One of the most mindless features of modern education are standardized tests, which require pupils to regurgitate information usually committed to memory in rote fashion. Fortunately, a machine has ...

Why it matters: AI research is progressing faster than we're able to judge its many implications, even though we're still far from creating a so-called artificial general intelligence. Every time we ...

November 13, 2025 - Many mentoring and tutoring programs in K-12 schools rely partially on federal grants through AmeriCorps — funding that President Donald Trump has proposed entirely eliminating.

SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test. There was $80,000 in prize money ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--School districts that used STEMscopes Texas, the most widely used science curriculum in Texas, for eighth grade science instruction outperformed other districts on the ...

Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) -The future of IV bags could be changing and it started with a Bangor middle school science project. It’s a big year for Bangor High School freshman Riley Bosco. “I really like to ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test. There was $80,000 in prize money ...

Eighth grade students' science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...