Tag: Education
I had to turn down acceptances at Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins because I can’t take on interest-bearing loans — and I’m just on...
"I follow the religious mandate from the Quran of staying away from interest. So when it came to paying for school I had few options."
13 popular online courses that people enroll in and actually finish, according to Coursera
Looking to learn something new? Coursera shared with us a list of the most popular Coursera courses based on enrollment and completion rates.
A DC elementary school accidentally gave the wrong second-grader to a child-welfare worker
A child-welfare worker arrived at an elementary school last month to pick up a young student. The school brought out the wrong 8-year-old.
United is starting its own flight school to help recruit 10,000 new pilots amid global shortage
The airline said it expects to accomplish this within the next decade, while its regional partners could hire as many as double that.
2 women were killed and a toddler was wounded in a shooting at a Texas A&M University residence hall in Commerce, Texas
Police have not yet said whether a suspect is in custody after a shooting at the Pride Rock Residence Hall at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Online learning platform Udemy is discounting all kinds of courses right now, from Python programming to digital marketing
If your New Year's resolution was to learn a new skill, Udemy is a great place to start. Right now, courses like Python programming are under $30.
There’s a popular betting website that shows the likelihood of political events — here’s what it says about Trump’s impeachmen...
On the website PredictIt, people can place bets with real US dollars on big political events — including Trump's impeachment hearings.
Lego makes STEAM education fun with Spike Prime, a learning tool that combines Lego bricks with computer programming
Lego latest education-focused toy combines its trademark bricks with computer programming. Here's how this STEAM-based teaching tool works.
I signed up for an Italki account to see why it’s a leading platform for online language learning — here’s how it works
Italki is an online language learning platform that uses a different strategy than apps that just use gamification to teach languages to its users.
Black students say a teacher compared them to monkeys in front of their classmates. Now their parents are suing.
The parents of four black high school students in New York are planning to file a $12 million lawsuit against the district.