Animals California is Meant to Burn ‘California is meant to burn’: Experts teach landowners art of prescribed burns The prescribed burn begins on a California hill with a drip torch to light brush, needles and fallen branches, the flames spreading out on the forest floor far below the tree canopy. Students on this Saturday class learn how to keep the […]
Blog No Devices In School Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough. A new regulation this school year forbids cellphone use during instructional hours or in a school setting. Middle-schoolers now must keep phones stowed in their lockers. High school students may carry phones — and use them during lunch or between classes — but not in […]
Animals Dogs of Chernobyl Can the dogs of Chernobyl teach us new tricks on survival? Scientists are studying hundreds of dogs at the Chernobyl disaster site that have managed to survive in extremely harsh conditions More than 35 years after the world’s worst nuclear accident, the dogs of Chernobyl roam among decaying, abandoned buildings in and around the closed […]
Blog Barney the Purple Dinosaur is Back and has a New Look Barney is back, and while Mattel has not yet officially confirmed it, we’re guessing he still loves you. Toy giant Mattel (MAT) announced Monday that Barney, the friendly (and, let’s be honest, cringe-worthy to a large group of Millennials who watched him as pre-schoolers, and to their parents) purple dinosaur is making a triumphant […]
Animals Barney the Purple Dinosaur is Back and has a New Look Barney is back, and while Mattel has not yet officially confirmed it, we’re guessing he still loves you. Toy giant Mattel (MAT) announced Monday that Barney, the friendly (and, let’s be honest, cringe-worthy to a large group of Millennials who watched him as pre-schoolers, and to their parents) purple dinosaur is making a triumphant […]
Blog Jobs Without a Degree? Georgia Senate advances bill cutting college degree requirements for state jobs GA would join states such as CO and MD in eliminating some degree requirements A Georgia Senate committee is advancing a bill that would instruct an agency to examine qualifications for state government jobs and not require a college degree unless truly necessary. The […]
Blog Coding Should be Taught Early Apple CEO Tim Cook says coding should be taught as early as elementary school: ‘It’s the most important language you can learn’ Apple CEO Tim Cook discussed the metaverse and more in an interview Friday with Dutch news outlet Bright. Cook told the outlet that programming is the “most important language you can learn.” Apple […]
Blog McDonald’s Giving Out Free Meals To Teachers and Staff This Week Across The Country Teachers are going to get a little extra lovin’ this week with free breakfast “Thank You” meals from McDonald’s as a token of appreciation. Any educator, including teachers, administrators, and school staff can go to McDonald’s from October 11 to October 15 to receive their breakfast meal, McDonald’s said in a news release Friday. […]
Business Anti-Plagiarism Tool Google has announced the launch of a new tool aimed at detecting when students submit work that is not their own, thrusting itself into long-running debates over how to root out plagiarism while also protecting students’ privacy and teaching them how to responsibly cite others’ work. “We realized we had a real opportunity to approach […]