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6 votes
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Kentucky approves bill to make 'doxing' illegal after Covington student's online backlash
4 votes -
Pakistan opens public school for transgender students
11 votes -
Getting rich teaching Hong Kong's kids
4 votes -
Climate change: Angela Merkel welcomes school strikes
11 votes -
US fake university racket: Students had no way to check Farmington's authenticity
5 votes -
I want to get into IT as a career, but I have no previous experience. What essential skills should I know?
I've recently started taking some IT and programming classes at a local college because I've always been interested in IT as a career but I've never had any sort of professional experience in the...
I've recently started taking some IT and programming classes at a local college because I've always been interested in IT as a career but I've never had any sort of professional experience in the field. Are there any skills that I need to definitely know, or any sort of certifications that I can get in order to get my foot in the door and start applying for IT focused jobs?
24 votes -
Despite Massive Fundraising Campaign, Bennett College Accreditation Has Been Pulled
3 votes -
Oakland, Los Angeles and more to come: Why teachers keep going on strike
6 votes -
American History Textbooks' Lies: Everything Your Teacher Got Wrong - Myths, Education (1995)
9 votes -
Tildes folks, are you learning another language or multilingual?
pretty straightforward ask. i have some basic, rusty Spanish (on and off learning) and a bit of Esperanto to my name (currently learning) but not much else eventually i want to speak French...
pretty straightforward ask. i have some basic, rusty Spanish (on and off learning) and a bit of Esperanto to my name (currently learning) but not much else
eventually i want to speak French conversationally since my boyfriend can and i think it'd be neat to converse with him in more than English, but that's a long term goal.
33 votes -
British Columbia ending interest on new and existing student loans
10 votes -
W.Va. teachers go on strike over state education bill
8 votes -
Mother upset after son kicked out of class over pledge of allegiance
18 votes -
After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels
11 votes -
This school district in Texas may create its own police force
6 votes -
Denver teachers strike back
9 votes -
Wright State faculty ends one of the longest strikes at a public university in US history
4 votes -
Conservative Christian group launches campaign against “Buddhist meditation” in public schools
32 votes -
Gym class is so bad, kids are skipping school to avoid it
20 votes -
What does any of this have to do with physics?
14 votes -
New Jersey approved LGBTQ-inclusive school curriculum — And it's only the second in the nation
7 votes -
Betsy DeVos Is Fabricating History to Sell a Bad Education Policy
14 votes -
The Valedictorians Project
5 votes -
The “skills gap” was a lie
11 votes -
‘I feel invisible’: Native Americans languish in public schools
9 votes -
If universities sacrifice philosophy on the altar of profit, what’s next?
7 votes -
Chinese schools monitor students activities, targeting truancy with 'intelligent uniforms'
Straight from the horse's mouth - China's own Global Times: Chinese schools monitor students activities, targeting truancy with 'intelligent uniforms' A different view - the Australian...
Straight from the horse's mouth - China's own Global Times: Chinese schools monitor students activities, targeting truancy with 'intelligent uniforms'
A different view - the Australian Broadcasting Commission: Chinese schools enforce 'smart uniforms' with GPS tracking system to monitor students
11 votes -
What are some common skills that will become extinct in the next couple of decades?
Today I got into a conversation with my coworkers about how cursive is all but dead with our students. We adults all grew up learning it and were often forced to use it even when we didn't want...
Today I got into a conversation with my coworkers about how cursive is all but dead with our students. We adults all grew up learning it and were often forced to use it even when we didn't want to, but it has been out of vogue in American schools for a while now, so most of our students legitimately don't know how to read or write it. Opinions as to whether or not this was a bad thing were split. Some people considered the skill unnecessary and were happy to see it go the way of the dinosaur. Life moves on, they said--and the skill was inessential anyway because students could simply print instead. Some even took things a step further and argued that print was also going to become outdated with the prevalence of computers and phones. Nevertheless, others argued that cursive was important and valuable for kids to learn, particularly if they wanted to be able to sign their names or read documents written in script (e.g. old letters from family members, historical documents, etc.)
The discussion then continued to analog clocks. Being able to read them is still technically in the curriculum standards for many states, but it's the kind of thing that often gets briefly touched on and then discarded. Because digital clocks are so prevalent now, many students never practice reading analog clocks outside of those specific lessons, and thus they never truly master it. While more of our students can read analog clocks than can write in cursive, it too seems to be headed down the path to extinction. Opinions about whether this was bad were much stronger, with nearly everyone agreeing that it's a worthwhile skill rather than something inessential.
The conversation made me curious to hear what everyone here thinks--not just about these but about dying skills in general. What are some skills that you believe will fall out of widespread use in the coming years? Is their departure a good/bad thing?
27 votes -
A Texas elementary school speech pathologist refused to sign a pro-Israel oath, so she lost her job
18 votes -
In China, a school trains boys to be ‘real men’
12 votes -
Major for-profit college chain abruptly announces closure of dozens of schools
12 votes -
Middle-class San Francisco tenants are moving into dorms for reasonable rent
9 votes -
Gay student gets standing ovation after coming out in front of whole Catholic school
17 votes -
Everything You Know About State Education Rankings Is Wrong
5 votes -
Poor English, few jobs: Are Australian universities using international students as 'cash cows'?
9 votes -
Cultural activist from Guyana's Wapishana tribe tries to revive a near-extinct language
6 votes -
'It's torture': Critics step up bid to stop US school using electric shocks on children
21 votes -
Students protest Zuckerberg-backed digital learning program and ask him: ‘What gives you this right?’
10 votes -
Why are we still teaching reading the wrong way?
9 votes -
Bonfire of the humanities: The role of history in a society afflicted by short-termism
13 votes -
Why is my university forcing me to see colleagues as "customers"?
8 votes -
US Court: Detroit students have no right to access to literacy
24 votes -
US elementary school staff dresses up as Mexicans and MAGA border wall for Halloween
17 votes -
Modern STEM toys don't do a good job of educating because they're just toys, not tools
11 votes -
Your kid’s apps are crammed with ads
17 votes -
In need of cadavers, 19th-century medical students raided Baltimore’s graves
7 votes -
Winners take all: The elite charade of changing the world
7 votes -
The iPhone’s new parental controls block searches for sex ed, allow violence and racism
25 votes -
US school apologises after canteen serves dish with kangaroo meat
16 votes