Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Student wrongly tied to Boston bombings found dead Reddit apologized for the 'dangerous speculation' on the site that pointed fingers at the student. A body pulled from the water off Indian Point Park in Rhode Island has been identified as the Brown University student mistakenly linked by amateur sleuths on a social media site to the Boston bombings. More
Police confiscate 4-foot, 2-pound marijuana joint California police confiscated a mammoth joint during a 4/20 pot rally on Saturday, reports the Los Angeles Times. As the paper notes, hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students gather each year for the event, and each year campus police confiscate things like bongs and dime bags. More
COVID learning gaps persist despite math and reading progress U.S. students made historically large academic gains in subjects like math and reading in the last school year, but researchers have discovered kids remain woefully behind where they were before the ... 05/6/2024 - 10:32 am | View Link
FWISD students see academic growth, but remain behind national averages, below grade level Some experts and education advocates say that trend should be expected in the middle of the school year. The data, they said, shows Fort Worth ISD students are behind national averages — and likely ... 05/6/2024 - 10:10 am | View Link
Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level in 4 Weeks Today's Mortgage Rates & Trends - May 6, 2024 Ending the week with a three-day fall, 30-year mortgage rates dropped Friday ... the flagship average is down to 7.11%. That's now its lowest level since ... 05/5/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
New York addresses low reading scores in schools, tips on bird watching Gov. Kathy Hochul pushed for schools to be required to use a phonics-based approach to teach reading, and the state budget directs the state Education Department to produce best practices for teaching ... 05/2/2024 - 4:39 am | View Link
Reading scores lag across WNY school districts The curriculum is already used in New York City schools and is taking hold in a growing number of Western New York districts. Those using the “science of reading” approach — either in part or in whole ... 04/26/2024 - 10:45 pm | View Link
Connections requires players to find the connections between 16 words, and place them in four groups of four. If you want some help, we have the solution to Connections for May 7, 2024, along with hints to help you solve it yourself.
If you want to take better landscape photos with your phone, you're in the right place. We'll cover things that you can do with your smartphone camera to make your images look better, along with how you can maximize the environment around you for optimal results.
AI is being pushed heavily these days by companies like Google and Samsung, but did you know that your iPhone also uses AI in many ways you don't even know about? Let's talk about these features in detail.
With a smartphone in every pocket, anyone can claim to be a photographer now. But what about the editing part? Is your phone's native photo app good enough to get the job done? Here's why I think it's worth spending money on a third-party photo editing app.
Thin and light laptops are getting more power each year, but they will always miss out on something that bulkier computers havea healthy number of ports for connecting everything you need. So, if you want to expand your port options without affecting your file transfer speeds, you need a Thunderbolt 4 hub.
The unknown variables that come with traveling can be both exciting and anxiety-inducing, but your iPhone can help you in many ways. Below, I'll list some handy iPhone features I use to help put some of my traveling worries to rest.