🔗 linkblog: Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers

🔗 linkblog: New executive order puts all grants under political control

🔗 linkblog: Trump unveils his plan to put AI in everything 

🔗 linkblog: Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows

I think what bothers me about “improving learning” approaches to educational technology is that it tends to prioritize utilitarianism at the expense of everything else. Ethical concerns about AI don’t matter if grades go up, what students should learn about is largely shoved aside, and so forth.