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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

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If this sounds familiar, it’s because K-12 educators have been wrestling for three years with how to help students thrive during and recover from remote learning , and its socio-emotional side effects , following the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Weekly Summary Listing of News and Views from FutureofAI.org

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

GENERAL: ChatGPT Can Get Off My Lawn Anti-Piracy Group Takes Massive AI Training Dataset 'Books3′ Offline Google launches two new open LLMs Yes, AIs ‘understand’ things Tumblr and Wordpress to Sell Users’ Data to Train AI Tools I Wrote What? Submit stories or articles you think we should highlight to admin@futureofai.org.

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Top 6 EdTech Innovation Trends that are Revolutionizing Learning

Kitaboo on EdTech

The profile of learners has also expanded from school and college students of a certain age group to learners of all ages and profiles. By 2027, global EdTech and smart classrooms are projected to grow from a $125.3 Hence, self-learning is as much an option as learning in groups and with teaching support. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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OPINION: Six ways to nurture high-aptitude math students in under-resourced schools

The Hechinger Report

Math teachers must ensure that diverse groups of learners acquire a basic understanding of the material, and they may not have the capacity to meet the needs of their most accelerated students. Often these students don’t know how to advocate for themselves, or they don’t have the confidence to do so.

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Can Mentorships Get More Girls Into STEM Subjects?

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She teaches digital design, shows students how to use different software programs and helps them conceptualize their ideas. Flagship Clubhouse staff member and mentor Dominique Williams (left) helps a group of teen girls use a vinyl cutter.

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‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

The Hechinger Report

Credit: MediaNews Group via Getty Images That’s typically the month when universities substitute outside scholarships for already-promised institutional financial aid, resulting in a zero net gain for recipients and leaving them scrambling to cover balances they didn’t think they’d have to pay — often without even telling them the reason.

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Girls Who Code Founder Awarded McGraw Education Prize

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How do I build an app to help teach him to read?’ Every time you're about to send something that's not so nice on a group text, Rethink asks you: ‘Are you sure you want to send this?’ We’re on track to achieve gender parity in entry-level computer science jobs by 2027. We had an alumna, Tricia, who was bullied in school.

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