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A recent Times article about college football describes 2021 as “the ultimate year of homecomings” after schools from coast to coast either didn’t play at all in 2020, or couldn’t play on their own fields.Are sports back at your school this year? Are you excited to play — or watch? Have rules been added to…
Word of the Day: sophomoric
The word sophomoric has appeared in 18 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 12 in “It’s a Birkin! No, a Dior. No, a Balenciaga. What in the World is It?” by Vanessa Friedman:So what to make of a handbag that is “Made in Peru” … and Portugal and India and China?…
Summer Reading Contest, Week 8: What Got Your Attention in The...
Welcome to Week Eight of our 13th Annual Summer Reading Contest.This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 5 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…
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…
How I Went From Hobbyist Programmer to Software Engineer II at...
Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…
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…
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How to Develop an Inclusive and Productive Corporate Training Strategy for...
Given that there are as many as five generations to be found in the contemporary workforce, you must factor in not only individual learning and communication styles, perspectives, and work habits but also those that are broadly characteristic of each generation. Participating in a survey of 5,598 employers in 36 OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
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…
Word of the Day: bequeath
bequeath bi-ˈkwēth verb: leave or give by will after one’s death_________The word bequeath has appeared in seven articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 7 in “New England’s Forests Are Sick. They Need More Tree Doctors” by Marguerite Holloway:In the United States, families own 35 or so percent of forests…
What’s new on Coursera for Business – January 2020
By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant 2020 is already proving to be an exciting year for skill development on Coursera. Our university and industry partners launched over 60 courses in January – an average of 2 courses per day. Our new courses range in topic from IT automation and feature engineering to visual analytics,…
Digest # 144: Talking to Kids about Race
We know that kids notice race, and pretending to be color blind just does not work. We all have implicit biases, even if we don’t want them and are not explicitly biased. However, it is difficult for adults to talk about race issues, and teaching our kids about them can seem even more daunting. So,…
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Word of the Day: mangrove
This word has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Word + Quiz: expedient
expedient ik-ˈspē-dē-ənt adjective and nounadjective: appropriate to a purpose; practicaladjective: serving to promote your interestnoun: a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one_________The word expedient has appeared in 46 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Oct. 13 in “Using the Pandemic as an Opportunity to Lose…
Word of the Day: fusillade
This word has appeared in 21 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
7 Reasons to Join the 5am Club
Do you aspire to occupy the corner office? Is your dream to be a successful entrepreneur, businessperson, or renowned industry leader? Have you set your sights on the ultimate success in sports, arts or in your field of interest? The secret to success, if you ask anyone in any industry, is being a member of…
What Should Be Done With Art That Offends? Students Debate.
Teenagers discuss how a school should handle murals depicting slavery that some students and administrators say are racist.
How The New York Times for Kids Explains the Capitol Attack
Grappling with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is hard enough for adults. How do you help children make sense of it? Two articles appearing this weekend in The New York Times for Kids, a section that runs the last Sunday of every month as part of the print newspaper, tackle that challenge. The…