The Hechinger Report
ChatGPT, a large language model, showed racial bias in grading essays, penalizing Asian American students more than other races, according to a study by ETS researchers. The AI model, trained on 300 billion words, reflected implicit biases in its source material. The study involved over 13,000 essays from students in grades 8 to 12. The AI model...
Education Next
Melnick's book, The Crucible of Desegregation, discusses school desegregation in America but omits key topics in a recent article. It overlooks the failure of desegregation to raise Black and Hispanic achievement levels and the issue of white flight. Studies show no consistent effects of desegregation on Black students' academic achievement. White flight undermines desegregation plans as it reduces...
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
Common App, a nonprofit offering an online tool for undergraduate applications, aims to increase usage among lower-income students. Despite reaching 1.4 million students in the 2022-23 application cycle, only 30% were from below-median income ZIP codes. To address this, Common App launched Next Chapter, aiming to get 650,000 more low- and middle-income students to use...