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the74million.org | Jo Napolitano
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Elementary-level teacher preparation programs could use a significant overhaul in the area of mathematics, according to a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality: Many leave educators ill-equipped to teach critical topics — and children not up to the task in a difficult subject.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Jo Napolitano
1 hour agoWhen Rui Ming Yu first applied to colleges five years ago, he considered studying history, art or design. But when the Stockton resident enrolled at UC Davis, he changed his mind — and opted for biology, a common premed major. Medical jobs pay well, he reasoned. But during his first year, after he …
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyadvance.com | Jo Napolitano
New York, NY (The 74)Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 NewsletterkAm$EF56?ED :? E96 qC@?I 9:89 D49@@= E92E sJ=2? {@A6K r@?EC6C2D 2EE6?565 367@C6 96 H2D 2CC6DE65 3J :>>:8C2E:@? 286?ED =2DE >@?E9 92G6 D6?E 9F?5C65D @7 =6EE6CD :? C646?E H66<D E@ E96 (6DE6C? !6??DJ=G2?:2 56E6?E:@? 46?E6C H96C6 96 :D 36:?8 96=5]k^AmkAm(C:EE6? :? 2 E9:C5\A6C:@5 6=64E:G6 4=2DD D6E 2D:56 7@C E9:D AFCA@D6[ DE277 >256 DFC6 E@ D6?5 E96 >:DD:G6D :?5:G:5F2==J[ C2E96C E92? :?
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2 weeks ago | 
reflector.com | Jo Napolitano
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2 weeks ago | 
denvergazette.com | Jo Napolitano
New York, NY (The 74)Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 NewsletterStudents in the Bronx high school that Dylan Lopez Contreras attended before he was arrested by immigration agents last month have sent hundreds of letters in recent weeks to the Western Pennsylvania detention center where he is being held.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jo Napolitano
Students in the Bronx high school that Dylan Lopez Contreras attended before he was arrested by immigration agents last month have sent hundreds of letters in recent weeks to the Western Pennsylvania detention center where he is being held. Written in a third-period elective class set aside for this purpose, staff made sure to send the missives individually, rather than in a single pile, hoping Contreras would enjoy their support over time while lawyers fight for his release.
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2 weeks ago | 
buff.ly | Jo Napolitano
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Updated, June 9Students in the Bronx high school that Dylan Lopez Contreras attended before he was arrested by immigration agents last month have sent hundreds of letters in recent weeks to the Western Pennsylvania detention center where he is being held.
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3 weeks ago | 
the74million.org | Jo Napolitano
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter While artificial intelligence has made remarkable gains in mathematics, its well-chronicled shortcomings in the subject continue to frustrate those keen on finding new ways to help kids learn. “Big picture, AI is not very good at math,” said Alex Kotran, co-founder and CEO of The AI Education Project. “Language models just predict the next word. You get mixed results using language models to do math.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Jo Napolitano
While artificial intelligence has made remarkable gains in mathematics, its well-chronicled shortcomings in the subject continue to frustrate those keen on finding new ways to help kids learn. “Big picture, AI is not very good at math,” said Alex Kotran, co-founder and CEO of The AI Education Project. “Language models just predict the next word. You get mixed results using language models to do math.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Jo Napolitano
Four in 10 U.S. adults wish they learned more math skills in middle or high school, according to a new Gallup poll. An overwhelming majority, 95%, said the subject is very or somewhat important for work — and 96% said the same with regard to their personal lives. Mathematics has long been a challenge for U.S. students — they have made only modest gains in the subject during the past five decades — and have yet to recover from the pandemic.
