Tag: education
Nigeria’s Web3 education efforts seek to tackle language challenges
While Nigeria appears to have a high level of blockchain and crypto awareness, the country is still facing issues related to public education in the f [...]
Who is Gillian Keegan? The education secretary who left school at 16
Gillian Keegan is the face of the government's handling of the RAAC crumbling concrete crisis.
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El Salvador to introduce Bitcoin education in schools by 2024
The Ministry of Education of El Salvador and the non-profit, non-governmental organization Mi Primer Bitcoin/My First Bitcoin (MPB/MFB) partnered to [...]
Google Cloud to digitize El Salvador’s governance, healthcare and education
Google Cloud announced a new partnership with the government of El Salvador on Aug. 29 to establish an office and provide Google Distributed Cloud (GD [...]
Republicans Ease Off ‘Woke’ Rhetoric on Education Issues
Earlier this year, the Republican presidential primary looked as though it would be driven by conservative cultural battles, especially fights over ed [...]
Atari founder, Animoca sees Web3 games as vital for virtual ownership and education
Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari and inventor of Pong — one of the first commercially successful video games — has shared optimism for the future [...]
The Education of Ron DeSantis: 5 Takeaways
As Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida seeks the Republican presidential nomination, he has molded his campaign and political persona around a war on the cou [...]
Supreme Court affirmative action poses challenges in hiring
Affirmative action supporters and counterprotesters shout at each other outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., June 29, 2023.Ken [...]
Prices rise for backpacks, notepads, pens
Jamie Grill | Getty ImagesBack-to-school shopping hasn't been easy this year for Lauren Cyr.The mother of three has searched for deals and spread out [...]
Biden and Legacy Admissions: A Political Win and a ‘Band Aid’ for Education
In the final month of his 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden stood before a drive-in crowd in Toledo, Ohio, and announced he had “a chip on my shou [...]
Researcher envisions smart education system built with blockchain, DAOs, NFTs and AI
Mehmet Fırat, a researcher at Anadolu University in Turkey, recently published research envisioning a multi-tech solution to the problems challenging [...]
Education Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Harvard Legacy Admissions
The Education Department has opened a civil rights investigation into Harvard University’s preferences for the relatives of alumni and donors when mak [...]
Labour leader pledges education reforms to break class barriers
The Labour leader will say: "There's also something more pernicious. A pervasive idea, a barrier in our collective minds, that narrows our ambitions f [...]
Supreme Court Decisions on Education Could Offer Democrats an Opening
Ever since President Bill Clinton advised “mend it, don’t end it,” affirmative action has had an uneasy place in the Democratic coalition, as omnipres [...]