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How AI could transform the way schools test kids

The Hechinger Report

He and others argue that AI has the potential to shake up the student testing industry , which has evolved little for decades and which critics say too often falls short of evaluating students’ true knowledge. PISA, the influential international test, expects to integrate AI into the design of its 2029 test.

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‘We’re aides, not maids.’ How one high-demand job shows education system’s failings

The Hechinger Report

The need for home health aides is projected to grow by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029. One taught her to sew, another how to make deviled eggs. The class, at the Opportunities Industrialization Center of D.C., And the need is expected to grow, up by 34 percent between 2019 and 2029 , according to the U.S.

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Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?

The Hechinger Report

We’ll help you with the business and marketing side of things and show you how to write off nearly all your business expenses. To meet that goal they’d have to launch 100,000 new businesses per year from now until 2029. The companies’ pitch to potential home-based child care providers?

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