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…
Wildlife in Winter
Wolves, whales, bison, owls, sea lions and wild horses: these are just some of the animals you can see in different places across the U.S. right now. Where do you live, and what can you see — whether in your own backyard, in a nearby forest, desert, pond, lake or ocean — this season?Do you…
Redefine What’s Possible With Coursera
Every day, 43 million (and counting!) Coursera learners are redefining what’s possible. From dorm rooms to lunch breaks, learners like Emmanuel, Kelly, Tristen, and Kara saw the opportunity to take a goal and turn it into a new reality. We’re proud to be a global community where anyone, anywhere can come to Coursera to find…
Money and Tears
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 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…
Cookie Collection
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.For years Melissa Clark, a Times food writer, has been on a quest to make the most delicious cookie box to gift to loved ones during the holiday season. In the image above, you can see some…
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Jan. 13, 2025
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. (Students 13 and older are invited to comment, although teachers of younger students are welcome to post…
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What Have Your Friends Taught You About Life?
How do you think your interests and personality might be different without your friends’ influence?
The Life-Changing Magic of Being Messy
This essay, by Isabel Hwang, age 17, is one of the Top 12 winners of our Sixth Annual Student Editorial Contest, for which we received 10,509 entries. We are publishing the work of all the winners and runners-up this week, and you can find them here as they post. Excerpts from some will also be…
Summer Reading Contest Winner, Week 7: On ‘Should Board Gamers Play...
Thank you to the 1,249 teenagers who participated in the seventh week of our 10-week Summer Reading Contest, and congratulations to Amogh Dimri, our winner, as well as to our many runners-up and honorable mentions. Scroll down to take a look at the variety of topics — from magnetic liquid and mental health days to…
Word + Quiz: adage
adage ˈa-dij noun : a condensed but memorable saying that embodies some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people _________ The word adage has appeared in 99 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 25 in “Letting Go of the Sentimental but Not Very Comfortable…
Student Ability, Self-Regulated Spaced Practice, and Performance In Online Learning
Recording authentic student study behavior A recently published study by Carvalho, Sana, and Yan (1) contributes to the evidence base supporting spaced practice by approaching the question about the benefits of spaced practice differently: They recorded the authentic study behavior of students enrolled in an online course. The online course consisted of 12 units and…
New Coursera report shows that 95% of students and educators are...
By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera I’m excited to share Coursera’s first AI in Higher Education Report, exploring AI use and attitudes among students and educators globally. Capturing responses to a survey of over 4,200 university faculty and college students in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico, the…
Past Stories
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…
Lesson of the Day: ‘With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to...
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 2021.Lesson OverviewFeatured Article: “With Nowhere to Go, Teens Flock to Among Us” by Taylor LorenzAmong Us is a multiplayer game where four to 10 players are dropped onto an alien spaceship. Each player is designated a private role…
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: loquacious
The word loquacious has appeared in 30 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 29 in “Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’?” by Willy Staley:… What is, for me, one of the show’s most memorable scenes has no dialogue at all. Tony and his crew have just returned…
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? | March 25, 2024
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. (Students 13 and older are invited to comment, although teachers of younger students are welcome to post…