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The future of AI in the classroom
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (386+ words) I spent most of the last two weeks on the road in California at three education conferences that highlighted the risks " and potential benefits " of artificial intelligence in the classroom." The American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council…...
As deadline looms, $289 million in federal education research funding may go unspent
17+ hour, 33+ min ago (258+ words) More than a third of the federal government's education research budget " an estimated $289 million " could go unspent this year, according to an analysis by an advocacy group." The Alliance is trying ratchet up the pressure and make the case that…...
Opinion: Bringing different school districts together can bridge social divides and inspire change
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (729+ words) Our national politics are divided and angry in a way that often feels beyond our control. The division doesn't just stay "out there" but filters down to the community and school level. I worry about what kind of environment that…...
Tutoring was supposed to save American kids after the pandemic. The results? 'Sobering"
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (409+ words) Rigorous research rarely shows that any teaching approach produces large and consistent benefits for students. But tutoring seemed to be a rare exception. Before the pandemic, almost 100 studies pointed to impressive math or reading gains for students who were paired…...
When the Spanish flu upended universities, students paid the price
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (436+ words) In the fall of 1918, Edward Kidder Graham, the president of the University of North Carolina, tried to reassure anxious parents. The Spanish flu was spreading rapidly, but Graham insisted the university was doing all it could to keep students safe....
Inside the fight to save Texas's Native American history course
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (909+ words) For Horn, then a high school senior at Grand Prairie High School near Dallas and a descendant of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, it was his first in-depth lesson on the boarding schools where the U. S. government sent hundreds of thousands of…...
On-demand-college counseling, courtesy of AI
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1707+ words) BROOKLYN, N. Y. " At 16, Khloe Watson-Barrett already knows she wants to be a lawyer. She also knows she'll soon have to run the gauntlet of the high-stakes college admissions process, now that she's past the halfway point of her junior year in…...
Amid a national shortage of nurses, nursing apprenticeships are beginning to offer a solution to the problem
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1165+ words) This story was produced in partnership with Work Shift and reprinted with permission." MOBILE, Ala. " Three or four times a week, La Tyra Malone starts her day at Mobile Infirmary hospital at 6: 30 a. m. For the next 12 hours, she makes her rounds…...
Early intervention services for young children boost later test scores
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (615+ words) A first-of-its-kind study has found that early intervention services " which can include occupational, physical and speech therapies, among others " improve children's test scores, even years down the road." The study, conducted jointly by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School…...
College students hedge their bets in a chaotic labor market by double-majoring
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (1152+ words) After he graduates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Drew Wesson hopes to begin a career in strategic communication, a field with higher-than-average job growth and earnings. One year into his time at the university, Wesson became more strategic about this…...