Browsing: Education
One of MacKenzie Scott’s latest donations takes her HBCU giving to well over $1 billion
MacKenzie Scott has continued her giving spree to historically Black colleges and universities, and earlier this year she crossed a…
America has spent decades building a sprawling higher-education system around a steady supply of college-age students. Now, there are about…
Classroom devices deprive kids of skills needed in the AI future and how to be ‘fully human’
As the new school year begins, the debate over digital versus analog learning rages on, while more school districts reconsider…
Mathematicians grapple with a ‘very rapid and very unsettling change’ as AI cracks yet another century-old problem
On Sunday afternoon, while the rest of the world’s eyes were glued to the World Cup final, an AI model…
AI is boosting student homework scores, but tanking exam performances even years after adoption
Students using AI shortcuts for their homework may be sacrificing their test scores—even years down the line. New research published…
Oscar-winning director behind ‘The Odyssey,’ Christopher Nolan, was once rejected from film school
The opening weekend for The Odyssey was nothing short of epic. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old tale brought…
America’s math and reading scores tanked after schools ditched textbooks for screens—and AI could worsen the brain rot
At the turn of the century, educational technology initiatives put laptop keyboards at the fingertips of U.S. schoolchildren. Now, 25…
Why has a college degree become akin to an unaffordable luxury for millions of Americans?I am a scholar of the…
Americans are quietly abandoning the daily habit that billionaires say set them up for success
Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey all share a daily habit that most Americans have quietly abandoned: reading books.…
Anduril’s billionaire founder warns U.S. colleges are falling behind China—where students are learning AI
As competition between the U.S. and China intensifies in artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, Anduril founder Palmer Luckey believes the…












