Student News Quiz for March 31-April 6
Above is an image related to one of the news stories we followed this past week. Do you know what it shows? At the bottom of this quiz, you'll find the answer.Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right.
Should More Sports Be Coed?
In korfball, men and women play together with equal respect and responsibility. Could games like this have benefits for players on and off the court?
Coursera and Udemy are now one company, creating the world’s most...
Today, I’m excited to share that we have completed the Coursera-Udemy combination, bringing together two mission-driven companies to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms.This marks an important step forward in our ability to better serve our learners, customers, partners, and instructors around the world. Together, we now reach over 290 million…
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…
Could You Ditch Your Phone for a Week?
A group of college students went on a tech fast for a week. Not only did they survive — they also learned more about themselves and the world around them.
Healthy Habits
It’s the start of the new year, a time when many recommit to healthy habits. But instead of asking you what you’d like to start doing, we’re asking what you already do to make yourself feel better. For instance, do you regularly stretch? Write in a journal? Eat a balanced diet? Make time for family…
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Teens Debate Whether It’s OK for Parents to Lie to Their...
Then there were those who didn’t care if their parents lied to them and didn’t want total transparency.I do not wish for my parents to be any more open and honest. In my life, my parents have never lied to me, they just have not told me things. I also do not wish for them…
Strange Cuisine
Do you like to get creative in the kitchen or at snack time? Have you ever made a unique food or drink concoction that excites or repulses your friends or family? Is there a food you love that many others can’t stomach? Tell us in the comments, then read the related article to learn more…
What Would You Like to Make?
What do you enjoy making by hand? Do you bake, embroider or draw? Create with wood, beads, leather, paper, yarn or metal?When was the last time you made something, just for the fun of it?For inspiration, take a look at a Times series called Art of Craft, which takes you inside the work spaces of…
Learning From Negative Reviews: ‘Aquaman’ and Mumble Rap
Consider this edition of Mentor Texts a companion to our piece on learning the basics of review writing, except in this one we take on a thorny question: What if you think the thing you’re reviewing is terrible? (Or, at least, not very good?) Well, as you’ll see when you read the two mentor texts…
Word + Quiz: insouciance
insouciance in-ˈsü-sē-ən(t)s , aⁿ-süs-ˈyäⁿs noun : a cheerful lack of concern _________ The word insouciance has appeared in 30 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 23 in “The Cannes Red Carpet Is So Much Better Than the Met Gala or the Oscars” by Vanessa Friedman: In the wake 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…
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Want To Be an Effective UX Researcher? You’ll Need to Understand...
Sometimes a website or app is so intuitive to use that you feel like it’s reading your thoughts and anticipating your needs in real time. But that seamless experience isn’t some kind of sorcery — it’s the result of user research.UX (short for “user experience”) Researchers study user behavior to identify potential pain points, and…
Courses to help you understand the modern world
In this post we share the best for courses for making sense of the modern world. In a world that only seems to get faster, more complicated and more confusing it can be hard to understand how modern issues affect you, and how you can respond. So to help, we’ve collected some of the best…
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…
Colorful Free Summer Bucket List Printable – Rainbow Edition
June 13, 2022 It is time to get the Summer bucket list ready so you can make the most of Summertime! You can still use our green version from last year (Perfect Free Summer Bucket List Printable), but I thought I’d put together one more color version for you. With this brightly colored, rainbow summer…
No-code vs. low-code: A guide to getting started
You may have heard the phrases “no-code” and “low-code” being used in reference to building software. If you’re new to the world of no-code/low-code, you might be wondering what these terms actually mean.At a high level, “no-code” is all about building software without writing any code. “Low-code” involves writing some code, usually when adding custom…
Live Webinar: Teach Profile Writing With The New York Times
Register for the live webinar on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 4 p.m. Eastern.How can writing profiles of local community members teach students useful skills like researching, asking effective questions, listening, note-taking, fact-checking, storytelling, connecting with experts and, of course, writing and editing with clarity, voice and style?In this webinar, we will introduce our brand-new Profile…