as in literacy
the understanding and information gained from being educated
the university's head librarian exuded an aura of learnedness
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Boston Public Schools laid out a new policy to tackle emerging issues of artificial intelligence in schools for the School Committee’s consideration, taking aim at regulating use in classrooms, technological literacy training and addressing harm to student through tools like deepfakes.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
7 May 2026 -
The law sets aside $70 million to hire more than 1,300 literacy coaches to help improve reading skills among students statewide.—
La'Tasha Givens,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Kerr has reached an agreement in principle on a two-year contract to continue coaching the Warriors, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.—
Janie McCauley,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Time to test your knowledge with the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for May 3 to 9.—
Claire Malon,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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This intent aligned with the nation’s urgent emphasis on education as a defense against mob rule.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Tall served as Mali’s education and science minister from 2016 to 2017 and is the president of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, a political party opposed to the military government.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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What are some learnings from putting together the first two festivals that have informed your work on the third?—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 May 2026
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The evidence is overwhelming that constant phone use is damaging attention, learning and mental health, and schools need the backing to enforce real limits.—
Linh Tat,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The Hamilton Prize was merit-based and included a full four-year scholarship to attend Wesleyan.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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His father was a college star who almost went pro, and pursuing a sports scholarship seemed like the thing to do.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2026
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.—
Nicholas Boggs,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Learnedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/learnedness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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