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Digital Learning’s Pioneers Are Cautiously Optimistic

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Introductory colleges classes, especially in math and English, have earned the nickname “gatekeepers.” Complete digital courses offer a way to give students who might fall off track in large lecture classes more personal attention. “We Half of college students fail to pass algebra with a grade of C or above.

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How ‘Learning Engineering’ Hopes to Speed Up Education

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More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college. He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education.

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$1-Billion Effort to Rethink Computer-Science Education at MIT Sparks Interest—and Protests

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And that means making sure everyone writing computer code also pays attention to the cultural and ethical implications of their tools, the effort’s leaders say. It’s turning computer science into a lingua franca,” said Sanjay Sarma, vice president for open learning at MIT, in an interview. “I

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