Effect of AI on literacy (Oct. 20 2026)
On Tuesday's show: Houston ISD has spent millions of taxpayer dollars building its own curriculum, and it is now sharing those materials with other school systems for free. We learn more from Houston Chronicle education reporter Nusaiba Mizan.
Also this hour: AI can summarize just about any article or book you could throw at it. But what does that mean for the future of reading and literacy?
Then, we reflect on how the classic western High Noon clashed with the anti-communist fervor of the 1950s, as outlined in Glenn Frankel's book High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an…
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