Unlock the Power of Data with Python: University of Michigan Offers...
Python is one of the fastest-growing programming languages, and a main driver of its popularity is data science. Due to its easy learning curve, a rich set of libraries and tools, and strong community support, Python is used widely by data scientists. The University of Michigan has launched two new Python Specializations in partnership with…
Piece together the physical world: Engineering at UniSA
If you’ve got big ideas and a keen interest in how things work, you might find a great career fit in engineering. In studying an Associate Degree in Engineering from the University of South Australia, you’ll be able to channel your energy into improving people’s everyday lives, as well as specialise in an area you’re…
Learning With: ‘LeBron James Opened a School That Was Considered an...
3. Why are parents considered a key to success? Give three examples of ways the school involves parents. 4. According to the author, the school produced extraordinary results in the first set of district assessments. What did those tests measure? How did those results compare with schools nationally? 5. How were students selected for I…
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…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Sept. 21, 2020
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.1. After looking closely at the image above (or at the full-size image), think about these three questions:2. Next, join the conversation by clicking on the comment button and posting in the box that opens on the 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…
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What’s Going On in This Graph? | Oct. 21, 2020
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.This interactive map, showing the greatest climate threat by county in the United States, appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. By Friday morning, Oct. 23, we will provide the “Reveal” — the map’s free online link, additional background and questions,…
How Much Do You Know About the Maldives?
Can you find the Maldives on a map? What else do you know about this island nation with 540,000 people?
Our 2nd Annual STEM Writing Contest
Do I need a Works Cited page?Yes. We provide you with a separate field to list the sources you used to write your essay. You’re allowed to format your list however you want; we will not judge your entry based on formatting in this section. Internal citations are not necessary.Can I have someone else check…
3 Project Management Skills That Can Help in Any Role
If you’ve ever worked on a project that was led by a project manager, you might’ve marveled at how they stay so organized, maintain calm in high-pressure situations, and keep everyone on schedule. Project managers use a variety of skills and processes to plan and oversee a project’s many moving pieces and keep things running…
Can Machines be Creative? An Interview with Jeongki Lim: Instructor, Creativity...
Jeongki Lim is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management, and the instructor for the new Creativity and A.I. Specialization from Parsons School of Design, The New School. In this intermediate-level, three-course Specialization, learners develop critical perspectives on creativity and machine learning through design research. Jeongki’s research focuses on computational creativity, complexity, and design-led…
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…
Past Stories
Word of the Day: tremulous
This word has appeared in 11 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
How Young Is Too Young for an Apple Watch?
Do smart watches work as training wheels for a smartphone? Or do they just hook children on technology at an even earlier age?
How Much Have You Learned About Black History?
In “How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters Now,” Veronica Chambers and Jamiel Law tell the story about how Black History Month came to be:Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years. But what is it, exactly, and how did it begin?In the…
Word of the Day: nonchalantly
The word nonchalantly has appeared in 46 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 2 in “Timothée Chalamet Keeps It Playful in Buttery Suit” by Sadiba Hasan:A best actor nominee for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in the biopic “A Complete Unknown,” Chalamet, 29, nonchalantly bobbed down the red carpet, hands behind…
Song Lyric Topic Analysis Livestream
It's said that popular music is a reflection of society, a barometer for our collective wants, fears, and emotional states. Others are of the belief that music is more a reflection of the artist, a diary that's been flung from the nightstand drawer into the media frenzy of our modern world. In either case, music…
DIGITAL WORKPLACE PROS AND CONS
The world is currently a global village thanks to technology and several innovations. Circumstances motivated some of these developments; different challenges led to different discoveries and innovations at different eras. After all, finding solutions to problems and challenges is what technology is all about.Now, more than ever before, especially with the COVID19 experience, the use…