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 Builders & Users Can Help Tackle Racial Biases in AI...
AI is everywhere. It influences which words we use in texts and emails, how we get our news on X (formerly Twitter), and what we watch on Netflix and YouTube. (It’s even built into the Codecademy platform you use to learn technical skills.) As AI becomes a seamless part of our lives and jobs, it’s…
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…
Inside, Outside
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.What message do you think this image is trying to convey? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us in…
Do You Use Wordle in Your Classroom? Tell Us How!
We’d love to include your ideas in a forthcoming lesson plan.
Meet Sumudu Upatissa, our Sinhalese translator!
“My name is Sumudu and I am from Sri Lanka. I have a bachelor’s of science in Immunology and Integrative Molecular Biology and I am graduating this year. I’m always interested in conveying scientific information to the general public in order to pique their interest in science.” How did you learn that Alison was looking…
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Lesson of the Day: ‘After 17 Years Underground, Cicadas Stage a...
In this lesson, you will learn about cicadas and the hype over their emergence in several states. Then you will determine the degree to which you believe the hype is warranted.Warm UpThe article you will read today begins, “They break through the ground, like the undead emerging from graves.”How does that sentence make you feel?…
Summer Reading Contest, Week 4: What Got Your Attention in The...
Welcome to Week Four 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 July 8 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older…
EL MEDIO AMBIENTE ESTÁ DE LUTO EN SU DÍA
El 5 de junio se celebra el día Mundial del Medio Ambiente, se realizan actividades en todo el mundo en la cual se unen gobiernos, empresas, ciudadanos y/o celebridades en apoyo a este día. No obstante, este año trajo algunas noticias triste que sin duda nos hacen reflexionar y aumentar todas las iniciativas en pro…
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…
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Real-World Applications of Blockchain
Listen to Don Tapscott, a leading thinker on how technology impacts business, discusses the business problems that blockchain can solve. Want to hear more from Don? Enroll for free in his Real-World Business Problems Solved by Blockchain Specialization. Or if you’re a member of the press, set up an interview with Don or learn more…
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 Is Cybersecurity?
Cybersecurity professionals protect computer systems and networks from bad actors who disrupt services or steal sensitive information. Their responsibilities typically include:Educating a company's stakeholders on the importance of cybersecurity and information securityPlanning responses to cybersecurity breachesClosing gaps in computer network securityDefending against various cyberattacksMitigating known vulnerabilities in softwareDisaster recoveryCybersecurity as a concept covers everything from…
Ask a Software Engineer: Airbnb Edition 🏡
A Day in the Life of a Software Engineer (via Life of Luba) With Airbnb came a revolution of sorts in the world of vacation travel and culture. We sat down with Luba Yudasina, a YouTuber, an opera singer, and a Software Engineer on the Airbnb’s Homes Platform team, to discuss software engineering and 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…
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…