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

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Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally?

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Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally? Funding agencies allocate money to scientific research projects with aims that could benefit society. But how do we know what the full effects of research are, and who these benefits reach? TALK LIKE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHER.

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Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?

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Recent public debates have focused a spotlight on K-12 math pathways. That’s why one group of researchers asked what can be done to close the cognitive development distance that opens between children from high- and low-income families, which they argue is a watershed in equality of opportunity. The result? The result?

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. However, since the 1990s, public attitudes towards gay rights in the US have undergone a monumental shift.

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Why good childcare provision is important for gender equality

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Why good childcare provision is important for gender equality. TALK LIKE A SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCHER. WHY RESEARCHING GENDER EQUALITY IS IMPORTANT. She is interested in how government policies promote or hinder gender equality in society. “We WHY GOOD CHILDCARE PROVISION IS IMPORTANT FOR GENDER EQUALITY.

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The US Is the Fifth-Largest Spanish-Speaking Country. Where Are Our Bilingual Teachers?

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The dearth of bilingual teachers is especially counterintuitive in Texas, where Gauna is a professor and where she conducted a qualitative research study on what she calls the “The Leaking Spanish Bilingual Education Teacher Pipeline.” Esmeralda told researchers. “I So why is there a shortage of these educators? Say it in English!”

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Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That

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While it’s true that young people are increasingly struggling with mental health issues at the same time social media usage is ballooning, today’s available research simply hasn’t found one of those to be the driving force behind the other — in sum, correlation does not equal causation. While the U.S.

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