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 […]
FBI director Christopher Wray issued a dire warning against China’s growing influence during a Senate intelligence hearing on Tuesday. He cited the variety of ways that China is implementing its plan to replace the US as the foremost global power, including infiltrating American academia. China’s Confucius Institutes are ostensibly language learning centers, but often serve […]
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funneled billions in funding toward improving US education and raising public high school graduation rates. In Bill and Melinda’s annual letter, Bill writes that schools around the country are still “falling short on important metrics.” The foundation’s new strategy focuses on listening to teacher feedback, and funding programs […]
Faiz Siddiqui, 39, said that his failure to get a first-class Oxford degree held him back. He attempted to sue the university for damages over his missed career opportunities. The judge said his lacklustre career was his own fault, and suggested that he “lower his expectations.” An Oxford graduate, who tried to sue the university […]
Half of the “Shark Tank” investors — Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, and Kevin O’Leary — are dyslexic. Guest Shark Richard Branson is, as well. Dyslexia is a lifelong learning disability that makes reading difficult, but does not affect intelligence. Research suggests that anywhere from 5-20% of the global population has dyslexia, but that as many […]
The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Cornell has been placed on probation for a competition called a “pig roast.” The frat awarded a winner based on the member who had sex with the woman who weighed the most. The fraternity will be on probation for two years. The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Cornell University […]
Education secretary Betsy DeVos reportedly has a net worth close to $1.3 billion. DeVos shares the fortune with her husband, Richard DeVos Jr., the son of billionaire Amway cofounder Richard DeVos. The DeVos family reportedly owns a fleet of 12 private jets and four helicopters. US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is currently the richest member […]
Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity released proposed reforms to improve an environment some students describe as sexually unsafe. The proposed reforms were created by fraternity members. Yale University has indicated that it doesn’t plan to sanction DKE related to allegations of misconduct within the organization. Following allegations of sexual misconduct at Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon […]
Just because someone works in Silicon Valley doesn’t mean they’ll be a techie parent. In fact, some of the highest-profile executives in the tech world, including former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates and current Apple CEO Tim Cook, take surprisingly low-tech approaches to raising their kids. The approach stems partly from tech parents realizing the power […]
Oracle is known for its database technology, but it soon could be known for something else as well — educating kids. Last month, the tech giant opened the doors of a brand new $43 million high school building built on its Silicon Valley campus. The building is the new home for Design Tech — also […]
In a San Jose, California, school located inside a former IBM office building, students grades five through 12 take on some of the most rigorous classes offered at any American grade school. Each student at Basis Independent Silicon Valley takes a minimum of seven AP courses and complete their graduation requirements before senior year, when […]
A male junior at Yale is suing the university after he was suspended for allegations of sexual misconduct. The unnamed male student says in his lawsuit that he lost a summer internship at a “highly respected” Wall Street investment bank after Yale suspended him. The internship would have been his “second consecutive summer position with […]
A rule within the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) — an umbrella organization of 26 autonomous sororities — bans alcohol in sorority houses. Since these sororities can’t throw parties themselves, they throw a number of joint parties, or “mixers,” with fraternities throughout the year. At Yale University, some students note the inequity in the arrangement. On […]
Yale has been sued by three men who claim Yale’s sexual-misconduct committee discriminated against them based on their gender or denied them their due-process rights. The university has also been the subject of two Department of Education investigations since 2011. The threat of lawsuits may contribute to the severity of punishments Yale issues for sexual […]
Yale’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was barred for five years after a profane video of brothers chanting about women, rape, and consent emerged online. The suspension ended in 2016, but today some women at Yale say they feel unsafe at DKE. The fraternity was created in 1844 and its notable legacies include both President Bushes. […]
Women at Yale feel reporting a claim of sexual assault to the university triggers a process that is silencing. One student who reported an allegation of sexual assault said she fears she could be punished just for talking about it. Students responding to allegations of sexual misconduct also feel they’ve been sworn to secrecy. Reporting […]
The United States has opted out of a global assessment to see whether students can identify fake news. It is a new part of the OECD’s “global competence test” for 15-year-olds. It also measures respect for other cultures and ability to resist extremism. Canada, Australia, Scotland and 25 other countries are taking it. England, Germany, […]
Women at Yale use “whisper networks” and Google Docs to share information about men they say engaged in sexual harassment or assault. Sororities collect the names of these men and bar them from social events. Women point to fears of social exclusion and a lack of faith in Yale as some reasons these information-sharing networks […]
A startup called Kiddom is in 70% of US school districts, and it’s quickly enticing teachers with the “personalized learning” model. Personalized learning uses technology to tailor lesson plans to individual kids’ abilities and learning styles. It’s been endorsed by tech giants like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg. If 2017 had any standout education movements, […]
While Microsoft dominates the global market for classroom PCs, Google Chrome OS rules the roost in the United States. Microsoft is teaming up with partners including Lenovo to bring a new line of cheap, sub-$300 PCs to market, to take on Google’s low-cost Chromebooks. Microsoft says that a Windows PC is more capable than a […]
In their new book “The Future Computed,” Microsoft president Brad Smith and EVP of AI and research Harry Shum discuss the future of artificial intelligence. They argue that one of “the most important conclusions” they drew was the need for more liberal arts majors in tech. As consumer-ready AI reaches human parity, they say, lessons […]
Homeschooling isn’t what it used to be. What largely started in the 1980s and ’90s as a way for Catholic parents to infuse religion into their kids’ education now has more mainstream appeal. Homeschooled kids have the same access to online learning, friendships, and extracurricular activities as the typical public school student — but without […]
Janie didn’t know where she was. She was with a man she’d met only that night. He’d taken her somewhere off campus. But she didn’t know exactly where. She texted three of her friends. “I don’t like this.” She looked around. The place was a mess and it smelled like stale beer. The guy she […]
President Donald Trump’s cabinet has already gone through a couple of changes since Trump took office. Gen. John Kelly has stepped out of his role as Homeland Security secretary in order to become White House chief of staff, and Tom Price resigned from the Department of Health and Human services after using taxpayer money to […]
Every industry has its own lingo. Business-school jargon may be especially perplexing to outsiders. To help clear up some of the confusion, we asked two MBA grads about the most unusual terms and phrases they picked up in business school. Paul Ollinger graduated from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 1997 and was […]
• It’s time for college seniors to start figuring out their plans for next year. • LinkedIn compiled a list of the companies that grads tend to flock to in 2017. • Some big name companies like Amazon, Oracle, and EY made the list. It’s that time of year again. Most college seniors have embarked […]
Blaze Bernstein, the University of Pennsylvania sophomore who was found dead in California last week, was stabbed more than 20 times, police said. Bernstein’s former high school classmate Samuel Woodward was arrested on suspicion of homicide. More details are emerging about what happened between the two the night of Bernstein’s death. Authorities have revealed that […]
Jeff Bezos donated $33 million to provide college scholarships to illegal immigrants brought to the US as children by their parents, known as ‘Dreamers.’ Bezos has been vocal in pressuring the Trump administration and Congress to bring back protections to Dreamers. Bezos made the donation in honor of his father, who fled Cuba to the […]
Blaze Bernstein, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania, was found dead on Wednesday in what police are investigating as a homicide. It’s the latest tragedy for the University of Pennsylvania, which recently lost freshman William Steinberg in a deadly plane crash in Costa Rica. Nine UPenn students and faculty have died since the […]
More sugary chocolate milk, fewer whole grains, and around 300 extra milligrams of salt — these are just some of the ways the Trump Administration has relaxed school-lunch nutrition rules put in place during the Obama Administration. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, who heads the US Department of Agriculture (the agency that sets school meal rules), […]
Seven young adults went undercover as students at a Kansas high school for the documentary series “Undercover High.” The volunteers, ages 21 to 26, made themselves look younger, and one of them even got braces to look the part. They discovered issues students were going through that even the administration didn’t know about. You couldn’t […]