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…
Should We Still Label Children as ‘Gifted’?
School districts across the United States are wrestling with the benefits and drawbacks of providing advanced education for some students. What do you think?
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 You Should Consider Mentoring Other Developers
No matter how smart, driven, or talented you are, everyone could use a little help. If you've got some experience under your belt and you're considering mentoring other developers, you may be surprised to learn that it can often be a case of “who saved who?” Meaning: You can get as many benefits as your…
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…
2024 in Pictures
Which of the images in this Times collection best capture how you’ll remember this year?
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How I Went from Drum Teacher to Software Engineer in 12...
Learning to code so that you can land a job in tech can feel daunting. That’s why we’re sharing inspiring stories from Codecademy’s community — to show how people like you (yes, you!) can embark on a learning journey and end up with a totally new career. We hope these stories serve as a reminder…
Defying the Odds: Kelia Conteh Jr. CEM’s Journey Through Online Learning
In the heart of Sierra Leone, during the devastating Ebola outbreak of 2014, a story of determination, resilience, and transformation unfolded. This is the journey of Kelia Conteh Jr. CEM, a young man who dared to embrace online learning at a time when it was met with scepticism and mistrust in his country. His story…
Word of the Day: gulag
This word has appeared in 43 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
Word + Quiz: mordant
mordant ˈmȯr-dᵊnt adjective and noun adjective: harshly ironic or sinister adjective: of a substance, especially a strong acid, capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action noun: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process _________ The word mordant has appeared in 55 articles on…
Word + Quiz: garbled
: lacking orderly continuityThe word garbled has appeared in 35 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Jan. 28 in “Letter of Recommendation: Lip Reading” by Jake Nevins:The name is itself a misnomer, since lips aren’t read in any conventional sense of the word. The best lip readers are said to pick up…
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…
Past Stories
Coursera’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine
By Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO We are devastated and outraged by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine and our ultimate concern is for the safety of the people in that region. Coursera believes learning is the source of human progress and we are committed to ensuring learners everywhere have access to the highest…
How To Use Data To Support and Upskill Underperformers
Underperformance isn’t always about employees being lazy or unable to do their jobs. It can also be a misalignment in skills vs role, poor awareness of the company’s vision, lack of confidence in their abilities, or feelings of disengagement. If we dig deeper again, too often we’ll find that underperformance is actually rooted in the…
Weekly Accessible Learning Activities: Chance Encounters, Quitting and a Shower Bus
Each Wednesday we shine a spotlight on five student activities that support a broad range of learners. In this week’s roundup of accessible activities, we invite students to learn about how a shower bus helps those without access, share about a chance encounter, reflect on when it’s good to quit, look closely at an intriguing…
Our Eighth Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge
Please don’t forget: Every year, we have to disqualify many participants who fail to heed these three rules.3. Work alone, with a partner or in a group.4. Only one submission per student.If you submit as part of a group, you cannot enter separately as an individual.5. Your video should be no more than 15 seconds,…
Word of the Day: caveat emptor
The term caveat emptor has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 26 in “Rising Fares, Low-Cost Airlines: Navigating the New Reality in the Sky” by Elaine Glusac:American carriers aren’t the only ones vying for your business. A growing number of low-cost carriers — including foreign entries — are…
Alison’s Coronavirus Course Translators: Charles Abrahams
To help the world combat the Covid-19 pandemic, Alison launched the course Coronavirus – What you need to know. In order to make sure that no one was excluded from accessing possibly life-saving information, Alison committed to translating the course into as many languages as possible. To achieve this ambitious goal, Alison reached out to its community of…