First, they beat us at chess. Then it was Go. Now it’s basic reading comprehension. The robots are coming. Two artificial intelligence programs created by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and ...

The study was published in the journal -- Psychological Science. “Background knowledge plays a key role in students’ reading comprehension. Our findings show that if students don’t have sufficient ...

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Like many districts, the Marietta school district in Georgia has spent the past five years focused on improving literacy achievement for its youngest students, intent on making sure kids leave ...