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STICKY I haven't done one of these in a while. Poaler Bears Learn Stuff: Week #6. What is your favorite flying boat/seaplane, and why?

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Nearly half of teenagers globally cannot read with comprehension - Our World in Data

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36% of Chinese Undergraduates Choose Engineering, Compared To 5% in US and UK

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Microschools are the Hacker Fringe of Education

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Four Wyoming Students Win Mike Rowe's Work Ethic Scholarships

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Teacher (groomer) says schools need to keep students' info from 'Christo-fascist' parents

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California teacher pension debt swamps school budgets | CALmatters

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Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom’

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A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing academic kudos | Julian Kircherr | Higher Education Network

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How a Smart Card is Made – Part 1: Smart Card Module Production (Four part series.)

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BBC - Capital - How to become an ‘elastic thinker’ and problem solver

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Is nature continuous or discrete? How the atomist error was born | Aeon Ideas (Lovely read and not too long.)

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Coronavirus Could Be ‘Make Or Break’ For Universities’ Finances

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Sweden ends contract with science publisher Elsevier, moving for open access for scientific articles

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Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize - (The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.)

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Colleges see significant drop in international students as fall semester begins

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Students Paid Thousands for a Caltech Boot Camp. Caltech Didn’t Teach It.

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DeSantis Lays Down The Law, Reveals Why Students MUST Be Taught About Evils of Communism

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Harvard professor surprises 60 Minutes journalist by saying there's 'truth' in Trump's claims Ivy League college is a 'liberal mess'

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I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me - Vox

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Should Zoomers steer clear of a college education?

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Open Badges is the world's leading format for digital badges.

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Computer Scientist Constantinos Daskalakis Wins Nevanlinna Prize | Quanta Magazine

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CRINGE: Kamala Harris Laughs Hysterically While Talking About Parent's Struggle to Educate Their Kids During Lockdown

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Dumbing Down the SAT Bodes Poorly for Education

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Michigan Lawmakers Advance Bill Requiring All Public High Schools To At Least Offer CS

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