Weekly Student News Quiz: Iran, Cats, N.B.A. Feat
Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Comment on IMPLICATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON QURANIC SCHOOLS (A FIELD STUDY...
This study reveals the current situation of the students at the Qur’anic schools in Kano Metropolis in order to highlight the implications of repeated efforts by parents, society, non-governmental organizations and governments.The researcher adopted the descriptive method, with structured questionnaires distributed to 120 respondents. Findings from 104 returned responses revealed that there is a great…
Word + Quiz: jowl
jowl ˈjau̇-lē noun 1. a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) 2. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth _________ The word jowl has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 28 in “A…
Do You Use, Like, Too Many Filler Words?
Do you use words like “like,” “um” and “you know” often? Do your friends?Do you think these filler words get in the way of communication? Or, do they help?In “Where Did Our Strange Use of ‘Like’ Come From?” John McWhorter writes about the history and evolution of the popular four-letter filler word:Some months ago, one…
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Lesson of the Day: ‘When the Monkey Chants Are for You:...
3. How does Lukaku deal with the racism he has encountered — both emotionally and as a player on the field?4. What factors are connected to the increase in racism at European soccer matches, according to the article?5. Why did Lukaku leave England after nearly eight years of play? Why did he feel that criticisms…
Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 7: On ‘Black Valedictorians and the...
WinnerPeri Ferguson, 16, from King School in Stamford, Conn., chose a guest essay from the Opinion section headlined “Black Valedictorians and the Toxic Trope of Black Exceptionalism” and wrote:My grandmother was a Black valedictorian. She couldn’t afford to go to college. Her family members were poor farmers, descendants of poor sharecroppers, descendants of slaves.My father…
Sunset by the Water
Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration or, describe a memory from your own life that this image makes you think of.Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more.Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Self-Driving Vehicles Are Going to Make Traffic Even More Miserable!
Whether you like it or not, self-driving cars will be hitting the road in full-force in the coming years. Thanks to new technology developed by companies like Tesla and even Uber, autonomous vehicles will become a staple of modern culture, with nearly 10 million self-driving cars expected to hit the road by 2020. Yet, not all is…
Does the N.F.L. Have a Race Problem?
Do you think the N.F.L. has a race problem? And if so, what do you think can be done to bring greater racial equity to its ranks of coaches, executives and owners?Brian Flores, who was fired as coach of the Miami Dolphins last month and was rejected for new jobs with other clubs, has sued…
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Word of the Day: pro forma
The term pro forma has appeared in 17 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 2 in “Dua Lipa Brings Her Lockdown Anthems to the Arena” by Jon Caramanica:The songs are very tightly wound, though. Lipa is a lightly regal singer who often sounds removed from the hiss and purr of her…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Can Generative AI Teach You to Code? It’s Complicated
The ChatGPT hype is reaching a fever pitch: Educators are figuring out how to manage the AI chatbot in classrooms; programmers are using ChatGPT to write and debug code; job seekers are farming out their cover letters to ChatGPT, and hoping recruiters can’t tell the difference (they can). And tech giants are betting billions of…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…