Birthdays
How do you celebrate your birthday? Do you have any routines or rituals that you save especially for this day? A particular meal you eat? An activity you do? A group of people you spend the day with? What has been your most memorable birthday celebration and why?Tell us in the comments, then read the…
FutureLearn’s 2019: Year in Review
In 2019, FutureLearn received £50M ($65M) in funding and launched Unlimited, an annual subscription for its entire catalog. The total number of learners on FutureLearn’s platform grew to over 10 million, up from 8.7 million in 2018. On average, each learner has enrolled in 2.5 courses. 35 million comments have been posted on FutureLearn since…
When Has Starting Over Worked for You?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Are you the kind of person who makes goals, plans and resolutions? What do you tend to do if they don’t work out?Would you say you’re more likely to learn from what went wrong and try again — or do you tend to give the whole idea up entirely?In…
From MOOCs to Mastery: How Patrick Surrett Found his Perfect Fit...
For Patrick Surrett, pursuing an MBA wasn’t just about adding a credential to his resume—it was about lifelong learning, growth, and finding a community. His journey to the University of Illinois Gies College of Business iMBA was anything but traditional. Having initially enrolled in a different online MBA program, Patrick discovered the Gies iMBA through…
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…
100 Raccoons
The Times reported on a woman who called 911 when a horde of raccoons showed up in her yard. Make up a story that explains how and why they got there.
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Books vs. Screens
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.What story does this image inspire for you?Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration — or tell us about a memory from your own life that this…
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? | May 11, 2026
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
The Forgotten History Of The Women Who Programmed The First Modern...
The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer was programmed by a group of six women.It’s an assignment that any developer today would be thrilled to take on: Program the world’s first modern computer — completely from scratch.In 1943, six women were recruited to figure out how to program the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, a.k.a. “the…
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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Dartmouth announces first fully online degree on Coursera to expand access...
Only online Ivy League master’s in computer engineering aims to prepare the next generation of engineering leaders and combat talent shortage driven by the CHIPS Act By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer at Coursera Dartmouth has partnered with Coursera to launch a fully online Master of Engineering in Computer Engineering (online MEng) for $44,100,…
Is Vandalism a Problem in Your School?
Do students at your school damage the bathrooms or other spaces on campus? Do they steal school property? If so, what does your school do about it?Are you aware of the recent TikTok trend that encourages school vandalism and theft? In “TikTok’s Latest Craze: Stealing Stuff From School,” Giulia Heyward writes about how schools are…
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: illustrious
The word illustrious has appeared in 92 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 2 in “Broadway’s Cort Theater Will Have a New Name: James Earl Jones” by Michael Paulson:The organization said Wednesday that it would name the Cort Theater, a landmark 110-year-old house located on West 48th Street, after Jones, a…
When Do You Become an Adult?
Find all our Student Opinion questions here.Do you think there is a certain age when someone becomes an adult? How can you know what that age is?What are the privileges associated with adulthood in your state or country? What are the responsibilities?What about within your family? Are you expected to do certain “adult” things by…