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+12 +3‘Giving hope’: UK universities twin with struggling Ukraine counterparts
When Prof Gavin Brown, pro vice-chancellor at Liverpool University, first made contact with academics at Sumy State University (SSU) in north-eastern Ukraine a few weeks ago, he did not expect to come off the call and start ordering new windows.
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+15 +2Learning to think critically about machine learning
Students in the MIT course 6.036 (Introduction to Machine Learning) study the principles behind powerful models that help physicians diagnose disease or aid recruiters in screening job candidates. Now, thanks to the Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) framework, these students will also stop to ponder the implications of these artificial intelligence tools, which sometimes come with their share of unintended consequences.
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+16 +4Free college is now a reality in nearly 30 states
Even though the plan to make community college tuition-free was stripped from Build Back Better, the number of statewide free-college programs is growing.
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+15 +1Florida Continues Attack On Education After Rejecting 54 Math Textbooks Due To 'CRT'
The Florida Department of Education rejected 41% of submitted textbooks over "attempts to indoctrinate children." The textbooks taught math.
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+17 +1Eastern Ontario company launches scholarship for young Canadian and US writers
Young writers accepted into first year of a post-secondary writing-related program can now apply for the THGM MUSE Scholarship. The scholarship awards $630 to one high school senior based on a short story written in prose or in script.
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+11 +2‘If you’re sad, get a cookie’: how US schoolkids launched a hotline to spread joy
The pep-talk project has been overwhelmed with calls from people in need of a lift in difficult times
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+25 +6It’s ‘Alarming’: Children Are Severely Behind in Reading
The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say.
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+15 +2New Mexico's governor just signed a bill to make college tuition-free
For most New Mexico residents, college will now be officially tuition-free. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on Friday Senate Bill 140, otherwise known as the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act. First introduced in 2019, the plan will waive tuition for any students attending any in-state public school or tribal college, including community colleges.
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+14 +3Critical Lessons That They Fail to Teach You in School
Most people learn life’s most valuable lessons too late in life. Here are 31 lessons that they fail to teach you in school.
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+3 +1Rabbits Violently Killed & Dissected in Front of Elementary School Students
At Tahayghen Elementary School in British Columbia, a class of students in fourth through seventh grade watched as their teacher’s guest reportedly broke the necks of at least three live rabbits before dissecting the animals right in front of them.
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+4 +1Teachers and too much homework contribute to maths anxiety – study
Level of maths anxiety within same school or classroom found to predict individuals’ maths achievement
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+21 +3Young women are making up to $1,700 per month by holding study sessions on Twitch
Content creators study live in front of thousands of people, interspersing one-hour study sessions with short 15-minute breaks.
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+18 +2Harvard ceramics program recreates Art Museums’ pieces
Zoom pottery class enlists Harvard Art Museums experts to help re-create treasures from the collection.
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+9 +1Colleges and universities across the US are moving to ban caste discrimination
A tweak to California State University's anti-discrimination policy that quietly went into effect on January 1 acknowledges caste discrimination. Now that the largest university system in the country's most populous state has committed to caste protections, many hope the movement for caste equity will continue to grow.
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+21 +416 books removed from Polk County school libraries after objection from conservative group
The timeline for when a decision will be made on these books is unclear as committee members must read each book and convene to discuss their contents.
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+13 +2Pencils down: College Board announces the SAT is going digital
The SAT, once viewed as a critical step to getting into college, is undergoing a major shift and will be shorter and administered online.
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+13 +2Teens who are “addicted” to TikTok experience worse depression and anxiety, and in turn, reduced working memory capacity
A study among teenage TikTok users found that those who showed addictive tendencies toward the platform performed worse when recalling number sequences. The findings, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, further suggested that this working memory deficit was in part due to increased depression and anxiety.
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+17 +3Schools are banning my book. But queer kids need queer stories.
Removing or restricting queer books in libraries and schools is like cutting a lifeline for queer youth.
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+19 +4California's next attempt at universal basic income could be on college campuses
Some of California’s low-income college students could receive $500 a month in the Legislature’s latest approach to a guaranteed basic income plan.
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+3 +1Students Still Understand Lecture Videos After Watching at Faster Speeds, UCLA Study Suggests
Those who have watched recorded video lectures for an academic class know how much precious studying time those videos can take up — time that seems to drag on even more if the speaker talks slowly or pauses often.
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