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PISA 2025 found that 46% of students check reliable sources and prioritise scientific evidence. Another 37% say they check sources but also rely on common sense alongside scientific studies. 

What should schools teach students to help them navigate information—and AI—more critically?

Source: OECD (2026), PISA 2025 Results (Volume I): Future-Ready Students, PISA, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/73451bc5-en.

#PISA2025 #AI #Education #Criticalthinking #Sproutsschools

Across OECD countries, PISA scores for 15-year-olds have been falling dramatically—especially in reading and maths. Why do you think this is happening? Phones? Teaching methods? COVID? Less reading? Lower standards? Or something else?

#Education #PISA #Learning #SproutsSchools

💚 A Warm Welcome to Our New August Members!

As we welcome September, we’d like to give a special shoutout to our wonderful new Sprouts supporters who joined us in August! 🌱

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Thank you for supporting Sprouts and our mission to make education more accessible to learners, teachers, and curious minds around the world.

Your support helps us continue creating research-based educational videos and resources that bring complex ideas to life. Every membership makes a meaningful difference and helps us keep growing. 💚

Welcome to the Sprouts community—we’re so happy to have you with us! 🌱

Great teams don't succeed because everyone works harder—they succeed because everyone knows their role. 

In our upcoming video, we explain the RACI Matrix, a simple framework that helps teams clarify responsibilities, improve communication, and avoid project failure.
🎬 Available now for YouTube Members and Patreon supporters. 

Join us for early access while helping Sprouts create free educational videos for classrooms and learners worldwide. 💚

🌱 Thank You to Our New Supporters

Today, we'd like to give a heartfelt thank you to Brad Wright and Charlotte Newman for becoming YouTube Members in June. 💚

At a time when AI can generate content faster than ever, Sprouts continues to create carefully researched, hand-drawn educational animations that put learning, accuracy, and human creativity first. Each video takes months of work from writers, researchers, illustrators, animators, and educators who care deeply about making complex ideas easy to understand.

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We're truly grateful to have you as part of our community, Professor Nieves. Thank you for supporting education and helping Sprouts reach more curious minds. 🌱

What happens when the money supply grows faster than the economy itself? Why do prices rise, savings lose purchasing power, and everyday life become more expensive over time?

In our upcoming video, we explore how money is created, how inflation shapes the economy, and why rising markets and economic growth do not always translate into greater prosperity for everyone.

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🎉 A warm welcome to our 4 newest members in April!

Thank you to Alcid008, Dynette Pallais, Mike Bennett and Sebastian Robayo for supporting Sprouts. 

Your contribution helps us continue creating thoughtful, accessible educational videos for curious minds everywhere.  Every lesson we produce is made possible by people like you who believe in learning and sharing knowledge.

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Trauma doesn’t always stay in the past. For some, it returns in flashes—during sleep, in quiet moments, or when something triggers the memory. PTSD is not just about what happened, but how the brain continues to respond, often keeping the body in a constant state of alert long after the danger is gone.

Our upcoming video, we explore the science behind trauma, stress, and how these experiences can reshape the brain—sometimes leading to long-term challenges like anxiety and depression.

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Does eating ice cream actually cause shark attacks? 🍦🦈 Are we seeing a classic case of correlation without causation?

In our new video, we explore how our brains often mistake patterns for causes and why understanding this difference is essential for thinking critically about data and science.

🎬 This lesson is available now with early access for our YouTube Members and Patrons. Join us to watch it first and support the creation of more educational videos for learners and classrooms around the world.

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