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What is Teacher Certification or Teacher Licensure?

This is a document that teachers are required to have in order to practice. They can get it to teach within a specific area after completing required degrees, coursework, tests, and other particular criteria. Teachers can become certified by the state in which they plan to teach and then earn national certification recognized in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia. Each state has their own curriculum and policies. For instance, some embrace critical race theory and some do not. When I was a teacher, we were told that we teach the math strategy of PEMDAS and …

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The Two Big Letters that Shape Up K-12 Education: AI

Teaching methods evolve every year. Many exciting changes and discoveries are incorporated into instruction. However, the most groundbreaking discovery would have to be technology and how it has improved (and in some cases, complicated) classroom practices. One contributing factor is the use of AI to help drive instruction, personalize learning, and even help with evaluating students’ work. Read on to find out how AI plays an increasing role in education. How AI Shapes Today’s World For starters, AI-based systems might replace or improve many white-collar jobs that are now performed by human experts. The main reason for this trend is …

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Will AI Replace Teachers?

Through the years, robots have taken over many jobs. First, they replaced horses and wagons and horses and plows, then they started to replace people. A few examples of artificial intelligence (AI)s replacing humans are: Mobile check deposits; The Scan and Go at Walmart; The AI Autopilot in commercial flights; Spam filters; Lyft, Ubber, and other ridesharing apps; Plagiarism checkers; Spam filters; And there are so many more! So, here’s the real question that has been plaguing the education world—the hot debate, if you will. “Will AI replace teachers?” What is AI in Teaching? China is letting AI in the …

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