As a professor, I had my college students write thank-you letters. The exercise renewed my faith in young people.

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A professor told her students to write "thank you" notes.

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Our son attends local classrooms while we travel. We noticed primary schools in Europe let kids be kids.

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Lana Katsaros and her husband homeschool their son.

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With AI writing so much code, should you still study computer science? This new data point provides an answer.

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John DeNero, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Lilt and Computer Science Teaching Professor at UC Berkeley
John DeNero, Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Lilt and Computer Science Teaching Professor at UC Berkeley

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I'm a British mom living in the US. In the UK kids get a shorter summer break and have mandatory uniforms.

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Most kids in the UK wear a school uniform.

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A teacher invented a bunch of fake slang words to trick his Gen Z students. Now some of those words have caught on.

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Sam Salem
Sam Salem.

Sam Salem

Billionaire CEO gifts 1,200 UMass grads 'envelopes full of cash' totaling about $1.2 million — but there's a catch

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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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Some college graduates only need to make a $50,000 salary for a decade for their degrees to be worth it

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Some public university graduates only need to earn $50,000 for a decade to make college worth it.

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Recent South Dakota policy threatens professors who include their pronouns or tribal affiliations over email. It's part of a concerning 'longer-term agenda' overtaking the US.

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The University of South Dakota is enacting a discriminatory policy against professors who choose to express their pronouns and tribal affiliations via email signature.

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Keep your diploma — Gen Z prefers a toolbelt

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A participant's tool belt - one of the required materials, at the Table Saw Fundamentals class at the Hammerstone School of Carpentry for Women in Trumansburg, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022.
As Gen Z enters the workforce, many are forgoing four-year college degrees in favor of tech training and trade school.

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A tax on millionaires might soon pay for universal free community college in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts proposed state budget includes plans for free community college.
Massachusetts proposed state budget includes plans for free community college.

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