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Students are failing AP tests because the College Board can’t handle iPhone photos

The Verge

Bryner is among the many high school students around the country who completed Advanced Placement tests online last week but were unable to submit them at the end. Students can either type their response or upload a photo of handwritten work. The advice, however, was too late for many students. The culprit: image formats.

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Tableau partners with the government of India to build students’ data skills

Tableau

It’s one of our guiding principles at Tableau and why we support students and instructors around the globe through Tableau Academic Programs. Now I hear, “What can we do to make Tableau easier for all students to learn?” or “How can I, as an educator, get better at Tableau to teach students?” Manager, APJ Community.

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UK ditches exam results generated by biased algorithm after student protests

The Verge

The UK has said that students in England and Wales will no longer receive exam results based on a controversial algorithm after accusations that the system was biased against students from poorer backgrounds , Reuters and BBC News report. In the UK, A-levels are the set of exams taken by students around the age of 18.

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A Dallas-based founder looks to tackle the student loan crisis with his startup, College Cash

TechCrunch

His startup, College Cash , allows brands to petition users to create photo and video marketing content highlighting their product or service, with the wrinkle being that content creators are paid by the brands in the form of credits that go directly toward paying down their student loan debt. Demetrius Curry, CEO of College Cash.

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Horrifying Results as Man Exercises Only One Single Muscle

Futurism

In daily update videos , the college student, who goes by the fitting online handle TheCrookedMon, showed off the results of his unorthodox "looks minimizing"strategy: a massively imbalanced shoulder muscle diagonally and unsettlingly stretching from the left side of his head to his left shoulder. "And I've the opposite problem.

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Students of color are getting flagged to their teachers because testing software can’t see them

The Verge

Proctorio, a piece of exam surveillance software designed to keep students from cheating while taking tests, relies on open-source software that has a history of racial bias issues, according to a report by Motherboard. Proctorio, and other programs like it, is designed to keep an eye on students while they’re taking tests.

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Student to BI Analyst, How Tableau Can Lead to a Successful Data Career

Tableau

Ateken Abla March 19, 2024 - 9:05pm Larissa Amoroso Vice President, Tableau Community, Tableau When Karolina Grodzinska took the stage at Tableau Conference as part of her Iron Viz: Student Edition award, it felt like the culmination of her data learning, which started in 2021. Winning Iron Viz: Student Edition is no small feat.

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