An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: Last month, Las Vegas’ largest public school district announced that a hacker compromised some of its files using ransomware and was holding the files hostage while demanding a ransom payment. Now, a hacker has published files containing students’ grades and personal information after school district officials refused to pay the ransom. Brett…
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Astronomy ambassadors to Chile: ALMA radio telescope
Robert Pettengill’s final report on his recent trip to Chile with the Astronomy in Chile Educator Ambassador Program. Thank you, Rob! Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/aceap-2019-alma-chile-pettengill…
China’s New Schoolmarm Is ‘Squirrel AI’
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: MIT Technology Review’s Karen Hao reports on China’s grand experiment in AI education that could reshape how the world learns. “While academics have puzzled over best practices, China hasn’t waited around,” Hao writes. “It’s the world’s biggest experiment on AI in education, and no one can predict the outcome.” Profiled is Squirrel AI (“We Strive to…
44 US States Still Allow ‘Religious Exemptions’ For Vaccines
An anonymous reader quotes the Pew Research Center: New York recently became the fifth state — after California, Maine, Mississippi and West Virginia — to enact a law requiring children in public school to be vaccinated unless they have a valid medical reason. Legislatures in several other states are considering similar legislation. Most states (44), however, allow children to be exempt…
65 years after Brown v. Board of Education, school segregation is getting worse
Source: https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/5/10/18566052/school-segregation-brown-board-education-report…
Why AI Will Never Replace Teachers
Today, on Teacher Appreciation Day, I want to firmly drive home one very important point: AI will never replace our amazing teachers – and I’m saying that as the CEO of the online learning platform edX and in the business of developing education technology. It’s common to think of technologies like AI as things that can easily be used to replace…