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How AI could save–or sink–creative writing in schools

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I credit Mr. Johnson’s class for eventually helping me pass the AP Writing exam my senior year without ever taking an AP-level English class. Grades from individual classes then get averaged together, semester by semester, into GPAs that permanently carry the marks of any prior failures and shortcomings in a students’ learning.

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How AI can transform lesson planning and assessment

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To keep up with this breakneck pace of innovation in virtually every sphere, educators must employ the very tools that are enabling it, using AI to create classes that are not only up-to-date but are also engaging, intellectually stimulating, and accessible to their students.

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Can Kids Grow Up If They're Constantly Tracked and Monitored?

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And that can make it hard for students to get used to solving their own problems and learning from the small failures that are meant to happen in school, says Devorah Heitner, an author who advises schools on social media issues. And GPS systems in smartphones and watches let families pinpoint their locations at all times.

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Do Professors With a ‘Deficiency’ Mindset Prevent Community College Students From Earning Credit?

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Pandemic-era disruptions have played a role, but so has the broader worry that a reliance on standardized admissions exams may exacerbate disparities among students of different races and income levels. These days more four-year colleges are dropping their SAT and ACT requirements. It did not use demographic data. The algorithm worked.

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The Pandemic Will Leave More Students Unprepared For College. Developmental Education Must Help.

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The data provided earlier regarding the implications of COVID-19 on academic access suggests that more students will undoubtedly experience more learning gaps due to the disruption of the pandemic. Failure to do so will only compound the disparities present, particularly with our low-income communities.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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This includes the provision of electronic access to the course syllabus, reading and viewing materials, assessments, the course calendar, grades, course evaluations, discussion boards, and other important course materials. One common form of student support technology provides round-the-clock remote access to academic tutors.

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From Good Intentions to Real Shortcomings: An Edtech Reckoning

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A Rising Tide of Inequality Edtech efforts at broadening access to opportunity often falter when running up against entrenched forms of inequity and discrimination. This was despite the fact that all three schools had the same levels of technology access. Equitable: An analysis by John Hansen and Justin Reich of U.S.

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