Back-to-basics approach can match or outperform AI in language analysis

A new study led by Dr. Andrea Nini at The University of Manchester has found that a grammar-based approach to language ...
Yakima Herald

Charter schools say budget cut endangers basic education

Lawmakers cut $7.5 million in enrichment funding from public charter schools, which say they were using those funds to support core education activities.
Morningstar

TCDSB Ends Beloved Language Program After 50 Years, 77 Jobs Lost

On Thursday the Toronto Catholic District School Board announced that they will completely eliminate its long-standing International Languages Program, resulting in 77 dedicated language instructors ...
moneywise

A basic income program trial is sending $1,000 each month to people who lost work to AI

Tech journalist Brian Merchant spoke with Kaitlin Cort, a veteran software engineer, programming instructor and one of the organizers behind the AI Dividend, for his newsletter Blood in the Machine.
Gizmodo

A Program Is Now Sending Basic Income Payments to AI-Impacted Workers

According to the Blood in the Machine newsletter, a nonprofit program aimed at relieving the financial hardships of people negatively impacted by AI is issuing payments as of this week. The program is ...
WBKO

Backpack program helps inmates reenter society with basic necessities

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - A local program is providing inmates with essential items as they leave jail and face the challenge of starting over. The Southern Kentucky Reentry Council and the BRADD ...
Canada

Government of Canada supports the revitalization of Indigenous languages in the Northwest Territories

The Government of Canada’s Indigenous Languages Program investments support the efforts of Indigenous Peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen their languages Language reveals who we ...