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Teacher: ‘We know that what we are doing to children is wrong’

Some teachers in Florida are speaking out about their concerns that students this year will face way too many standardized assessments — even after the governor, Rick Scott (R), has admitted children are being over-tested.As one of the teachers says, they are not anomalies but reflective of what many teachers feel around the country. »»» […]

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Vi måste fortsätta reformera skolan

Vi behöver se över lärarutbildningarna och höja kraven för blivande lärarstudenter. Sverige behöver fortsätta reformera den svenska skolan. Vi föreslår därför en rad reformer, bland annat att förlägga ämneslärarutbildningen till färre orter, skriver Bo Jansson, Lärarnas riksförbund, Jan Björklund (FP)och Christer Nylander (FP). »»» Läs vidare [Lärarnas Riksförbund]

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’Machine teaching’ holds the power to illuminate human learning

Human learning is a complex, sometimes mysterious process. Most of us have had experiences where we have struggled to learn something new, but also times when we’ve picked something up nearly effortlessly. What if a fusion of computer science and psychology could help us understand more about how people learn, making it possible to design

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