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The education department of New South Wales is “reviewing” its relationship with the Confucius Institute and Confucius Classrooms. These are run out of China’s education ministry, and Beijing openly describes them as a vehicle for soft power and propaganda. Experts are also concerned at how closely connected the Confucius programs are to the Chinese Communist […]

YouTube just pulled hundreds of videos sponsored by paid essay-writing service EduBirdie, which encourages academic cheating. The videos were removed following a BBC investigation that reported the existence of more than 250 YouTube channels containing paid promotions for EduBirdie on the site. The promotions violate YouTube’s Academic Aid policy, which states “advertising is not permitted […]

A recent report from SmartAsset reveals the 25 best American cities for recent college graduates to live. These cities are affordable, have good job opportunities, and are fun for new college grads. Three Ohio cities made the list, including Columbus and Cincinnati in the top two spots. Graduation is coming up and many college students […]

Researchers who’ve studied more than 6,000 kindergartners found that the kids rated by their parents as more curious and willing to try new things performed better on math and reading assessments at school. The curious kids did well regardless of socioeconomic background — suggesting there’s something about being curious that helps everyone learn. Even curious […]

Teacher walkouts have attracted ire from some US politicians. But while their elected representatives may disagree, the majority of Americans think teachers in their states are underpaid, according to a poll from Business Insider’s partner MSN. According to the poll, 77% of Democrats said teachers are underpaid, while 55% of Republicans agreed. Since February, Teachers […]

Keziah Daum is an 18-year-old girl who wore a Chinese dress to prom. She has been criticized for being racist and for culturally appropriating Chinese fashion. What her critics are missing is that Daum’s actions are good for anyone who seeks an integrated and unbiased world. Last week, an 18-year-old named Keziah Daum posted pictures […]

The English language can be a lucrative language to master. The Occupational Information Network (O*NET) lists jobs that require English language skills. They found plenty of high-paying jobs for people who excel at the English language. Love the English language and words? Have a solid command of English grammar and a broad vocabulary? Don’t think […]

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he believes the term “work-life balance” is a “debilitating phrase.” Bezos revealed that one of the top pieces of advice he offers new Amazon employees is that they shouldn’t view the two as a strict trade-off. Instead, Bezos thinks of his personal and professional pursuits as a “circle” rather than […]

The best college majors for finding the highest-paying jobs after graduation tend to be in STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Engineering, in particular, is one of the highest-paying college majors after graduation. 50 college majors have an early career salary of at least $60,000, and many have a mid-career pay over $100,000. It’s […]

Bill Gates says he parents according to a model developed in the 1970s by a former principal, a psychologist, and a psychiatrist. The “Love and Logic” method minimizes emotional reactivity, and encourages parents to give kids more of their own problems to solve and chances to fail. Gates says his wife Melinda did most of […]

In the wake of her vile tweets, many conservatives indeed defended Randa Jarrar’s right to speak freely — despite claims to the contrary. Fresno launched an investigation into her words, but ultimately decided that they were protected under the First Amendment. After Randa Jarrar’s vile tweets about former first lady Barbara Bush went viral, many […]

Apple’s lineup of iPads can be confusing. There are now five different iPad models to choose from, each with different storage and cellular options. For most people, the best iPad is the 6th Generation iPad, which starts at $329. This past weekend, I was asked what should be a simple question by a friend: “Which […]

Stephen Gilpin, former Trump University professor and author of “Trump U: The Inside Story of Trump University,” explains what it was like to work at the for-profit real estate training program before it went defunct amidst class action lawsuits and allegations of fraud. Following is a transcript of the video. Donald Trump: At Trump University […]

Malala Yousafzai is currently in her first year at Oxford University. One of her best friends wrote about how they relax together listening to Beyoncé and eating takeout. Varaidzo Khativu said the two went on a friend-date on Valentine’s Day. Malala Yousafzai may be a Nobel Prize-winner who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban […]

Students at Barnard, a women’s college, voted to divest from companies that do business in Israel. Israel has a good record on women’s rights. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaign is misguided and misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. If you congratulated an Israeli woman on finally earning the right to drive, she’d look at you with […]

Politically, Americans are highly divided. When it comes to issues of race, immigration, national security, and environmental protection, they disagree about how the government should handle things like never before. Relative to polls in the 1990s, Republicans are now much more likely to say poor people have it easy, while Democrats are less likely to […]

Identity politics do not belong in the classroom. Reed College is making a mistake by allowing the unfair charge of racism to govern the creation of university curricula. Increasingly, students around the country are arguing that identity politics should play a role in the development of university curricula. The latest example comes from Reed College, […]

Google’s AIY Projects program — a combination of DIY (do it yourself) and AI (artificial intelligence) — have announced a revamped set of build-it-yourself kits, aiming to bring computer science and programming to the masses. The kits include all the tech, accessories, and instructions required to build a voice-activated speaker or an image-recognizing camera, both […]

Life expectancy increased in the US from 1990 to 2016. Today, overall average life expectancy is up to 78.9 years old. But researchers are worried that increasingly, Americans are smoking and drinking too much, eating bad food, and suffering from more drug use disorders. It’s all having an effect on how long people can live […]

Coding boot camp General Assembly is getting acquired for $412.5 million by workforce staffing agency Adecco, Axios reports. Adecco and GA have been in talks about how they could best work together since last fall. Coding boot camp General Assembly is getting acquired for $412.5 million by the European human resources and staffing firm Adecco, […]

Some college majors are more popular than others, and some are concentrated in specific US states. Careers site Zippia calculated the most disproportionately popular college major in each state. They include uncommon fields of study such as astrophysics, oceanography, and soil sciences. At universities around the United States, you’re sure to encounter students majoring in […]

A recent study highlights how little the average American knows about the Holocaust. The survivor generation is dying out and we are failing to adequately honor their memory. We promised Holocaust survivors that we would never forget. We are breaking our promise. Thursday is Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, and a recently released study […]

Some of the highest-paying summer jobs are ideal for college students since they don’t require a college degree. To find these high-paying summer jobs for college students, FlexJobs scoured its database of part-time, flexible, and remote job listings. Each of these jobs could pay double the federal minimum wage. The summer vacation, while sometimes reserved […]

Housing is so costly in San Francisco that the average teacher can only afford 0.7% of the homes on the market, according to a Trulia study. Most cities are becoming less affordable for teachers as housing prices rise faster than their salaries. Housing costs are also a problem — especially in San Francisco — for […]

The average salary for a public school teacher was $59,850 during the 2016-2017 academic year. Teachers have gone on strike in West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Kentucky to encourage salary increases. The average teacher salary has dropped the most in Colorado, where educators earn 15% less than they did about 20 years ago when adjusted for […]

American colleges are failing on the issue of sexual assault investigations. They’ve ramped up policies over the past decade but still let down both victims and the accused with their rulings and punishments. At their worst, weak sexual assault policies allow serial abusers to remain on campus and assault victims. American colleges have a rape […]

Apple unveiled a new iPad last week. The new iPad is not very different from the 9.7-inch iPad unveiled last March. Apple could have done more to get people excited about the iPad, and missed some opportunities to sweeten the deal for the educational market, too. Apple unveiled a new iPad last Tuesday. And though […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella went to Hyderabad Public School, along with the CEOs of Adobe and Mastercard. HPS is a private school in southern India that was originally founded as a school for the sons of aristocrats. Nadella played cricket there, and says the experience strongly influenced his professional career. If you’re looking to raise […]

Laura Ingraham, a Fox News opinion host, made what some have interpreted as a snide comment about David Hogg, a survivor of the Parkland school shooting. Ingraham tweeted a link to a news article about Hogg having received some college rejection letters. She tweeted the article’s headline, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which […]

The best colleges appeal to students and parents alike. The Princeton Review asked thousands of college applicants and parents to name their “dream schools.” Their answers didn’t always overlap, but there was consensus on the No. 1 college: Stanford. Applying for colleges is a significant milestone in any young person’s life. But when it comes […]

Apple on Tuesday announced a new 9.7-inch iPad. The new device is aimed at teachers and students. It will support Apple Pencil and have upgraded Apple software like Pages and Keynote. The new iPad costs $329 for consumers and $299 for schools. Apple announced a new 9.7-inch iPad on Tuesday morning. The new iPad, which […]

A Pennsylvania school district equipped each classroom with rocks in case of active shooters. The superintendent said it’s meant to be a “last-ditch response to an armed intruder.” Schools have been floating various school-safety measures in the wake of last month’s high-school shooting in Florida. As school districts across the country debate the merits of […]

The Department of Justice just announced charges against nine Iranians for an elaborate hacking scheme that targeted more than 140 US universities. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the charges in a Friday press conference. The US charged nine Iranians with cyber attacks against more than 350 entities around the world, mostly universities, on behalf […]

Apple will announce a lower-cost iPad at its event in Chicago next week, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The new iPad will reportedly be aimed at students and teachers in an attempt to win back some of the ground Apple has lost in the education market. Apple is also working on […]

On Tuesday, a gunman fired at two students at Great Mills High School in Maryland, injuring both of them. The event was the latest school shooting in the US, where a nationwide debate on the role of guns — especially automatic weapons — in civic society is ramping up. On February 14, Marjory Stoneman Douglas […]

In China, a rural school had only one student. She studied with a single teacher, and usually learned and played alone. After the population of her village dropped, her parents couldn’t afford to send her elsewhere, so she continued to attend school alone. Xu Shuhui was the only student in her gym class, math class, […]

Business school can help you start a successful career, or advance in your current one. U.S. News & World Report just released its 2019 rankings of the best business schools in America. Harvard Business School and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago tied for first place. Business school can be a […]

College costs are steep and rising, and there are several compelling arguments for declining to foot the bill for your child’s education. It can help your child to understand the value of money and build a healthy relationship with it early on. There are ways to encourage a college education without paying for tuition, such […]

Amazon added a new language-learning skill called Cleo to the Echo. If you speak a language besides English, you can use the Cleo skill to teach it to Alexa. Over time, Alexa will learn from you, eventually helping to expand its foreign language vocabulary. Right now, Alexa can speak three languages. Google Assistant can currently […]

College isn’t like any other time in your life. Nearly a decade after graduation, the things I did right are becoming clear to me … and so are the things I did wrong. For instance, I didn’t take advantage of many of the available opportunities, and I didn’t realize how much time I had for […]

Students walked out of schools across the country protesting gun violence on Wednesday. New York Gov. Chris Cuomo joined students in Lower Manhattan. While Cuomo said he supported the students, he didn’t get behind some of their calls to ban guns entirely. New York Governor Chris Cuomo joined hundreds of students in Lower Manhattan as […]

President Donald Trump said having “highly trained” teachers armed with guns in class could help prevent tragedies like the deadly Florida school shooting. Trump also said he’d support spending federal dollars to give “expert teachers” special training to carry guns in the classroom. Scientific research suggests that having more guns in schools won’t help prevent […]

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos gave a stumbling, cringeworthy interview to CBS’ “60 Minutes” where she said she didn’t know if her policies had improved struggling public schools. DeVos was a controversial cabinet pick for President Donald Trump, and advocates for increasing school choices rather than investing more in existing schools. DeVos commented on sexual assault […]

Waverly Labs has a lofty goal: to eliminate language barriers with the help of technology. The company’s first product, the Pilot translating earpiece, started as an Indiegogo campaign in 2016. Now, the Brooklyn-based startup says it has sold 27,000 units and has begun shipping to its early customers. The Pilot looks like a fairly standard […]

Yale student Saifullah Khan was arrested on Halloween 2015 for allegedly raping a female student. The case has dragged on for years. The ruling has broader implications for colleges as they try to address sexual assault. A Yale student was found not guilty on charges of sexual assault Wednesday in a rare campus rape case […]