Breaking the mayor’s monopoly: Can Zohran Mamdani make co-governance work for New York’s schools?
For more than twenty years, New York City’s mayors have fought to retain a firm hold on America’s largest public school system. Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and frontrunner in the city’s mayoral race, wants to loosen that grip.If elected, Mamdani plans to overhaul a system of “mayoral control” introduced by Michael Bloomberg in 2002, […]
Alberta’s students turn protestors as government forces teachers back to work: Here’s what has happened so far
The chants outside Alberta’s high schools this week were not about exams or sports victories, they were about power, protest, and principle. On Thursday, thousands of students across Alberta walked out of classrooms, flooding streets in Calgary and Edmonton to condemn what they saw as a betrayal of democracy and education alike. Their anger was […]
Trump, race, and “violent” classrooms: UW–Madison dean’s remarks set off academic firestorm
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is confronting a storm of public attention after one of its senior administrators, Associate Dean Percival Matthews, made a series of statements describing President Donald Trump as a racist and co-authored an academic paper asserting that America’s education system, and even mathematics itself, are “inherently violent” toward Black students, according to […]
How data scientists are becoming the powerhouse behind America’s digital economy
Data has become the new currency of power, fueling boardroom decisions, transforming industries, and redefining what it means to be informed. Yet beneath the deluge of information lies a deeper challenge: How to make sense of it all. That task falls to a new class of professionals, data scientists, who convert the chaos of raw […]
The end of labour hoarding: How corporate America’s new ruthlessness signals a turning point
For years, the post-pandemic corporate playbook was simple: Hold on to your workers at all costs. In boardrooms across America, the phrase “labour hoarding” became shorthand for survival. After the chaos of 2020, executives learned a bitter truth: When workers walk out, they rarely walk back in. That mindset shaped a rare era of corporate […]
Einstein’s ‘almost-sleep’ secret: 5 ways the in-between state can lift grades
They say Einstein’s genius arrived in flashes, but few mention the stillness that came before the spark—the quiet rituals he built to let his mind wander without losing its way. Picture this: A dim afternoon room, books stacked like small fortresses, sunlight folding in through a narrow window. Einstein sits in an armchair, a spoon […]
The pitfalls of climate alarmism
A firefighter battles the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles. File | Photo Credit: AP For more than a decade, Bill Gates’s views have come to define the respectable centre of climate discourse for the American elite. His words have carried the weight of authority and his ideas have bridged science, capital, and […]
Rotting roots of learning: Teacher absenteeism in UP’s schools betrays the promise of education
Teachers, the backbone of the education system, shoulder immense responsibility in shaping young minds. But when they fail to show up, an entire generation’s learning comes to a standstill. Uttar Pradesh’s government schools, once envisioned as sanctuaries of knowledge for the poor, are now decaying into hollow spaces where registers are filled but classrooms stand […]
University of Pennsylvania probes fake, offensive email sent under its name
The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a deeply offensive email that appeared to originate from its Graduate School of Education as reported by Fox News. Sent on Friday morning, the message used official university letterhead and bore the subject line “We got hacked,” alarming faculty, alumni, and students alike. Laden with racial slurs and vulgarities, […]
IIT Bombay extends UCEED registration deadline: Check last date and direct link to apply here
UCEED registration 2025: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has extended the registration deadline for the Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design (UCEED) 2026. The new schedule offers candidates a longer window to apply, following an unprecedented surge in registrations this season. The official notification released on October 31 confirmed that candidates now have […]