Teaching computers to teach boosts intelligent tutor systems

Intelligent tutoring systems can boost learning, but are difficult to create. A new method may simplify things so much that teachers could make their own.

Byron Spice-Carnegie Mellon • futurity
May 11, 2020 ~6 min

How will COVID-19 change the world by 2025?

This series of videos digs into how the COVID-19 pandemic might change the world over the next 5 years, including education, health care, and geopolitics.

U. Chicago • futurity
May 6, 2020 ~6 min


5 tips for teachers working from home

"Many teachers have never attempted to teach online. They are driving race cars while the road is still being paved." Here are tips to help.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
April 29, 2020 ~6 min

Schools prize standardized tests over student growth

Personal growth and even future job prospects has taken a backseat to standardized tests as a priority for education policy, new research shows.

Marcene Robinson-Buffalo • futurity
April 9, 2020 ~4 min

Closed schools pose risks to children’s health

Many states have closed schools for the rest of the year in response to COVID-19. Experts warn that may take a serious toll on children's health.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan • futurity
April 8, 2020 ~1 min

Stuck at home: It’s OK if kids get bored

Boredom is a good thing, say experts. Loading your kids up with activities can backfire while homeschooling kids during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boston University • futurity
April 6, 2020 ~10 min

Progress toward gender equity has stalled since the 80s

Movement toward gender equity accelerated in the 1970s and 1980s, but slowed or stopped beginning in the 1990s, research finds.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
March 31, 2020 ~7 min

4 challenges schools face in moving education online

With many schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, students are getting more learning via the internet. But not everyone has equal internet access.

Caroline Brooks-Michigan State • futurity
March 27, 2020 ~10 min


How to keep kids excited to learn during COVID-19 school closures

School closures due to COVID-19 are sending kids in the United States home, but there are ways parents and teachers can keep kids learning.

Stanford • futurity
March 13, 2020 ~1 min

How do we adapt if COVID moves teaching online?

The spread of COVID-19 in the United States may force some schools to close. How should they, and parents, prep for a stretch of teaching online?

Kat Stein-Penn • futurity
March 10, 2020 ~1 min

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