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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. Website traffic to the homepage for IXL, a popular tool that lets students practice skills across five subjects through online quizzes, spiked in March.

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OPINION: A lack of diversity in research and analytics is not just unethical — it is dangerous

The Hechinger Report

Harnessing AI has countless applications, from helping to map diseases to improving adaptive online learning platforms to supporting the work of law enforcement officers. This moves us closer to more fully answering the key questions of policy evaluation: Does it work? It’s an exciting time for this pursuit.

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