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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

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Addressing Learning Differences and Reading Challenges Related Resources: Study White Paper: Inspire Engaged and Confident Readers Study Executive Summary Study Infographic Large Print Student Testimonials Need Answers for Student Literacy?

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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Content-Based Literacy with Imagine Learning EL Education : Find out more about an instructional approach that focuses on teaching content rather than comprehension skills in isolation.

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

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Will you release a white paper, or tools? We were very much influenced by the book “Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence.” It's written by three economists out of the University of Toronto. What kind of output do you think you'll have? We think we'll have research and tools.

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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

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That’s a task that Stanford University researchers have been doing through an effort to draft a white paper that gathers observations about teaching and learning during the pandemic and notes key lessons that could be built on going forward.

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

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And he wrote the white paper for it around the time of that bagel meetup for the Thiel Fellowship. You may not know that name, but in the tech world, he’s now a big deal. He co-founded the blockchain system called Ethereum, which allows what are known as smart contracts. Lots of people see this as a world-changing idea.

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Can a Group of MIT Professors Turn a White Paper Into a New Kind of College?

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A group of professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology dropped a provocative white paper in September that proposed a new kind of college that would address some of the growing public skepticism of higher education. This week, they took the next step toward bringing their vision from idea to reality.

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

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And there's the tougher question: "If remote education is worth the tuition, then what is the worth of college?" Five professors at Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have some answers. But the professors who wrote the white paper plan to host a forum in November to further discuss the idea and build interest for it.

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