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Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy.

ED Surge

D to her pupils, sits at a table with one of the young students she tutors as they clap and sing as part of their lesson. Perez started tutoring students around the time the COVID-19 vaccine made it safe to meet in-person. Perez started tutoring students around the time the COVID-19 vaccine made it safe to meet in-person.

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Do Chatbot Tutors Work Better When They're Upbeat — and Female?

ED Surge

Since the sudden arrival of ChatGPT just a few months ago, there’s renewed interest in using AI chatbots as tutors. So as we get to that point, we should understand, ‘What should the characteristics be of those tutors?’ ‘How Regarding gender, there is a long history of robots being programmed with female-sounding voices.

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Can Interactive Whiteboards Revitalize Online High-Dose Tutoring?

ED Surge

After the pandemic, the nationwide adoption of online high-dose tutoring was expected to address deepening educational disparities. Some school districts have opted for in-person high-dose tutoring. So, is the low effectiveness of high-dose tutoring simply due to its online nature?

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Responding to a summer of riots: Principles for teaching about sensitive issues in the history classroom

Becoming a History Teacher

But how should we approach this in the history classroom? As history teachers we often problematise controversial issues to ‘see both sides of an issue’. As always it is helpful to come back to the discipline of history and what it means to teach sensitive histories well. Grosvenor (2000, p.157),

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AI vs. humans: Who comes out ahead?

The Hechinger Report

From the first exploratory interviews I did on this topic, I was surprised to learn how deep the history of AI trying to teach went. champions, but couldn’t hack it as a tutor. The post AI vs. humans: Who comes out ahead? Q: Why did you want to explore this question of how, and in what ways, AI can replace teachers?

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STUDENT VOICE: Young Afghan girls are finding ways to keep learning

The Hechinger Report

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. Because education is worth pursuing – it advances humanity. I walked into the class, eager and excited for the year to come.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

Schools hired additional counselors, interventionists (a fancy name for tutors), and aides, and increased their reserves of substitute teachers. By the spring of 2023, school districts had amassed more staff than at any time in history, the Edunomics Lab calculated. Other administrators are needed to manage federal grants.

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