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Your child’s favorite teacher may soon be a chatbot

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Tyler Cowen Most students have a favorite teacher. In the future, could that teacher be… a chatbot? The answer depends in part on whether AI succeeds in becoming the next great educational technology innovation, or joins the long list of ed-tech disappointments. Two kinds of AI-driven education are likely to take off, and they will have very different effects. Both … [Read more...] about Your child’s favorite teacher may soon be a chatbot

LTE: The School Committee should focus on education, not signs

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Regarding the issue of signs on school property. What do signs have to do with higher standards of education and test scores for our students? Celebrating diversity is part of education. Free expression in a supportive way is a gift of freedom of speech. For the School Committee to step in and micromanage what signage is on school property is ridiculous. Controlling signs on … [Read more...] about LTE: The School Committee should focus on education, not signs

Marblehead schools get $75K for STEM

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Marblehead’s school districts will receive $75,000 from Gov. Maura Healey's administration to advance work-based learning through the Innovation Career Pathways program. The administration announced Tuesday that it allocated nearly $4.4 million in grants to 68 school districts to develop Innovation Career Pathways, a state program that encourages students to learn skills in … [Read more...] about Marblehead schools get $75K for STEM

LTE: A hard pill to swallow

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To the editor:   I understand very well the hesitation to give the town more money in the wake of the financial mismanagement of the past decade. Marblehead has one of the lowest real estate tax rates in Essex County, yet we enjoy full town services despite this fact. By using free cash to keep the tax rate low, we have avoided a general override. Unfortunately, … [Read more...] about LTE: A hard pill to swallow