"This past year, an average student met 64.1% of their growth target," Lawlor said. That number has steadily increased since the 2020–21 school year, when students met 58.4% of their target growth.

If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

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A new report finds significant language access barriers in Massachusetts courts for non-English speakers and the deaf or hard ...

A new report by SBS and the University of Canberra have found there is an increased sense of belonging among multilingual communities compared to 2023. It also details factors that could affect the ...

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have the potential to revolutionize research in economics and other disciplines. I describe 25 use cases along six domains in which LLMs are starting to ...

Abstract: Previous works have shown the great potential of Virtual Reality (VR) in the area of Education. This paper studies if users can learn a second language when using a gamified VR application ...