Pearson eyes replacing teachers with AI

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With its publishing business in free fall, Pearson is targeting teaching,

FMPR Asks for International Solidarity to Respond to Earthquakes

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For years the educator union of Puerto Rico, the FMPR, has fought against school closures, for smaller class sizes, against overcrowding, for funding for special education programs, against the charter school take ove

Education Reform as Theater: Russia “Modernizes” Teacher Education

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In many nations today – including Russia – much of educational policy-making resembles theater.
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