Can You Identify the Literary Names and Titles Adopted by These...
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s challenge celebrates allusions to characters and plots from classic novels found in music and television. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 28, 2021
4. After you have posted, read what others have said, then respond to someone else by posting a comment. Use the “Reply” button to address that student directly.On Wednesday, April 28, teachers from our collaborator, the American Statistical Association, will facilitate this discussion from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern time.5. By Friday morning, April…
Word of the Day: obscurity
The word obscurity has appeared in 146 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Aug. 26 in “A Mongolian Marathoner’s Secret Weapon? Staying Power” by Scott Cacciola:Long before Ser-Od Bat-Ochir became one of the most prolific distance runners in the world, he planted himself on the start line of the Hong Kong Marathon…
A Letter From a ‘Loser’
We are honoring the Top 9 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Anya Wang, age 16.
COVID-19: LA PANDEMIA QUE TODOS NOS QUIEREN COBRAR
A nivel mundial se ha vivido una pandemia que sin duda todos conocemos, ante esta situación hemos entrando en una serie de gastos que no esperábamos, como por ejemplo: mascarillas, guantes, antibacterial, limpiadores, incluso hemos añadido más gastos, porque sin duda todo lo que usas se debe lavar al instante. Muchas personas lamentablemente han perdido…
Should Schools Teach Mindfulness?
Have you ever tried mindfulness or meditation, practices that focus on the present moment and being aware of your thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations? If so, what was it like for you? If not, does it sound like something you’d like to try? Do you think that such practices have a place in schools? Why…
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What’s new on Coursera for Business – December 2019
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When Should School Mask Mandates Be Lifted?
What are the mask rules in your school right now? Do you think they need to change?As the surge in coronavirus cases brought by the Omicron variant recedes across the United States, governors in several states have started lifting mask mandates for indoor public spaces and schools. Public health experts disagree on whether these changes…
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…