On November 6th, 2025 with 140 comments
Mark Zuckerberg opened an unlicensed school named after the family's pet chicken -- and it was the final straw for his neighbors, writes Slashdot reader...
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On August 26th, 2025 with 20 comments
Google has integrated AI-powered language learning capabilities into its Translate app through a beta feature that generates customized lessons using its...
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On August 9th, 2024 with 47 comments
Major U.S. companies are tightening eligibility requirements for student discounts, cracking down on graduates who continue to claim benefits years after...
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On January 2nd, 2024 with 113 comments
A Nobel Prize-winning labor market economist has cautioned younger generations against piling into studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics...
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On December 9th, 2023 with 414 comments
After billionaire Bill Ackman demanded three college presidents "resign in disgrace," that post on X — excerpting their testimony before a U.S....
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On January 19th, 2023 with 202 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: For nearly a year and a half, a Massachusetts high school has been lit up around the clock because the...
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On October 4th, 2022 with 91 comments
united_notions writes: Back in February, Slashdot reported that Google would be phasing out free unlimited storage within Google Apps for Education. Google had...
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On December 17th, 2021 with 44 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: School districts across the United States are cancelling classes on Friday, December 17th due to reports of...
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On December 11th, 2021 with 7 comments
theodp writes: The Chicago Public Schools kicked off CSEdWeek by issuing a press release announcing a Google partnership: "Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is...
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On November 9th, 2021 with 62 comments
Microsoft has announced a new edition of Windows 11 designed specifically for the K-8 education sector, dubbed "Windows 11 SE." This new edition of Windows 11...
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On March 27th, 2021 with 57 comments
"When Luke Stark sought money from Google in November he had no idea he'd be turning down $60,000 from the tech giant in March," reports CNN:
Stark, an...
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On January 31st, 2021 with 87 comments
Was Nextdoor's impact on the world exemplified by a crucial funding referendum for the Christina School District of Newark, Delaware? Medium's tech site...
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On January 15th, 2021 with 87 comments
jyosim writes: Professors at the University of Florida are outraged that the university essentially put a "tattle" button on a campus safety app that lets...
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On September 10th, 2020 with 29 comments
Facebook is getting back to its roots as a college-focused social network. The company announced today the launch of a new social networking platform, Facebook...
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On July 1st, 2020 with 62 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register MIT has taken offline its highly cited dataset that trained AI systems to potentially describe people...
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On April 1st, 2020 with 120 comments
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Google will offer 100,000 free Wi-Fi hotspots and will donate 4,000 Chromebooks to students across the state of...
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On August 30th, 2019 with 46 comments
theodp writes: The challenges of competing against free have long been noted. In the K-12 Computer Science education space, those who build a better mousetrap...
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On May 7th, 2019 with 68 comments
A new study from the University of Oxford claims screen time doesn't have a detrimental impact on young people's brains, like so many researchers have claimed....
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On July 21st, 2018 with 108 comments
Long-time Slashdot reader RoccamOccam summarizes an article now circulating on the web sites of several schools:
Child and adolescent psychologist Richard...
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On April 2nd, 2018 with 59 comments
Google on Monday said it was formally expanding its Rolling Study Halls program, or school buses equipped with WiFi, computers and on-bus educators to help...
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