The Times Is Turning 175. What’s Your Favorite Piece You’ve Taught...
Whether it’s old or new, or an article, essay, photo, video, podcast, graph or illustration, we’d love to hear what’s been most useful to you.
Teach Writing With The New York Times: A Free School-Year Curriculum...
The New York Times publishes more than 1,400 articles and Opinion pieces every week, on topics ranging from science to sports, politics to pop culture, foreign affairs to food and fashion. They’re written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists here at The Times, but also by outside contributors, from authors like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, statesmen like President…
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 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: pirouette
This word has appeared in 21 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year. Can you use it in a sentence?
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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From Civil Engineering to Leadership through an Online MSc in Management
Rebin Zahid, a civil engineer based in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, has spent more than a decade navigating the complexities of oil and gas construction projects. But in 2024, he decided it was time for something more—a shift not just in title, but in mindset. “I’ve worked through the details of construction—machinery, concrete, everything,” says Rebin. “But…
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? | Feb. 12, 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…
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…
Industry Corner Spotlight: Occupational Therapist
Occupational therapy is a vital field that often goes unnoticed, yet it plays a pivotal role in helping individuals regain their independence, autonomy, and overall quality of life. To understand the impact occupational therapists have on the lives of their patients, we’re shining the spotlight on Petunia Lemekoana, a dedicated occupational therapist with years of…
Word of the Day: extrapolate
The word extrapolate has appeared in 32 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 27 in “‘The Beanie Bubble’ Review: Caught in a Fad Romance” by Calum Marsh:Much of the film’s running time is dedicated to graphics detailing Beanie Baby sales figures, archival news footage showing mall shoppers going crazy and oversimplified…
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Behind the Curtain
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.What do you think this GIF is saying? 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 in the comments,…
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…
Is Your School Facing Shortages Because of the Pandemic?
As schools return to in-person learning, many are experiencing shortages, which means they don’t have enough of something. In a recent New York Times article, the writer Giulia Heyward describes some of them:In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker is activating the National Guard to help with the shortage in bus drivers. In North Carolina, legislators are…
How much do Data Engineers make?
As businesses create more data and increasingly rely on it to improve processes, the data engineering field is rising to the occasion. Every digital process — from advertising to recruiting talent to the sales funnel — creates more valuable data. Businesses need Data Engineers to help analyze it.On average, Data Engineers make about $126,635 per…
The best paying jobs in Nigeria
The typical Nigerian worker earns between N30,000 and N200,000 per month but there are certain professionals and specialists that make millions of naira every month. The salary of any high-paying job in Nigeria is significantly dependent on education, skills, and experience. In fact, to get to the top of the salary pyramid of any high-income…
Front end vs. back end: Where should you start?
You may have heard the phrases “front end” and “back end” being tossed around in reference to programming before. If you are new to programming, you might be wondering what these terms actually mean.At a high level, the "front end" is what visitors or users will see when they interact with a program, application, or…