La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better-known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away after just three weak months WASHINGTON — See you later La Nina, we hardly knew you. La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the better known and warmer El Nino climate phenomenon, has dwindled away […]
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For thousands of public school students, the ringing of the final bell doesn’t signal an end to their day. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Instead, they might shuffle into the cafeteria or computer lab for an afterschool program. It’s where they’ll spend a few hours with teachers or tutors doing their homework, socializing with
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WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday brought by one California Republican to limit the ability of federal judges to pass rulings that have national impact — a pet issue that President Trump has seized on as his administration faces a litany of lawsuits since taking office. “In recent years, it has become glaringly
The price of electric vehicles in the U.S. will likely rise due to the Trump administration’s new tariffs, potentially jeopardizing California’s ambitious climate goals. Over the past month, the Trump administration announced it will impose tariffs against many of the U.S.’ largest trading partners, across a range of imported goods. The tariffs would levy a
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From customer service chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence has become integral to our daily lives. Mainstream generative AI tools, which can create original content, have risen dramatically in popularity. Many educators have begun exploring these tools to streamline administrative tasks — from composing parent emails to analyzing assessment data and differentiating instruction. Yet,
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“Hey, I’m a principal at a school, and I forgot my password,” the voice said. “Can you help me?” The call came into a help desk at Beaverton School District in Oregon. A city in Portland’s metropolitan area, Beaverton is home to a Nike factory and is the site of upcoming expansions for semiconductor manufacturing,
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When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. Other assessments — such as the critical thinking-focused international PISA exam —
LONDON — Instagram users under 16 won’t be able to livestream or unblur nudity in direct messages they’ve received without parental approval, owner Meta Platforms said Tuesday as it widened its safety measures for teenagers. The social media company also said it was extending safeguards for users under 18 to Facebook and Messenger. Meta launched
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Alarmed by President Trump’s unprecedented effort to punish law firms he doesn’t like, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed nearly 200 fellow law school deans across the country last month, asking them to join him in condemning the attacks. “The government should not use its enormous power to exact retribution,” Chemerinsky wrote. “As
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Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula where the animals have congregated for eons to calf, nurse and breed, said Steven Swartz, a marine scientist who has studied gray whales since 1977.
Gray whales are dying off the Pacific Coast again, and scientists aren't sure why. Read More »
