Tag: Education
Justice Department won’t defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that...
Justice Dept. declines to defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that...
Warren Buffett and top CEOs say a college degree doesn’t matter. Here’s what really counts in hiring
Warren Buffett has made it clear in his annual shareholder letters and public statements that he never considers where a candidate has gone to...
Calls for pedestrian safety renewed after Houston ISD student hit by driver on Westheimer | Houston Public Media
Office of Houston Mayor John Whitmire
Houston transportation advocates and city officials are calling for safer pedestrian crossings after a teenager was struck and...
Billionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7 billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’
For Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner, CEO of Epic Systems, whose software powers many of the U.S.’s top hospitals, the answer is simple: a...
Texas student starts petition against school phone ban law, gathers 135,000 plus signatures | Houston Public Media
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A Texas bill prohibiting students from using electronic devices in the classroom has sparked backlash from parents and students alike, with one...
Oklahoma to test teachers from New York, California to guard against ‘radical leftist ideology’
Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state's top education official...
Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation
As undergraduate degrees have lost their payoffs thanks to AI, young people have turned to advanced schooling to unlock jobs with salaries exceeding $200,000...
Trump administration moves to freeze student-loan relief for workers at organizations with ‘substantial illegal purpose’
Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program if the Trump administration finds their employer...
What Do Kids Actually Think About AI?
If you try to get AI to do all your work, it’s definitely detrimental, because then you lose your skills to write and read....