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[Birdbrain] is trying to make their own microfluidic devices. To aid in this quest, they need a quality microscope to see what they’re doing. Instead of buying one outright, they …read more Continue reading Cheap Microscope Can Take Amazing Images With Some Simple Upgrades
According to a new study, almost half of America’s new college graduates are winding up in jobs they didn’t need to go to college to get. CBS News reports: If a graduate’s first job is in a low-paying field or out-of-line with a worker’s interests, it … Continue reading Half of College Graduates Are Working High School Level Jobs
Dr. Ruth Gottesman, a longtime professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is making free tuition available to all students going forward. From a report: The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medic… Continue reading $1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
Primary school systems handle sensitive data concerning minors, while higher education institutions must safeguard intellectual property data, making them prime targets for cyberattacks, according to Trustwave. These attacks not only threaten the safet… Continue reading Cybersecurity crisis in schools
Since 2010, billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has offered to pay about 20 students $100,000 to drop out of school each year “to start companies or nonprofits,” reports the Wall Street Journal. His program has now backed 271 people, and this year th… Continue reading What Happened After Peter Thiel Paid 271 Students to Drop Out of College?
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: In 2012, Microsoft President Brad Smith unveiled Microsoft’s National Talent Strategy, which called for K-12 Computer Science education for U.S. schoolchildren to address a “talent crisis [that] endangers long-t… Continue reading New York Will Start Requiring Credentials for All CS Teachers
Stephanie Saul reports via the New York Times: Yale University will require standardized test scores for admission for students applying to enter for the class entering in the fall of 2025, becoming the second Ivy League university to abandon test-opti… Continue reading Yale Reinstates Standardized Test Requirement For Admission
If you need a potentiometer for a project, chances are pretty good that you’re not going to pick up a pencil and draw one. Then again, if you’re teaching someone …read more Continue reading A Classroom-Ready Potentiometer From Pencil and 3D Prints
A desktop companion. An open-source education platform. An AI-powered robotics lab. Doly is all that and more. Technology startup Limibit out of Ontario, Canada, has launched on Kickstarter to bring the cute lil buddy bot to life.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Adorable buddy bot aims for the hearts and minds of future roboticists
New York City’s public schools chancellor said the city did not pass Tuesday’s remote learning “test” due to technical issues. From a report: “As I said, this was a test. I don’t think that we passed this test,” David Banks said during a news briefing,… Continue reading NYC Fails Controversial Remote Learning Snow Day ‘Test,’ Public Schools Chancellor Says