JacobinOpinion

The Los Angeles Community Schools Model

Los Angeles’s public Community Schools are a model to support fights to protect public education and experiment with ...
Chalkbeat

Why the Classic Learning Test, which embraces Aristotle but spurns calculators, has caught Indiana’s eye

The Classic Learning Test’s footprint on Indiana college admissions and school accountability is growing. Supporters say it’s ...
Wired

AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence. Save this story Save this story Even the smartest artificial intelligence ...
International Monetary Fund

GDP Nowcasting Performance of Traditional Econometric Models vs Machine-Learning Algorithms: Simulation and Case Studies

Are Machine Learning (ML) algorithms superior to traditional econometric models for GDP nowcasting in a time series setting? Based on our evaluation of all models from both classes ever used in ...
marktechpost

Nested Learning: A New Machine Learning Approach for Continual Learning that Views Models as Nested Optimization Problems to Enhance Long Context Processing

How can we build AI systems that keep learning new information over time without forgetting what they learned before or retraining from scratch? Google Researchers has introduced Nested Learning, a ...
VentureBeat

Large reasoning models almost certainly can think

Recently, there has been a lot of hullabaloo about the idea that large reasoning models (LRM) are unable to think. This is mostly due to a research article published by Apple, "The Illusion of ...
IEEE

MetaClues: Constructivist Learning via Progressive Clues from Generative AI in a Metaverse Environment

Abstract: This paper introduces MetaClues, an AI-driven framework that integrates generative AI and Metaverse technology to deliver a constructivist learning experience. This innovative system ...
Frontiers

Diffusing student performance in using blended learning models in higher learning

Global education systems underwent a dramatic transformation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing a sudden shift to online and hybrid learning methods. Understanding the long-term impacts of blended ...
The Commonwealth

Commonwealth of Learning champions alternative educational models to fuel inclusive growth

Education, particularly open and distance learning, has long been associated with increasing educational access, bridging the digital divide, as well as advancing the social and economic development ...
Scientific American

Student AIs Pick Up Unexpected Traits from Teachers through Subliminal Learning

From a teacher’s body language, inflection, and other context clues, students often infer subtle information far beyond the lesson plan. And it turns out artificial-intelligence systems can do the ...