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Grammar. To many people, the word is almost synonymous with “boredom”. Does that make “grammar games” a contradiction? I'm going to say not, but more on that in a moment. True, the average grammar book is more useful as a cure for insomnia than it is as a tool for language learning. And in school, you probably spent more time buried in those books (and trying to stay awake) than you did actually using any of all that fancy grammar for its actual purpose: communication. So, does grammar really matter? Table of contents Why Learn Grammar? Does It Really Matter...

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A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology, on April 17, 2021. Researchers and educators have always tried to optimize how we consume knowledge by looking at the realities of the learning brain. We now know that students learn better when learning is spread out over time. This is called the spacing effect, a term coined by the renowned memory scientist Hermann Ebbinghaus. If you give students a list of historical dates to memorize, they will retain it much better if they try to recall the dates in a few sessions rather than memorize them all at...

Viewers of The CW’s Batwoman series were shocked when, at the end of the show’s COVID-abbreviated first season, series star Ruby Rose announced she would not return for another year of the show. Now after much speculation as to the reasons behind her departure, Ruby Rose herself has taken to social media to share details of her experience on Batwoman. Her story includes allegations of unsafe working conditions, and intimidation and harassment from higher-ups and fellow actors on the series. In a series of Instagram stories beginning with those screenshotted above, Ruby Rose laid out the experiences that led to her Batwoman exit:...

  Don’t hate me, but I can still wear my wedding dress from twenty-five years ago. What brought about excavating it from mothballs? A few close friends wanted to honor my husband’s and my quarter-century wedding anniversary by hosting a party. Someone taunted, “Does your wedding dress still fit? I dare you to wear it.” I had to try at least. Nudged into a distant and dusty dormer, I found the box and brought it down to the den. “Look, honey!” I exclaimed as I lifted the lid. I was sure my husband would be excited to see my wedding...