Joscha Legewie's research in transforming math education is awarded funds from Harvard Impact Labs
Harvard Impact Labs awarded $1.4 million to launch four new research projects that will tackle urgent social problems.
Transforming math education in low-resource settings: Millions of children in the U.S. and around the world lack foundational math skills, and teachers are often stretched too thin to provide the individualized instruction that students need. In partnership with Microsoft and Eedi, this new project — led by Sharad Goel, Emma Brunskill, Joscha Legewie, Teddy Svoronos, and Ying Xu — will design and rigorously test low-cost generative AI-powered tools aimed at transforming math teaching and learning across the world. Read more here.