the gap requires.
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ACT Preparation One-Pager
The ACT Writing Problem Nobody Is Solving
What the ACT Writing section measures, why practice alone doesn’t build the skill, and what closing the gap requires. Quick-reference format.
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Writing Instruction Article
Structured Feedback Without the 125-Student Bottleneck
How the feedback volume problem works, what structured revision requires, and how it changes what teacher time is for.
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Writing Instruction One-Pager
Structured Feedback Without the 125-Student Bottleneck
The structural constraint behind inadequate feedback volume and what changes when the system handles it. Quick-reference format.
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AI Governance Article
What Bounded AI Looks Like in a Writing Classroom
The difference between AI that supports writing instruction and AI that bypasses it, and four questions to ask before deploying any AI writing tool.
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AI Governance One-Pager
What Bounded AI Looks Like in a Writing Classroom
Bounded vs. unbounded AI, the governance problem with general tools, and what school-governed AI looks like in practice. Quick-reference format.
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College Readiness Article
Argumentation, Evidence, and the Gap Between High School and College Writing
Three skills that break down at the college level, what the research says, and practical starting points for high school teachers.
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College Readiness One-Pager
Argumentation, Evidence, and the Gap Between High School and College Writing
The gap between high school and college writing competency and five immediate changes teachers can make. Quick-reference format.
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