Jewish Telegraphic Agency

For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth

Alon Gildoni and Ron Milo turned a Passover question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world ...
Poynter

Teach with Fact-Checking Lesson Plans

Teachers, learn more about our lesson plans with media literacy tips — like how to spot AI-generated content — to help students debunk or verify information they see online. MediaWise, in partnership ...
People

Why 2 Former Georgia Prosecutors Say Teens Accused in Prank-Gone-Wrong that Killed Teacher Shouldn't Be Charged (Exclusive)

Jason Hughes died after accidentally being run over while students toilet papered his house as a prank gofundme The five high school students charged in connection with a prank that turned deadly in ...
The New York Times

The Lesson of A.I. Literacy Class: Don’t Let the Chatbot Think for You

Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots. By Natasha Singer Reporting from North Star Academy ...
Inc

Sahil Bloom Just Shared a ‘Major Cheat Code for Life.’ It’s a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence

Sahil Bloom is an expert at recovering from failure. In 2012, while pitching for Stanford’s baseball team on a nationally televised game on ESPN, Bloom gave up a grand slam that cost his team the game ...
GeekWire

Code.org lays off 18 employees ‘to ensure long-term sustainability’ at education nonprofit

Seattle-based Code.org laid off 18 employees, or about 14% of its staff, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire on Wednesday. Following the cuts, Code.org’s staff now numbers 107. “Code.org has made the ...
GameSpot

Borderlands 4 Shift Codes: All Active Keys And How To Redeem Them

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Borderlands games are all about chasing down rare loot, and for Borderlands 4, players can once again expect to plug in some Shift codes to grab an ...
The New York Times

Texas A&M Was Wrong to Fire Professor Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules

The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination. By Alan Blinder A Texas A&M University ...
PBS

A Swim Lesson

Watching a child learn how to swim is like witnessing a great opera. The maestro of this emotional orchestra is Bill Marsh. Swimming is the closest human beings will ever get to flying. And there is ...
Government Technology

Code.org Initiative to Expand Digital Literacy Beyond Coding

Over a decade after introducing students to the fundamentals of computer science through its Hour of Code campaign, education nonprofit Code.org is broadening its reach with a new program that bridges ...
GeekWire

Code.org CEO rips NY Times for stoking ‘populist fears’ over computer science jobs and AI

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...