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'Make Chess as Accessible as Possible': Duolingo's Next Move Is Teaching Users How to Play Chess

Want to join the 600 million people worldwide who play chess? Duolingo, the popular language learning app known for its gamified short lesson format, announced on Tuesday that it has started early ...
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'Musical Chess': How students are learning chess through song and dance

LEARNING TO MASTER CHESS BOARD BEFORE BASIC MATH. AALIYAH PHILLIPS SHOWS US HOW SOME CLASSROOMS ARE USING MUSIC TO TEACH KIDS AS YOUNG AS THREE YEARS OLD HOW TO PLAY THE GAME. IT’S NOT YOUR AVERAGE ...
Education Week

A Chess Grandmaster Makes the Case for Teaching the Game in School

Maurice Ashley knows chess, and he enthusiastically shares that knowledge with kids who want to learn. Inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame, and the first Black person to earn the title of ...
Education Week

‘Everybody at School Wants to Play': Chess Is Trendy Again

It’s been almost a month since 13 high school students and their coaches from Renaissance High School, a public magnet school in Detroit, Mich., piled on a bus for the nine-hour ride to Washington, ...