What’s Going On in This Picture? | Oct. 3, 2022
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Jan. 6, 2025
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
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…
Want A Job In AI? Here Are The Languages & Skills...
The rise of AI technology like ChatGPT is revolutionizing not only how we do our jobs, but also what types of jobs we can get. For budding technologists or job seekers, the AI boom means there are even more opportunities to have careers that touch this cutting-edge tech field. In the past year, the number…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 3, 2019
Students 1. This graph shows the average date of the “first leaf” appearance — a sign that spring has sprung. The graph originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 4, we will provide additional background about the graph as well as relevant statistical concepts. After looking closely at the graph above,…
The Most Important Thing You Can Do To Future-Proof Your Career
The tech industry has always been in a constant state of change — that’s one reason why it’s so exciting and rewarding to have a career in tech that puts you at the forefront of innovation. But recently, as the biggest organizations in tech adjust to economic turmoil and cut back on hiring, all this…
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What Problem in Your Community Would You Want to Address?
New York City didn’t have a portal to help people find affordable housing. So these teenagers made one.
Announcing four new entry-level certificates and Universal Skills scholarship program from...
In collaboration with Women In Cloud, Microsoft will award more than 5,000 scholarships by 2025 for all official Microsoft programs on Coursera By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today, we’re thrilled to announce that three new entry-level Professional Certificates are now available from Microsoft: IT Support Specialist, Cloud Support Associate and Business Analyst.…
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…
Forgetting What You Study? Tips To Remember What You Learn
If you feel like you often sit down and study only to completely forget what you learn, you’re going to want to hear this. Barb Oakley, a professor of engineering at Oakland University, has taught more than two million students on Coursera how to make the most of their study time. Below, Barb details why…
Lesson Plan: ‘Some Kids Play Sports. These Kids Train Wild Horses.’
In this lesson, students will learn about a program to tame wild horses in a remote area of California. Then they’ll brainstorm ways to address problems in their communities.
How Much Do You Know About Togo?
Can you find Togo on a map? What else do you know about this African country with about 8 million people.
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How to Build a Daily Learning Habit (And Actually Stick to...
We all want to learn more, grow faster, and keep upskilling. But let’s be honest, building a consistent learning habit is tough. Life gets busy, motivation dips, and that TV show you’ve been binge-watching always seems to win. There’s good news, though. Building a daily learning habit doesn’t have to be hard. In fact, with…
Subway Ride
What story does this image inspire for you?Tell us about a memory from your own life that this illustration makes you think of — or use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem from the perspective of one of the people pictured.Tell us in the comments, then read the related…
How to Find Your Balance
This essay, by Chelsea Hu, 18, from Andover, Mass., is one of the Top 11 winners of The Learning Network’s new “How To” Informational Writing Contest for Teenagers.We are publishing the work of all the winners over the next several days, and you can find them here as they post. How to Find Your Balance“Find…
What Is Your Time Personality?
Experts say we see the clock in different ways. Are you always on time? Or do you see time as more of a suggestion?
Word of the Day: verbiage
verbiage ˈvər-bē-ij noun1. overabundance of words2. the manner in which something is expressed in words_________The word verbiage has appeared in 24 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on May 12 in “‘The Upshaws’ Is a Throwback Sitcom With Modern Views” by Max Gao:“The Upshaws” has plenty of classic sitcom DNA. Bennie’s…
Does Everyone Have a Responsibility to Vote?
Is it OK not to vote, or is voting a civic duty?