In Texas, every public and charter school student will be without their phones during the school day this fall. Brigette Whaley, an associate professor of education at West Texas A&M University, expects to see "a more equitable environment" in classrooms with higher student engagement. (Carrillo, NPR)
Read MoreThe Church of England’s latest cathedral statistics show continued growth in 2024, with weekly attendance rising to 31,900, an increase of eleven per cent compared to 2023. The rise was driven particularly by midweek services, which saw a 15 per cent increase in adult attendance and a 16 per cent increase in child attendance, although still lower than the pre-pandemic figure. (The Church of England)
Read MoreSuch “blue laws” date back centuries in New Jersey and were originally rooted in religion. But modern proponents say they offer a welcome break for locals from traffic and noise in a region near New York City that’s teeming with shoppers throughout the week. (Shipkowski, AP News)
Read MoreCould artificial intelligence or short TV episodes help young adults engage more with the Bible? American Bible Society has issued first-time grants to four Christian higher education institutions to encourage innovation in getting young adults more interested in Scripture. (Banks, Religion News Service)
Read MoreLarge language models have been trained on vast amounts of unstructured data, which enables them to transfer what they have learned to different tasks and generate new content. While potential benefits for business include productivity gains and high performance levels, risks include high training costs and issues with trustworthiness. (1440)
Read MoreJust hours after a shooter opened fire through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis, killing two children and wounding 17 people, hundreds crowded inside a nearby school’s gym, clutching one another and wiping away tears during a vigil alongside Gov. Tim Walz and clergy members. (Dell’Orto et al., AP News)
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