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Will AI Chatbots Boost Efforts to Make Scholarly Articles Free?

ED Surge

To everyone else, though, those and many other scholarly publications are locked, or can only be read by paying hefty per-article fees. The typical open access model makes scholarly articles free to the public by charging authors a processing fee to have their work published in the journal. Now it's life of the author plus 70 years.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets. How does Emil study the efficiency of differential treatment?

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. It features a talking digital avatar that helps teachers unpack common misconceptions that their students carry in mathematics. “If All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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Grades 7-10: Register by Mar. 5 for MIT SPARK (Mar. 16-17)

Newton STEM

The registration lottery is open now through 11:59PM on March 5 , and until that deadline all course preferences will be treated equally in the lottery. After that, any remaining seats will be open first-come/first-served. Students may choose from about 100 courses and must register on their own.

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What My Girls Camp Reveals About the Promise of Women in STEM and the Dangers of Online Hate

ED Surge

CompuGirls was founded in 2006 by Dr. Kim Scott and introduces adolescent girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through culturally responsive practices and social justice. This year, I spent most of my time in a public-facing role representing Hawai?i i in the last two years.

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5 Fun Science Experiments Kids Do at Home

Ask a Tech Teacher

Virtual schooling is clearly not an effective solution, according to a study done by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS), which looked at schools specifically designed to teach coursework online with significant budgets invested in research and planning. “If Well, don’t let that deter you. This “flow” is called osmosis.

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