The vision for what the much-hyped chatbot could do is ‘really not possible with where the technology is today,’ one insider says.
— Read on www.the74million.org/article/was-los-angeles-schools-6-million-ai-venture-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen/
The arrangement aims to increase campus access to GPT-4.
— Read on www.chronicle.com/article/arizona-state-and-openai-are-now-partners-what-does-that-mean
Dr. Joseph Fiksel is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University and a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University. He is the author of Resilient by Design (Island Press, 2015) and has provided consulting services to companies, governments, and industry associations worldwide.
“The destruction of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina by the Maui wildfire is only the latest indication that our communities are unprepared for what some call a “polycrisis” – a rare convergence of multiple forces that results in a disaster. Lahaina residents have always lived in the shadow of an active volcano, but no one anticipated that a wildfire would be magnified by a freak windstorm, and that the town’s communication systems and water supply would fail to respond properly. ….”
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— Read on library.educause.edu/resources/2022/10/2022-students-and-technology-report-rebalancing-the-student-experience
Improving educational and life outcomes for young people must be guided by a clear, coherent vision that articulates the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need to be successful and how state and local leaders will provide the resources to ensure students are able to succeed. A shared whole child vision, created by a diverse, representative set of stakeholders, is essential for communicating the need for a systemic, collaborative approach to meeting the needs of every child.
A whole child vision can also deter states from advancing policy affecting children and youth in a piecemeal manner. When various agencies and educational entities work separately, this can lead to inefficiencies, redundancies, and at worst, policies that directly contradict one another. In contrast, a shared vision that has broad stakeholder buy-in provides clear direction for state policymakers in developing and adopting legislation, budgets, guidance, and regulations and in analyzing existing policies and practices for alignment with the vision. A clear, coherent vision sets a precedent for cross-agency coordination, streamlining of services, and the creation of shared learning opportunities to more effectively support children and youth.
A statewide whole child vision, tied to a statewide data system that measures both system inputs (e.g., funding, access to pre-k, high-quality academic curricula and supports, effective teaching, and expanded learning opportunities) and youth outcomes, can also provide a necessary tool for policymakers to assess existing systemic inequities and develop plans to erase them.
To set a whole child vision, states can do the following:
The Whole Child Policy Toolkit gives state policymakers and education leaders a set of strategies, tools, and resources to advance whole child policy.
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Across the United States, state education agencies and school districts face daunting challenges and
difficult decisions for restarting schools as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. As state and district
leaders prepare for what schooling will look like in 2020 and beyond, there is an opportunity to
identify evidence-based policies and practices that will enable them to seize this moment to rethink
school in ways that can transform learning opportunities for students and teachers alike.
Our current system took shape almost exactly a century ago, when school designs and funding were
established to implement mass education on an assembly-line model organized to prepare students
for their “places in life”—judgments that were enacted within contexts of deep-seated racial, ethnic,
economic, and cultural prejudices. In a historical moment when we have more knowledge about
human development and learning, when society and the economy demand a more challenging set
of skills, and when—at least in our rhetoric—there is a greater social commitment to equitable
education, it is time to use the huge disruptions caused by this pandemic to reinvent our systems
of education. The question is: How we can harness these understandings as we necessarily redesign
school? How can we transform what has not been working for children and for our society into a
more equitable and empowering future?
This report provides an overarching framework that focuses on how policymakers as well as
educators can support equitable, effective teaching and learning regardless of the medium
through which that takes place. This framework provides research, state and local examples, and
policy recommendations in 10 key areas that speak both to transforming learning and to closing
opportunity and achievement gaps. It illustrates how policymakers and educators can:
Initially frustrated by the demands of virtual instruction last year, some math teachers in North Carolina have permanently integrated tools such as digital whiteboards, Canvas and Google Classroom into their work.
— Read on www.govtech.com/education/k-12/how-wilmington-educators-improved-through-remote-teaching
COVID-19 intensified existing trends in the ed tech market, specifically an increase in investment. Some experts say the pandemic was only a part of the cause, and the trend is likely to continue after it’s over.
— Read on www.govtech.com/education/k-12/Whats-Driving-Growth-in-the-Ed-Tech-Market.html
Hawaii schools superintendent Christina Kishimoto stepping down in July when contract ends, March 19, 2021 Honolulu Star Advertiser
Did Unions’ Lack of Support Spell Trouble for School Superintendent? March 23, 2021 Civil Beat
Educators Worry About Kids With No Computers As Online Classes Start. April 5, 2020, Civil Beat
Civil Beat’s Virtual Education Event Digs Into Distance Learning July 20, 2020. Panel Discussion, Civil Beat
The First Grades Of The New School Year Are In — And Hawaii’s Students Are Struggling Dec 9, 2020, Civil Beat
Instructors For Hire: How The Pandemic Is Fueling A New Side Business, Aug 20, 2020, Civil Beat