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School employees are expressing outrage at the mass layoffs of half the U.S. Department of Education workforce. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the move reflects the department’s commitment to efficiency and accountability. Carl Williams, a vice president with the American Federation of Teachers, represents classified employees in Lawndale....
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters Durante la pandemia, Jon Siapno, un veterano consejero universitario y profesional del Área de la Bahía, comenzó a desarrollar un chatbot que pudiera responder las preguntas de los estudiantes de secundaria sobre sus futuras opciones educativas. Estaba usando Watson, el precursor de preguntas y respuestas...
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Tara García Mathewson CalMatters During the pandemic, longtime Bay Area college and career counselor Jon Siapno started developing a chatbot that could answer high schoolers’ questions about their future education options. He was using IBM’s question-answering precursor to ChatGPT, Watson, but when generative artificial intelligence became accessible, he knew...
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The American Federation of Teachers and the American Sociological Association are suing the Trump administration over a threat of funding cuts and investigations of schools that integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into their policies or lessons. The letter schools received purports to reinforce anti-discrimination laws – but casts efforts...
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La American Federation of Teachers (Federación Estadounidense de Maestros) y la American Sociological Association (Asociación Estadounidense de Sociología) están demandando a la administración Trump por una amenaza de recortes de fondos e investigaciones de escuelas que integran la diversidad, equidad e inclusión en sus políticas o planes de estudio....
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters La señora “E.”, madre de tres hijos en Salinas, es muy cuidadosa cuando lleva a sus hijos a la escuela. Cambia sus rutas, sale en horarios diferentes y siempre está atenta a los agentes de inmigración, especialmente cuando la recogen y la dejan. La amenaza del...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters E., a mother of three in Salinas, is extra careful when she takes her kids to school. She switches up her routes, leaves at different times, and is always on the lookout for immigration agents, especially during pick-ups and drop-offs. President Donald Trump’s threat of mass...
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Los educadores de California se oponen a los planes del Congreso de recortar cientos de miles de millones de dólares de Medicaid, conocido como Medi-Cal en el Estado Dorado. Medi-Cal paga la atención medica de más del 37% de los niños de California y más del 51% de los niños del...
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Educators in California are speaking out against plans in Congress to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Medi-Cal pays for health care for more than 37% of California’s children, and more than 51% of kids in LA Unified, the state’s largest...