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Senior Editor, Learning Content Strategy @CommonSense, mother of one, former teacher to many, opinions my own. @chrissy4kids.bsky.social
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Preparing for the Future: Critical Life Skills for K-12 Students

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By Christine Elgersma Verified
| Common Sense Verified
Making sure students are prepared for their futures has always been a goal for schools and educators, but achieving it is only getting more complicated. With the speed of AI development and its uncertain impacts on careers, it's hard to know what skills students will actually need to give them access to the jobs—and lives—they want.
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Teachers' Essential Guide to AI Literacy

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By Christine Elgersma Verified
| Common Sense Verified
Everywhere you turn, and in online tools we use, there it is—AI. Artificial intelligence is hard to escape. That's why AI literacy has become essential. But make no mistake: AI literacy isn't about learning how to use ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. It's about understanding what it is, how it works, and how it impacts us. And while digital literacy has also become an essential life skill, AI literacy addresses additional concerns.
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Help Students Avoid the Summer Slide (and Still Have Fun)

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By Christine Elgersma Verified
| Common Sense Verified
Educators are always under pressure to help students achieve. So when you've worked so hard to boost students' skills, you certainly don't want them to lose ground over summer break. We've come to know this knowledge and skill loss as "the summer slide": Though there are differing statistics about how it's measured—and even its existence—most teachers would attest that kids forget stuff over the summer. The other truth is that summer is meant to be a break.
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