Education
Retraining workers automated out of the workforce; blending the digital and the physical in the classroom; democratizing credentialing—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of education.
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https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/01/civil-rights-groups-launch-legal-aid-initiative-for-parents-of-victimized-jewish-students/
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Algemeiner
Three leading civil rights nonprofits announced on Thursday a partnership for providing free legal assistance to parents of children attending California K-12 schools where antisemitism is reported to be pervasive and unchecked. The initiative, titled Legal Protection K-12 Helpline, follows the Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law's and the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) filing a civil rights complaint alleging that the Berkeley United School District (BUSD) has refused to enforce anti-discrimination policies that would protect Jewish students from bullying and trauma in and out of the classroom.
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https://www.gettingsmart.com/2023/10/09/advice-from-more-than-a-decade-of-career-pathway-innovation/
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Gettingsmart
By: Hilary Sontag and Kerri McDermid
Over the past 20 years, competing ideological agendas have challenged public education in almost every arena: in state legislatures, on school boards, and across local communities. However, there is reason for optimism, because the current education ecosystem...
Over the past 20 years, competing ideological agendas have challenged public education in almost every arena: in state legislatures, on school boards, and across local communities. However, there is reason for optimism, because the current education ecosystem...
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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1346232/full
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Frontiersin
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Students' attitudes about reading are significantly impacted by the concept of engagement in reading, which includes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive components (Fredricks et al., 2004). According to Guthrie and Klauda (2008), this concept is a crucial factor in shaping...
Students' attitudes about reading are significantly impacted by the concept of engagement in reading, which includes behavioral, emotional, and cognitive components (Fredricks et al., 2004). According to Guthrie and Klauda (2008), this concept is a crucial factor in shaping...
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https://allafrica.com/stories/202310120462.html
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Allafrica
The Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) and STAR.VISION Aerospace Limited (STAR.VISION) have made a leap in satellite technology by incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into China's WonderJourney-1A (WJ-1A) satellite. The WJ-1A satellite, launched in August, now features a cutting-edge AI algorithm created by talented Rwandan students.
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https://betakit.com/top-hat-ceo-joe-rohrlich-and-cro-matt-schurk-depart-edtech-company/
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Betakit
Departures come five months after the firm reduced its workforce by 42 employees.
Two leaders of Toronto-based online education firm Top Hat have both recently departed, BetaKit has learned.
Top Hat CEO Joe Rohrlich and CRO Matt Schurk have both recently been removed from the Top Hat website's...
Two leaders of Toronto-based online education firm Top Hat have both recently departed, BetaKit has learned.
Top Hat CEO Joe Rohrlich and CRO Matt Schurk have both recently been removed from the Top Hat website's...
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https://www.reachcapital.com/2023/07/11/with-mega-deals-on-hold-us-edtech-funding-slips-to-2-2b-in-1h-2023/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_H52M1aODQfwudRKJB-LYKVnLzQ3hRjEEyLW7GpzTtPHRD5Ml5-RzH_pD_1XObp1-6kSgUwxSQknaPjdiqqNDmCui2PA&_hsmi=266392167
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Reachcapital
The roaring twenties and the big, loud deals that opened this decade have come to a halt.
In the first half of 2023, private U.S. edtech companies raised $2.2 billion, according to our analysis of data from Pitchbook, Crunchbase and internal sources. That's roughly two-thirds the amount raised...
In the first half of 2023, private U.S. edtech companies raised $2.2 billion, according to our analysis of data from Pitchbook, Crunchbase and internal sources. That's roughly two-thirds the amount raised...
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https://campustechnology.com/articles/2023/10/31/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-partners-with-skillstorm-to-train-tech-talent-across-the-midwest.aspx
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Campustechnology
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and tech talent training company SkillStorm have partnered to offer tech skills credential programs in order to upskill the workforce across the state and in the Midwest and thus provide a talent pool to meet increasing demand to fill tech jobs. With the university's research showing that only of the state's workforce is employed in the tech industry, the partnership follows TechNebraska, a statewide initiative launched in 2023 by the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce, education, and business leaders to promote tech careers and train the workforce to fill them.
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https://today.uic.edu/local-students-take-part-in-mariachi-workshops-as-part-of-uics-first-latin-american-music-festival/
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Today
Among the groups working with the younger players were members of three ensembles, Mariachi de la Universidad de Veracruzana, UIC's ensemble Mariachi Fuego and the group Duo Destello. The Latin American Music Festival also featured events on Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13. . Michael Espinosa, an adjunct lecturer at UIC, is also the director of Mariachi Fuego, which formed in 2014.
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https://www.teachthought.com/education/what-students-need-in-project-based-learning/
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Teachthought
What Do Students Need In Project-Based Learning?
by Terry Heick
We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning.
We also have looked at the difference between 'doing projects' and project-based learning, various project-based...
by Terry Heick
We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning.
We also have looked at the difference between 'doing projects' and project-based learning, various project-based...
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https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2024/02/16/a-look-back-chatgpt-is-a-student-letter-of-recommendation-miracle/
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Larryferlazzo
(I'm republishing my favorite posts from the second half of 2023. You can see them all here). The tweets below share my experience today. After years of feeling frustrated with colleges, and overwhelmed with writing letters of recommendation, ChatGPT has come to the rescue. I'm adding this info to THE BEST POSTS ON EDUCATION & CHATGPT.
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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/10/master-machines-rise-artificial-intelligence-postgraduate-student-experts
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The Guardian
AI is everywhere, and universities are keen to meet the needs of industries including health, gaming automotives and finance
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https://s35691.pcdn.co/articles/teaching-with-technology-articles/ai-eroding-ai-a-new-era-for-artificial-intelligence-and-academic-integrity/
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As artificial intelligence, and in particular ChatGPT, infiltrates higher education, faculty remain on edge. The most prominent concern is the impact on academic integrity. Will technology induce cheating? How much bot input should be allowed while completing assignments? How do I teach in a...
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https://www.yourvalley.net/stories/stats-perform-partners-with-the-student-freedom-initiative-and-morehouse-college-to-train-the-next,417696
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Yourvalley
Today, Student Freedom Initiative announced a long-term strategic partnership with Morehouse College and Stats Perform, global leader in AI solutions for the sports industry, to create an "AI in Basketball" course. The partnership aims to offer education about applications of AI in sport, provide internships, and expand job opportunities upon graduation for students attending AUCC member institutions.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-96-cegep-language-courses-1.7138504?cmp=rss
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Cbc
Montreal's English CEGEPs are on the cusp of downsizing their language departments and significantly cutting back on instruction to thousands of students per year to comply with Quebec's language reform law, known as Bill 96.Christina Chough has been teaching Spanish at Dawson College for over...
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-student-scripts-guinness-world-record-for-longest-handwritten-quran/article67651168.ece
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Thehindu
A Kerala student has won the world record for the longest Koranic calligraphy. Muhammad Jaseem M., a second-year student of Jamia Nooriya Arabic College at Pattikkad near Perithalmanna, did the country proud by entering the Guinness World Record for making the longest handwritten Koran. Jaseem, who hails from Cherumukku near Tirurangadi, broke the record held by Egyptian scholar Mohammed Gabriel by scripting 1,106-m long Koran in calligraphic style.
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https://www.startribune.com/2-detectives-looking-for-missing-students-disappear-themselves-in-mexico-pacific-coast-state/600350432/
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Startribune
MEXICO CITY ? Two detectives looking for 43 students who went missing almost ten years ago have themselves disappeared in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Guerrero, Mexico's president said Tuesday. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that a search effort has been launched to find the two federal detectives, a man and a woman.
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11423-023-10284-3?code=07d2513f-7910-45d1-87ad-f21233455b61&error=cookies_not_supported
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Our analysis revealed that all four types of contradictions—primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary—impacted students' learning. These contradictions are not just problems but can be the driving force of change and development in teaching and learning contexts.Below we discuss the types of...
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https://www.brookings.edu/research/why-we-need-to-rethink-education-in-the-artificial-intelligence-age/
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Brookings Institute
Artificial intelligence is poised to transform one of the most important aspects of American society: education.
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https://singularityhub.com/2019/03/22/traditional-higher-education-is-losing-relevance-heres-whats-replacing-it/#sm.001yb29jm13dsfjd103ou324mad3c
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Singularity
The education system is rapidly changing. Traditional master’s programs for business are ebbing away in the tides of exponential technologies.
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https://www.fenews.co.uk/fevoices/48650-heightened-awareness-of-skills-education-remote-working-has-catalysed-engineering-s-digital-revolution
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Fe News
Heightened awareness of skills education & remote working has catalysed engineering's digital revolution
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https://www.salon.com/test2/2011/11/06/whats_the_language_of_the_future/
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Salon
As English takes over the world, it's splintering and changing -- and soon, we may not recognize it at all
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-teacher-program-1.7108918?cmp=rss
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Nykesha Gregoire grew up sitting in classrooms with teachers who didn't look like her, speak her traditional language or have a full understanding of her own culture. Now Gregoire is part of the team working to change that experience. Mamu Tshishkutamashutau Innu Education, Labrador's Innu...