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Both Humans and Technology Are Noisy: How Do We Move Forward?

Digital Promise

Over the years, I’ve been involved in developing research programs and projects in education technology, games, and virtual reality. As I’ve developed my thinking around funding and conducting research in learning technologies, I always come back to an unpublished technical report written by one of my early mentors in the Navy.

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Will AI Make Standardized Tests Obsolete?

ED Surge

Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests. Thousands of students complained about their resulting scores, and some governments launched formal investigations.

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COLUMN: Can we find the solution to middle school math woes in a virtual world?

The Hechinger Report

The lesson seemed a lot more relevant than copying a row of equations from a chalkboard, which I remember from my own more traditional (and boring) math education so many years ago. Imagine Worldwide works with governments, communities, funders and other partners as it attempts to expand throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

ED Surge

Even before the federal government closed the spigot on billions in emergency funds for schools, declining student enrollment already had districts fretting over how they would balance their books. Texas’ Arlington Independent School District announced earlier this year that 275 staff positions will be cut.

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Why Some Investors Say Edtech ‘Doom and Gloom’ is Overhyped

ED Surge

And with universities and schools being given extra funds by the federal government, they'll likely invest in more edtech resources, he says. There are two main reasons for optimism in the education technology sector specifically: the sustainability and evolution of business models and an abundance of talent. Just in the U.S.,

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What Happens When a State Brings Deep Discounts to Child Care?

ED Surge

Linch and her partner, who works in car insurance, make a combined household income of $120,000, which, at $10,000 per month, is 400 percent of the federal poverty level for a family of four — an amount that would usually be considered far too high to receive any sort of meaningful government subsidy. actually receive.

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Evidence Shows That Home Visits Support Children and Families. Here’s What to Know.

ED Surge

government invests in home visiting programs, and funding is set to expand. Then, in 2010, the federal government invested in home visiting programs for the first time with the creation of the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting ( MIECHV ) program. “It Many home visiting programs have been around for decades.