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American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are p
24+ min ago (957+ words) For more than a decade, a trend has emerged in standardized testing data for students in Utah. After years of increasing reading and math scores, results from the state's National Assessment of Educational Progress testing for 4th and 8th graders have shown…...
This laughable ending to an ugly Epstein scandal laid bare a dark reality
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (1201+ words) By Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University. Economist Larry Summers will resign from his tenured job as a professor at Harvard University, the school announced on Feb. 25, 2026, following heightened scrutiny of his ties with the…...
An Ohio newspaper has a new star writer. It isn’t human.
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (833+ words) The Plain Dealer, Cleveland's largest newspaper, has begun to feature a new byline. On recent articles about an ice carving festival, a medical research discovery and a roaming pack of chicken-slaying dogs, a reporter's name is paired with the words…...
Rat catchers, powder monkeys, and resurrectionists: 20 jobs that no longer exist
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (1734+ words) The current labor market is struggling due to factors such as the implementation of AI, creating uncertainty about the future of many jobs. AI experts have even predicted the technology's takeover of blue-collar jobs in the near future. But this…...
A charismatic educator, a connected consultant and an AI deal that failed L.A. schools
7+ hour, 2+ min ago (1463+ words) Alberto Carvalho and Debra Kerr's roots date back to their days together in the Florida education community. Carvalho was the charismatic leader of Miami-Dade County schools, and Kerr was a well-known figure in the private sector, working for firms doing…...
Tech investor Bill Gurley says people who don’t love their jobs are most at risk of losing them to AI
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (430+ words) Passion could be the best defense against AI taking your job, Bill Gurley says. "The people that are most at risk are the ones that are sitting idly in the job and don't really have a why or a purpose…...
Hegseth bans military from attending Princeton, Columbia, other elite universities: ‘Wokeness and weakness’
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (278+ words) Secretary of War'Pete Hegseth'on Friday said he was ordering the "complete and immediate cancellation" of all Department of War attendants at universities like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, starting with the 2026-27 academic year. Hegseth…...
I landed a job by cold emailing the CEO. Nothing else worked for me.
11+ hour, 10+ min ago (803+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cathy Xie, a 25-year-old marketing professional based in Toronto. It's been edited for length and clarity. I remember opening my laptop about a month into my job hunt, seeing yet another…...
Japanese Students Can Now Go to a Virtual ‘Cram School’ Where Every Teacher Is a Waifu
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (186+ words) Japan's cram school industry is now using teachers posing as anime avatars to teach children. Surely, this is going to go well, and those kids are going to walk away very normal. If you're not aware, cram schools are essentially…...
It’s March. Do You Know Where Your Children Are Going to Camp?
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (1301+ words) The Forest Hills Parents Facebook group is always active, but the weeks after Christmas are especially busy. Parents of young children in the family-friendly Queens neighborhood flood the group with questions about summer camp: Are there good options nearby? What…...