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Educational software has a long history, but chatbots could help students excel like never before. Fabio Principe / EyeEm via Getty Images

ChatGPT could be an effective and affordable tutor

ChatGPT could lead to substantial learning gains if it’s used as a tutor, an online learning specialist says.
Many elementary school teachers in the U.S. are of ethnic or racial backgrounds different from their students. AP Photo/Steve Helber

Do elementary school students do better when taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity? New research finds: Not that much

Calls to increase the diversity of the teacher workforce are unlikely to meaningfully address large racial and ethnic educational inequities, at least not during elementary school.
Data shows teacher pay never exceeds that of other college graduates. Blend Images - LWA/Dann Tardif via Getty Images

Is it time for teachers to get a raise?

Teacher wages have risen little over the past few decades when adjusted for inflation.
Two mourners embrace at a memorial for those killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting in 2018. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven’t stopped, and kill more people

Some Americans hoped the Parkland shooting in 2018 would herald a turning point for gun violence in schools. Shootings, and deaths, have continued – and gotten more frequent.

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