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Mary Jo Madda

  • Growth and Engagement Strategy Lead, Education Equity, Google
New York, San Francisco
As seen in: Medium, Forbes, TED, The Keyword, ZDNet, EdSurge, BRIGHT Magazine
NOW: Edu-equity work @Google | Doc grad @UCLA - PAST: Teacher | @Harvard | @Forbes 30U30 | @EdSurge Getting in "good trouble."
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Why Schools Should Focus on Social Capital Development — Not Just Skills - EdSurge News

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By Mary Jo Madda
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The word “meritocracy” has reached new heights, becoming ubiquitous in everyday conversation and in debates about identity politics. The concept is seemingly simple: Strong ability yields well-earned roles in the workforce. And yet, in the tech sector where I work, I bear witness to a world of gender and racial homogeneity that fails to represent the gender and racial heterogeneity of the United States.
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What Higher Ed Gets Wrong About AI Chatbots — From the Student Perspective - EdSurge News

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By Mary Jo Madda
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As a doctoral student at the University of California at Los Angeles, I was among those who got a recent campus-wide email with an urgent directive: Don’t use AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Bard or Bing, as doing so “is equivalent to receiving assistance from another person.” Upon reading it, I took a pause. I’m a former educator in the process of writing my dissertation for my Doctorate of Education, as part of a part-time program while working a full-time job at Google.
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Is Productive Civil Discourse in Education Dead? A Discussion with Cornel West and Robert George - EdSurge News

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By Mary Jo Madda
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It’s been a rough few weeks, months, even years in the world of education, particularly when it comes to engaging in productive discourse. No matter what education conversation takes place—from debating critical race theory to the back-and-forth regarding masks in classrooms—it’s not always easy to have an honest, productive conversation about solutions or what to do next.
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