Sadly, Bill Gates Continues To Demonstrate His Cluelessness About How Education Works

Sadly, Bill Gates Continues To Demonstrate His Cluelessness About How Education Works

  Bill Gates is continuing his terrible track record demonstrating any kind of knowledge about how education works. After previously making ridiculous promises about the role of AI in tutoring, last night (on Oprah Winfrey’s special on Artificial Intelligence), he claimed that AI would “understand how to motivate” students. Millions of teachers, including me (who…

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Two Springfield, Ohio Elementary Schools Hit with Bomb Threats After Trump’s False Debate Claims About Haitian Immigrants

Two Springfield, Ohio Elementary Schools Hit with Bomb Threats After Trump’s False Debate Claims About Haitian Immigrants

Springfield, Ohio, has faced bomb threats for two consecutive days following former President Donald Trump’s remarks during a high-profile debate with Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump, without providing evidence, claimed that Haitian immigrants in the city were engaging in alarming behavior, thrusting Springfield into the international spotlight. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people…

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IXL and Montgomery County Public Schools Expand Partnership to Enhance Secondary Math Education

IXL and Montgomery County Public Schools Expand Partnership to Enhance Secondary Math Education

ROCKVILLE, Md. /PRNewswire/ —  IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by more than 15 million students, is proud to strengthen its partnership with  Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the largest public school district in Maryland. As part of the collaboration, MCPS is expanding its use of IXL Math to personalize learning for students taking Algebra I, Algebra II…

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China Bans Tibetan on Douyin

Tibetans in Tibet have expressed concerns and dismay in response to the Chinese government’s decision to ban the Tibetan language and remove posts in the language from Douyin, China’s version of TikTok. This decision has sparked widespread outrage among Tibetans, highlighting the ongoing struggle for cultural and linguistic freedoms online. In a widely circulated video…

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