Tencent’s new AI technique teaches language models ‘parallel thinking’

The Parallel-R1 framework uses reinforcement learning to teach models how to explore multiple reasoning paths at once, ...

After testing out Google’s AI tutor, we have some notes

Google has joined a rush of AI leaders attempting to get their tech in schools — and to turn public-facing chatbots into ...
St. Louis Magazine

Dreamscape Learn VR lab transforms classes at St. Charles Community College

Introduced in the St. Louis metro area this semester, Dreamscape Learn was founded by the former head of DreamWorks Studios.
Yahoo

Language Learning App Giant Duolingo Thinks It Can Conquer Math, Too

Duolingo, a quick-and-easy learning app that boasts more than 128 million monthly active users worldwide — mostly for its language offerings — has expanded into mathematics with elementary and middle ...
The Washington Post

Want kids to learn math? Level with them that it’s hard.

A school year unlike any other is coming to a close, but one thing remains the same: We’re still tussling, in the same old ways, over how math should be taught. More data science, less stuffy ...
Orlando Sentinel

The pandemic generation goes to college. It has not been easy.

Jazeba Ahmad was a junior in high school when COVID-19 hit and her math education faltered. Ahmad was enrolled in an international baccalaureate math class intended to provide a strong foundation in ...