Education
Artificial Intelligence
Introduction Just a few years ago, the idea that students could receive personalized tutoring and homework help via artificial intelligence would have seemed like something out of a science fiction…
Khan Academy
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Education
The Free Market Can Help Address AI Bias
The use of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in K–12 schooling is a topic that has taken the education community by storm. Since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the…
Liberty
AI Creates Education Challenges
John Bailey writes for Education Next about the likely impact of artificial intelligence on education. Over the last year, developers have released a dizzying array of AI tools that can…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Reality Morphs Covid Funds into Windfall for NC K-12 Education, Part 2
North Carolina public schools will receive over $6 billion in funding to address the academic, emotional, and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Such levels of funding present high-risk and…
Education
Another sign that the college bubble is about to burst?
If you’ve yet to accept the argument that the American system of higher education suffers from a bubble that’s overdue to burst, you might want to check out a Fortune…
Education
SAT changes leave Leef unimpressed
George Leef’s latest Forbes column examines recently announced changes for the SAT. He’s not a fan. The most significant changes to be made (the new test will not be given…
Education
New report praises Khan Academy
This forum has highlighted past praise for an educational innovation known as the Khan Academy. (No, John Hood, this has nothing to do with Star Trek.) Now the Pacific Research…
Education
Think improving education means shoveling more money into the existing public school system?
Perhaps you ought to read the nine-page Forbes magazine cover story on Khan Academy, the creation of 36-year-old innovator Salman Khan. According to a report from the President’s Council of…
Education
Think the traditional public schools hold the key to education innovation?
Perhaps you might want to read the six pages TIME magazine devotes to Salman Khan and his alternative approach to helping students learn. Khan isn’t satisfied with being the most…
Education
Innovation can help shrink the higher education bubble
Former U.S. secretary of education William Bennett writes that American higher education may have serious problems now, but he’s optimistic about the future: A college degree does not hold the status and…
Education
Some interesting choices among the TIME 100
The annual list of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people includes some obvious choices — Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, the entertainment world’s flavors of the month — and some truly…
Education
Digital Learning: A Roadmap for Reform
View in your browser. Welcome This week’s CommenTerry examines the North Carolina Digital Report Card, an assessment of the state’s alignment to the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning…