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2-Jul-2025

Individual merit, not solidarity, prioritized by early childhood education policies

Do we climb the social ladder alone or with help from our communities? Early childhood education (ECE) policies are betting on the former, according to a study published July 2, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Katarzyna Bobrowicz from the University of Luxembourg and University of Liège in Belgium, and colleagues. A 53-country survey of global ECE policies indicates favoritism of competition over cooperation, individualism over solidarity and talent over luck.

Journal: PLOS One

2-Jul-2025

Group work and discussion help to build student confidence using maths in science lessons, study shows

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using maths in science lessons, a new study shows.

Journal: International Journal of Science Education

2-Jul-2025

Hebrew University and Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center establish research collaboration

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Grant and Award Announcement

– Despite these challenging times, two universities remain steadfast in the commitment to curing one of the world’s most deadly diseases. Recognizing the power of education and research in preventing, treating, and advancing life-saving treatments, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Georgetown University have established a joint initiative on cancer to amplify innovation, discovery, and action to end the disease.

1-Jul-2025

Potential AI solution to noisy video dialogues—boosting accuracy by 7% on multi-turn chats

Higher Education Press

Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University have unveiled a new AI system that filters out irrelevant video content and uses progressive reasoning to boost multi-turn video-chat accuracy by up to 7%, setting new benchmarks and enabling smarter visual assistants across fields.

Journal: Frontiers of Computer Science

1-Jul-2025

This puzzle game shows kids how they’re smarter than AI

University of Washington
Reports and Proceedings

University of Washington researchers developed the game AI Puzzlers to show kids an area where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. In the game, users get a chance to solve puzzles by completing patterns of colored blocks. They can then ask various AI chatbots to solve and have the systems explain their solutions — which they nearly always fail to do accurately.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, Jacobs Foundation

1-Jul-2025

FAU’s Paulina DeVito awarded prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Florida Atlantic University
Grant and Award Announcement

Paulina DeVito, 22, has received the award for her groundbreaking work in AI and education. A standout scholar who earned two bachelor’s degrees by 20 and a master’s with a perfect GPA in just one year, DeVito now investigates how generative AI is discussed across social media – especially among young women in STEM. Her research analyzes themes, sentiments, and engagement around hashtags like #WomenInSTEM to inform ethical, AI-based educational tools and policy, spotlighting issues like flawed AI cheating detectors in schools.