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Algorithms generating tailored suggestions are increasingly used across sectors, including in education. One UVA researcher is on a mission to determine if they actually improve student outcomes.

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Driven by a passion for uplifting women and girls in tech, Kim Wilkens has built a thriving career as a teacher, nonprofit leader, and community advocate. Earning her doctorate at UVA is helping her take her passion to the next level.

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The computer-based simulator provides hours of meaningful practice for UVA students training for a variety of professions in education and human development.

The EdTech Evidence Exchange’s new system will enable teachers nationwide to share what technology works where and why.

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Using a telehealth system called “ECHO,” School of Education and Human Development professors Gail Lovette and Rose Nevill have come up with a way to help the caregivers of children with developmental delays.

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Michael Kennedy combined his expertise as a special education scholar and his passion for technology to create a new app designed to improve teaching for special education students.

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Living in Bogotá, Nicolás Ruiz is now working to help vulnerable schools in Colombia innovate through instructional technologies and teacher professional development.

A research team at UVA aims to improve the job search process so that investments in a college education translate into good jobs for graduates.

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Online gaming and social media can offer opportunities for social interactions for autistic teenagers and adults, according to psychology researcher Micah Mazurek.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

New teachers often have to learn many classroom skills “on the job,” even after completing extensive training in teacher preparation programs. However, a new study suggests that pairing coaching with...