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To Build Voice Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice

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In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. Some offered multiple-choice questions, for instance, that simply asked kids to pick the correct pronunciation—hardly a useful exercise.

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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. Turning classrooms into learning laboratories For the learning engineers back at CMU, the goal is not to put digital tutors in every classroom.

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