Decluttering Mom on MSN

Teachers are sharing the 'basic' skills students can't do anymore - and parents are panicking

Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet ...
Gizmodo

How the Written Word Evolved in ‘Star Wars’

The search for a primary writing system in 'Star Wars' has a history almost as old as the saga itself. Reading time 7 minutes In the beginning there was the word, and that word was Basic. But just how ...
The Hechinger Report

A researcher’s view on using AI to become a better writer

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Writing can be ...
KQED

Handwriting Helps Kids Learn. Here’s How to Make the Most of It

In an age where screens dominate classrooms and workplaces, handwriting might seem like a relic of the past. But research shows that putting pen to paper plays a crucial role in literacy development. ...
The Benson Street on MSN

Free printable Valentine preschool worksheets: 12 different activities

Fun and learning combine with this set of Free Printable Valentine Preschool Worksheets. Includes twelve educational ...
Daily Mail

The blue state where teachers will no longer have to pass basic reading, writing or arithmetic test

Teachers in New Jersey are no longer required to pass basic reading, writing and mathematics tests to be eligible for a position at a public school. The blue state's controversial Act 1669, which is ...
New York Post

New Jersey ends basic reading and writing skills test requirement for teachers

Teachers in New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a basic reading, writing and mathematics test to be eligible for public schools, according to a new law. Act 1669, which was signed into law ...
The Star

More than 120,000 Year 1 students have not mastered basic reading and writing skills, says Fadhlina

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 122,062 Year 1 pupils were identified as not having mastered basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills, says Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek. She said the total number, or ...
Wired

Back to BASIC—the Most Consequential Programming Language in the History of Computing

I was entering the miseries of seventh grade in the fall of 1980 when a friend dragged me into a dimly lit second-floor room. The school had recently installed a newfangled Commodore PET computer, a ...
Scientific American

Basic Income Gives Money without Strings. Here’s How People Spend It

In 2020, amid widespread layoffs and economic turmoil brought on by the COVID pandemic, 1,000 low-income people in Texas and Illinois won something of a lottery. They were selected to receive $1,000 ...
Variety

Sharon Stone on How Movies Have Changed Since ‘Basic Instinct’: ‘Films Are Less About Men Writing About Their Fantasies of the Way Women Are’

Sharon Stone, who was at the Taormina Film Festival Friday to receive the Golden Cariddi Lifetime Achievement Award, spoke about her battles with ill health, her fears for the future of her country, ...