STEM Archives - The Hechinger Report

We are still in the early days of understanding the promise and peril of using generative AI in education. Very few researchers have evaluated whether students are benefiting, and one well-designed study showed that using ChatGPT for math actually harmed student achievement. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The first scientific proof I’ve seen that […]

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An AI tutor helped Harvard students learn more physics in less time

Building better early grade math teachers: Milwaukee goes back to an old playbook

OPINION: As a Black middle-school student, I was tracked into lower-level math classes that kept me back

TEACHER VOICE: Instead of worrying about whether math is easy or difficult, let’s make it welcoming

Alternative STEM education: A noncollege path to jobs for students from underrepresented groups

OPINION: We need more women scientists, and there’s a lot more that universities can do about it

Math ends the education careers of thousands of community college students. A few schools are trying something new