Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Similarly, Winthrop highlights examples of nations and communities leapfrogging legacy education systems by creating new models that embrace education as a human right. In education, Winthrop points to when Brazil tried to build a secondary education system that could meet the needs of students across a largely rural state.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

One should note, however, careful attention must be given to ethical considerations, data privacy, the role educators play in its use, and the transparency of AI systems. By making use of the power of AI responsibly, educators can utilize these technologies to create engaging, adaptive, and effective learning environments for students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

For example, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education instituted a three-phase plan to support schools during remote learning. Making decisions during the pandemic is challenging—and the challenge can feel overwhelming in the absence of support.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2017

Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access. Their first big project in that space was MIT’s Open Courseware.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 14, 2018

“When we give them a diploma without ensuring that they have basic skills and they go to post-secondary education and they hit a brick wall – when they get into those English and math gateway courses, when they don’t have the necessary basic skills or preparation to get a job and take care of themselves,” he said.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2024, I expect we will see big advancements towards determining the best way to use AI in both classroom and administrative settings, as well as clearly defining boundaries for ethical use. One effective approach to achieving this goal is by implementing Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JANUARY 21, 2024

The text of the bill contains the line, “in 2015, a typical American student took 112 mandated standardized tests across the length of their elementary and secondary education years.” As an example of what that entails, consider the More Teaching Less Testing Act from NY Representative Jamaal Bowman.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Many other economists tell us that the solution to the coming crisis in the workplace is more education, not less. As Harry Anthony Patrinos at the World Bank reports , “Post-secondary education graduates are at the lowest risk of losing to automation. You’d conclude that education has no place in democracy.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

There is a difference in terms of how you are raised to view post-secondary education,” says Marie Cini, chief strategy officer for ED2WORK, a strategy and research services firm. That same question posed in a 2020 New America survey found 29 percent of respondents—and 39 percent of Republicans—said colleges have a negative effect.

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