Student Achievement

Personalized Learning And AI: Revolutionizing Education

Significant advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly changing many aspects of our lives, including education. These changes come with benefits and challenges. Targeted learning experiences are gradually replacing once universally considered valid traditional teaching methods. AI enables these new methods to analyze vast amounts of data to personalize teaching. According to a study by Ptatam et al., […]

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What Are Micro-Schools and How Do They Help Black Kids Learn?

Articles, News, Resources, Resources for Parents / Hannah Nwoko

New micro-schools may be a solution for a one-size-fits-all education system that many Black parents say doesn’t serve their children properly… Micro-schools like hers offer several benefits that can positively impact educational experiences and outcomes for Black children. One key advantage is the level of support provided, which contributes to improved student outcomes. She outlines

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26 states now require personal finance course for graduation

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Naaz Modan

Financial literacy continues to become a prerequisite for many states in the USA. Personal finance requirements have ballooned from just eight states in 2020 to 26 states this year, according to Next Gen Personal Finance, which advocates that all high schoolers be required by 2030 to take at least one semester-long finance course before graduation.

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Black Families Turn to Microschools and Homeschool for ‘Safety’ in Education

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Daniel Mollenkamp

Other advocates of education alternatives believe that microschools are a chance to assist public schools, either by trying out new methods for learning — which could then be reimported back into public schools if they work — or, in some cases, by providing community assistance. For Wood, of the Black Mothers Forum, microschools could represent a way

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Big Picture model part of alternative education push to improve Australia’s school system

Articles, News, Resources for Parents / Louise Miolin

In short: An alternative education model called Big Picture, which runs in many high schools across Australia, boasts a student-led curriculum and no exams. The stereotype that alternative education is only for “disruptive” students is not the case, educators in the system say. What’s next? A diverse range of learning styles and a reduced focus on

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AI accreditation for schools: Why innovative tech requires an innovative implementation framework

Articles, Licensing & Accreditation, News / Christian Talbot

Accreditation emerges from industry-defined standards of quality. To earn accreditation, a school must produce evidence that it meets those standards. (Different accreditors use different language and organize content differently, but we all validate the same essential standards.) And as the Middle States AI advisory team was designing RAIL to enable AI adoption while avoiding “integration,”

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Unfulfilled Promise The Forty-Year Shift from Print to Digital and Why It Failed to Transform Learning

Articles, News / Getting Smart

The shift from print to digital is the most significant change in how human beings learn since the printing press. It marked a shift from information scarcity to abundance, a shift from searching to sorting. It changed what, how, and where people learn, and not always for the better. Social media feeds displaced newspapers, YouTube

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