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7 principles for AI in education

eSchool News

“The guidelines align with our approach to integrating AI to enhance education and provide a framework for a future where AI technologies drive positive educational outcomes in a manner that is understandable and accessible to all. “As

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What the pandemic has taught me about education

eSchool News

Teachers simultaneously taught in-person and remote learners, navigated hybrid schedules, and kept pace with near-constant changes in federal, state, and local safety guidelines. Online learning is here to stay.

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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

Edsurge

One example cited was a Pearson A/B test that earned negative media coverage a few years ago. As part of the experiment, students at randomly selected colleges were shown encouraging messages after choosing an incorrect answer during online quizzes, and Pearson later published a paper on its “social-psychological interventions.”

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When Essential Workers Need Child Care, Child Care Becomes Essential

Edsurge

By late March, all 24 sites had made the decision to close, says Andrea Pearson, director of Educare Practice at the Ounce of Prevention Fund , a nonprofit that provides and advocates for quality early learning for children under age 5 and developed the first Educare school in Chicago in 2000. There are considerable challenges,” Pearson adds.

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?Major Publishers Dismiss Lawsuit Against Follett Corporation

Edsurge

Follett Corporation, a textbook distribution company, announced this week that it has agreed to adopt a set of “ Anti-Counterfeit Best Practices ,” a list of guidelines co-developed and endorsed by four major textbook publishers. I think this sends a message to others in the industry to what the expectation is now.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

In 2006, Jefferson County Public Schools, a large Kentucky district that includes the city of Louisville, began using SuccessMaker, a Pearson product designed to supplement reading and math instruction in kindergarten through eighth grade. That same school year, Pearson paid for a study of SuccessMaker Reading in kindergarten and first grade.

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?Major Textbook Publishers Sue Follett Over Counterfeit Sales

Edsurge

Three of the country’s largest publishers, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill Education and Cengage Learning, are suing Follett Corporation, a major textbook distributor, on charges of selling counterfeit textbooks in its stores. Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.

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