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How to Drive Student Success With Creative Generative AI Tools in the Classroom: Part 1

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Perhaps the biggest question on the minds of educators, caretakers and policymakers is this: How can we best integrate these new capabilities into our education system to set up students for success in the classroom and beyond? What safety and anti-bias measures are in place, especially for younger students?

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Shop class is grounded, high school aviation classes are taking flight

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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: There has been a growing understanding that our education system hasn’t done enough to provide students the skills they need for the workforce. percent over the next four years.

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Canceled classes, sweltering classrooms: How extreme heat impairs learning

The Hechinger Report

Many school systems are gravely unprepared for a warming world. An analysis by FutureEd, a think tank at Georgetown University, found that education systems planned to spend about 23 percent of their third tranche of the federal money on infrastructure. Related: How the effects of climate change threaten student mental health.

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Top 6 EdTech Innovation Trends that are Revolutionizing Learning

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During this time, EdTech platforms, schools and universities, gaming companies, and other stakeholders in education and learning have invested in leveraging technology to bridge learning gaps. . By 2027, global EdTech and smart classrooms are projected to grow from a $125.3 billion industry in 2022 to $232.9

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

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From among hundreds of nominations, the award team gave the Learning Science Research prize to Arthur Graesser, Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. And there are so many more companies out there. That's a good point. That’s really the heart of my work.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. Many are first-generation and lower-income learners who have historically lacked the support systems to succeed in a traditional higher ed setting.

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How 60 Minutes Oversimplified the Gender Gap and Overlooked Women in Tech

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The leaders of Girls Who Code , a nonprofit whose mission is to close the gender gap in tech, and littleBits , a New York-based hardware company that uses educational kits to teach kids how to use technology, each responded to the 60 Minutes segment—which draws about 11 million weekly viewers—in separate posts on Medium that went viral.

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