Diagnostic standards for medical AI, the efficacy of flipped learning, and how Democrats can tackle the SALT deduction and save $1 trillion.
| How Dems can get out of the SALT mess and save $1 trillion The debate among congressional Democrats over the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local taxes (SALT) continues, with two options on the table that both essentially amount to a highly regressive tax break. Richard Reeves and Christopher Pulliam offer an alternative proposal that would save almost a trillion dollars over the budget window and put the tax system on a path to greater fairness. Read more |
| Flipped learning: What is it, and when is it effective? Flipped learning is an increasingly popular pedagogy in which students in a flipped classroom view digitized lectures as pre-class homework then spend in-class time engaged in active learning experiences such as discussions, peer teaching, presentations, and group work. Patricia Roehling and Carrie Bredow examine the efficacy of flipped versus lecture-based learning for fostering a variety of outcomes in higher education. Read more |
| Building better diagnostic standards for medical AI “We are only now at the beginning stages of seeing how AI can enhance the quality of human life and health. Ensuring that diagnostic algorithms perform effectively both in controlled environments and in real-world settings will ensure safety and transparency of and trust in these applications, facilitating broad adoption in this technology that could improve health outcomes for millions, not just in the United States, but around the world,” write David Larson, Daniel Rubin, and Curtis Langlotz. Read more |
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