A just-released report confirms earlier studies showing that machines score many short essays about the same as human graders. Once again, panic ensues: We can’t let robots grade our students’ writing ...

The undergraduate Philosophy Major places a heavy emphasis on reading and writing. The students' reading and writing skills are tested mainly through writing assignments in which the philosophy ...

Your children could be some of a growing number of California kids having their writing graded by software instead of a teacher. California school districts are signing more contracts for artificial ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Grading papers is ...

Guest Post by Carl Pletsch, Ph.D. You might have heard professors talking about how they love teaching, but hate grading papers. You might have even read Mitch’s blog post about the struggle it can be ...

A sociology professor has taken all the interaction out of a very human task -- the grading of papers. The new software program scores student essays within a matter of seconds. Guest: Ed Brent, ...