Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes. Check out last week’s post here.

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ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2020

Carr, 21, began tutoring the rising fifth grader in mid-June, shortly after wrapping up his junior year at Middle Tennessee State University. Victor had made lots of progress in math since he began meeting twice a week with Carr at a Nashville-area Boys & Girls Club through an ad hoc, statewide tutoring initiative.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I was not able to homeschool, so a reading tutor and his iPad became his only access to education. With few other choices, I acquiesced to the school’s ultimatum and am keeping my son there while I search for a better option once again — even as he gets closer to aging out of K-12 education. As of now, he has nowhere else to go.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Before transitioning to EdTech, Levine enjoyed 30 years working in various positions in K-12 and higher ed. It really demonstrates what's possible when we look at connected learning not as a luxury but as a basic human right. is excited about the newest technologies and their impact on the learning experience. No prototype.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

But the desire among some entrepreneurs to use these tools as replacements for teachers or personal tutors has provoked skepticism. The study , “How Teachers Navigate the Ethical Landscape of AI in Their Classrooms,” interviewed 248 K-12 teachers. That’s led to a frenetic rush to market educational tools as AI.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update.

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ED Surge

MAY 2, 2024

More than 26 members of local and national media were on hand for the splashy announcement (a detail that Carvalho noted in his remarks), and the event also featured a human dressed in a costume of the shiny animated character of Ed, which has also long been a mascot of the school district, for attendees to take selfies with.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2019

As the investigation of this case continues, let us remember that many hardworking young people don’t have the means to hire private tutors to coach them through the SAT, or private counselors that may review and edit their college application essays. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: A few weeks ago, we took a look at generative AI’s potential to change teaching and learning on college campuses around the country. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2019

Its student-adviser ratio is much lower than at other schools, and it boasts a tutoring center staffed not by fellow students, but by faculty members. At UMR, a third of the students are people of color, matching the composition of K-12 students in Minnesota. Its share of Pell students is 39 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. I’m not at all a fan of online learning programs where the teacher serves more as a tutor than the actual teacher,” Friend said. Students checked in with their Yale tutor via video chat.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The kids who are assigned to use software more might be in classrooms with better teachers and it could be the human teachers who are producing the learning gains, not the apps and websites. Among the top one were Varsity Tutors, LearnZillion, Wikipedia, Brainingcamp, Google Classroom and TED-Ed.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In a number of states, including Louisiana, adult education — which ranges from basic literacy to vocational training to high-school equivalency testing — is lumped with technical and community colleges, separate from the K-12 system. My grades were perfect. For each student who drops out, high schools earn a zero. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

His father, who’d worked construction himself and was the head custodian at Askew’s small K–12 public school, pointed him in a different direction. For extra pay, Jennie teaches an additional chemistry class and has tutored at a local enrichment center; Mitch has chopped logs and sold firewood. Maybe teaching.”. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2020

Parents with means have always known that classroom learning isn’t enough, and have ensured their children have access to enrichment programs, mentors, internships, technological tools and private tutors. While inconvenienced, most of their children will be fine during this time. Millions of children will not be fine.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: A focus on student and teacher attendance. Increasing time for remediation and tutoring. West Elementary rolled out “power hour” sessions in which teachers meet daily with small groups of struggling students for intense tutoring sessions. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

He stayed late for tutoring sessions. Leave this field empty if you're human: When he asked how many wanted to attend college, almost every hand went up. Black students make up 44 percent of Louisiana’s K-12 population, but only 17 percent of the students who won the state’s merit scholarship. Sign up for our newsletter.

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ED Surge

JULY 11, 2023

Bier and others involved in the project say that they are testing the approach in a variety of educational settings, including public and private K-12 schools, community colleges and four-year colleges. I would say you always need human eyes on whatever the output from whatever generative AI you're using.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Most early college high schools are small public schools, housing grades nine to 12 just like traditional public high schools, though some extend five years. Part of the extra cost is to cover the tutoring, coaching and counseling that are needed to help low-income high school students catch up and accelerate. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

The best teacher is going to be the human teacher. A 2017 study by the RAND Corporation found that 17 percent of teachers in the personalized learning schools surveyed said they devote a least a quarter of class time to tutoring students one-on-one, compared to just 9 percent of teachers surveyed nationwide. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

States across New England have adopted similar approaches at the K-12 level. Leave this field empty if you're human: If students are still failing at the end of the semester, many won’t receive an F, but instead a grade of “not proficient” or NP. Tutoring.”. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2019

Never mind forcing your 16-year-old to build homes in Costa Rica, hiring a tutor for $500 an hour, or urging your child to join another traveling soccer team. We could vote out elected officials who starve those systems to the point where public colleges are slashing humanities programs and closing campuses.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2018

While the tutoring and on-the-run support that have replaced it may smooth their paths, at least one university president wonders whether future engineers will sufficiently master the calculus they need. Leave this field empty if you're human: Among those standards is the one that governs who provides these classes. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

A student at work with her tutor. Leave this field empty if you're human: The depth and quality of this model’s coursework will be the same as that of the first. Photo: AP Photo/Brian Blanco. When there aren’t enough teachers trained to teach students with disabilities, we fail the vulnerable students who most need educators’ help.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Peter, a math whiz, tutored her in pre-algebra; Mallory and Elise helped with her writing assignments. The office collaborates closely with Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services to ease the transition to college for foster youth. Freshman year, when his grades in algebra began to sag, his coach helped him find a tutor.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: It’s unclear whether New York is an anomaly or whether other states with raised standards may soon experience a similar deterioration among older students. .” Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

Some are turning to tutoring (which, if done well, can be effective ), while others are expanding after school programs. Early literacy instruction was hurt so much by the pandemic that schools need to think beyond recovery, said Susan Lambert, chief academic officer of elementary humanities at Amplify Education Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Students study the human body on skeletons, using clay to make organs. At the science schools, the expectation was that students would take higher math at some point, so they were tutored until they passed the Algebra II prerequisite. They don’t have on average very impressive math scores in grade 12. Photo: Kathleen Lucadamo.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In school, academic and other cognitive tests are used to bring tutors, therapists and other academic supports to students who need them. Anyone with an adult child with special needs knows how hard they can fall after they leave high school and no longer have that safety net. Instead of helping students with special needs, they hamper them.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: An analysis of 30 years of educational research by scholars at Johns Hopkins University found that when a maker of an educational intervention conducted its own research or paid someone to do the research, the results commonly showed greater benefits for students than when the research was independent.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Many had seen their schooling interrupted by the chaos back home; some had experienced gang violence or human trafficking. To join the team, a student had to stay for tutoring and couldn’t land in detention more than a handful of times. Because the soccer players stayed after school for tutoring, other Central American kids did, too.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

She’s a postdoctoral student at nearby Carnegie Mellon University in a new field called “Human-Computer Interaction.” Sophisticated programs can adjust to each student’s needs and pace, like a personal tutor. Ken Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University professor of human-computer interaction and psychology. Because it …”.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Kenyatta Burn works with her tutor at the Durham Literacy Center on Thursday, Nov. Since making that decision, Burns has changed course and is now pursuing a high school equivalency degree, with tutoring help from the Durham Literacy Center. 20, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Photo: AP Photo/Brian Blanco. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: “I was being put in classes that were way too easy for me. Sarah filed a complaint with the state and went through mediation, which earned Brad the chance to use assistive technology, allowed him to make up some of his failed classes and paid for private tutoring and an outside evaluation.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after three years of learning this way, the Teach to One students in grades six through eight scored no better on New Jersey’s annual math tests than other Elizabeth students who had learned math the usual way with the whole class on the same topic at the same time. 12 of the study.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Behind the storage unit sits a rectangular wooden box stuffed with bicycle tires filled with Silly Putty to replicate human intestines. As employees, students must comply with the district’s human resources policies and undergo performance evaluations led by a student project leader and an Innovation Center staffer.

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