The unprecedented speed of advancements in machine learning (ML), generative artificial intelligence (AI), and large language models (LLM) is rapidly transforming formal and informal educational settings and systems. Educators and learners are grappling with unanticipated and rapidly changing AI that impacts both day-to-day K-12 classroom practices and the use of AI in informal (out of school) settings.
This blog was written by Hikaru Komatsu and Jeremy Rappleye (Kyoto University Graduate School of Education), and Iveta Silova (Arizona State University Center for Advanced Studies in Global Education) in response to the recent blog by Edward Vickers about the role of education in climate change.
For years, public discussion around the shortage of teachers across the U.S. has centered on filling the pipeline. In response to the immediate pressures of teacher shortage, states like Arizona have approved more pathways to become a certified teacher. Universities offer more alternative pathways. School districts can now be state-sanctioned education-preparation providers.
By: Cara Faith Bernard and Douglas Kaufman, University of Connecticut; Mark Kohan, Citizens Alliance for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Glenn Mitoma, University of California, Santa Cruz
Leanna Archambault, associate professor
Arizona State University leads the nation in funded research related to education, according to the 2023-24 U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate colleges of education. In the 2022 academic year, ASU reported $73.1 million in education research expenditures. New York University reported the second highest funded research total of $71.4 million. This is the second consecutive year that ASU has ranked first in the survey of 272 graduate colleges of education in research spending.
Phoenix, AZ, April 25, 2023 – Today, the Stevens Initiative announced Arizona State University’s (ASU) Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is one of 15 schools, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations to receive funding to run virtual exchange programs that connect young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
All faculty and staff should join MLFTC's All-College Meeting in person at ASU West campus. Agenda coming soon.
By: Punya Mishra, associate dean of Scholarship and Innovation and professor
Originally published on punyamishra.com
By: Ruth M. López, University of Houston and Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School