Reporter’s Notebook: Lawmakers wrestle over whether AI can make the grade in America’s classrooms

AI in the classroom: How AI will impact education moving forward A recent Fox News poll highlights changing perceptions as 52% of voters now consider Big Tech a greater threat to the U.S. future compared to Big Government’s 47%. A Senate panel also discusses the rise of artificial intelligence in classrooms, debating its impact on … Read more

Harvard faculty votes to limit number of A’s awarded, aiming to combat grade inflation

Harvard University faculty members voted to cap the number of A’s awarded to students in an effort to make the grades more meaningful.  By a vote of 458 to 201, faculty approved a measure that caps the number of A grades to 20%, plus four additional per class, the university confirmed Wednesday. There is no … Read more

Eighth grade student kills 4, wounds 20 in second Turkey school shooting in 2 days

A student who was about 13 years old opened fire at random in a Turkish school Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 a day after a shooter injured 16 people and then killed himself in another school, officials said. A teacher and three students were killed in the latest attack, said Kahramanmaras province governor … Read more