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Los Angeles School District Launched a Splashy AI Chatbot. What Exactly Does It Do?

ED Surge

EdSurge recently sat down with the developers of the tool, custom-made for the district by Boston-based AI company AllHere, for a demo, to try to find out. For instance, in a demo for EdSurge, Toby Jackson, chief technology officer at AllHere, showed a sample Ed dashboard screen for a simulated account of a student named “Alberto.”

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

ED Surge

IEI learner dashboard demo Where does datacasting fit on the road to universal broadband? Will the government continue to subsidize the monthly cost or not? More powerful versions called Edwards are available for school buildings and incarceration facilities and can serve thousands concurrently.

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Billions in federal financial aid is going to students who aren’t graduating

The Hechinger Report

In 2011, federal figures show, 201 of its incoming freshmen got Pell Grants, part of more than $325 billion the Congressional Budget Office estimates the government has paid out through that program in the last decade to help low-income students nationwide earn degrees.

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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

ED Surge

EdSurge: So you saw some demos of this VR school with their sixth graders and eighth graders. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts, or use the player on this page. Or read a partial transcript below, lightly edited for clarity. What did the VR classroom look like?