Word of the Day: vernal
The word vernal has appeared in 12 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 30 in “Gnocchi, Leeks, Soupy Greens: What Else Do You Need?” by Melissa Clark:Devouring mounds of spring greens, whether braised, boiled, stewed, sautéed or made into a tonic, is an age-old vernal tradition meant to fortify a body…
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: raucous
The word raucous has appeared in 323 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 11 in “Gotta Save the Castle? Start a Podcast” by Elizabeth Paton:The duchess still believes in primogeniture, or the right of succession belonging to the firstborn son, and doesn’t think that her other four children would want the…
Teenagers as Critics: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing a Review
OverviewSo you want to write a review. Whether you are planning on entering our Student Review Contest, writing an assignment for class, or submitting a piece to a school, local or online publication, this guide can help.We’ll walk you through the review-writing process, from brainstorming a topic to experiencing a work as a critic, to…
Our Ninth Annual Student Editorial Contest
What makes you mad?What would you like to see change?What do you wish more people understood?Over the last eight years, tens of thousands of teenagers from around the world have answered these questions in the form of short opinion essays submitted to our annual spring Editorial Contest.They’ve made compelling arguments on issues big and small,…
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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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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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…
Do You Enjoy Keeping Secrets?
Can I tell you a secret? Do you promise not to tell?How often have you heard or spoken those words?What was the last big secret you knew? Was it your own or someone else’s? How hard was it to not blurt it out?In “The Quiet Thrill of Keeping a Secret,” Catherine Pearson writes about new…
Free January 2021 Wallpaper & Instagram quote
January 1, 2021 Our free January 2021 wallpaper is here! Can you believe is already 2021? We are starting this year with some delicate flowers and marble texture. I didn’t even know that I like the pink/grey color combination so much, but I fell in love with it when I was putting this month wallpaper…
Home-Schooling
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.A recent Times article profiled nine families who have been happily home-schooling their children since before the pandemic began.Now that you’ve likely had a taste of learning from home, do you wish your family had always home-schooled…
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Best Pizza?
Do you like pizza? What, in your opinion, is the best kind? Where is the best pizza in your area? And finally, what is the best slice of pizza you’ve ever eaten, and what made it so good?Describe all this in vivid detail in the comments, then take a look at this related slide show…
Unlocking a world of opportunities for LATAM learners and institutions
By Jeff Maggionalda, CEO of Coursera Latin America is one of the world’s most vibrant regions, with a youth population exceeding 160 million. With its rapid growth, the region has struggled to keep pace with access to education: less than 20% of the young and adult population have completed higher education. With Coursera serving 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…
EduTech Sydney 2019: A summary of FutureLearn’s learnings
Author: Fiona Reay, Development Partnership Lead at FutureLearn Highlights of the EduTech conference included Sir Ken Robinson advocating for a further shift of the education system to no longer teach purely knowledge and subjects in schools, rather disciplines and competencies like team work, communication, resilience, creativity, etc. Josh Nester (Education Director at SEEK and board…
These latest courses, Specialization, and Professional Certificates from Extended Reality (XR)...
With more world-class content launching every week, there are always new topics to explore, new skills to learn and new ways to achieve your goals. These latest courses, Specialization, and Professional Certificates cover everything from Extended Reality (XR) and customer service to project management and AI. What will you learn next? AI for Good Specialization…
Lesson of the Day: ‘The Original Renegade’
Find all our Lessons of the Day here.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “The Original Renegade” by Taylor LorenzHow many times in the last week have you, or someone around you, done the Renegade dance? Can you remember where you first saw the dance? Do you know who created the Renegade?If you are not familiar with the dance,…