The enrollment cliff has long loomed in the minds of higher education leaders anticipating that a sharp decline in the number of incoming students starting around 2025 could spell disaster for their institutions’ bottom line. And a lesser discussed — but equally concerning — enrollment cliff is potentially emerging within the K-12 education sector. While…
Daniel Montgomery’s love of books started as a youngster with weekly visits to the public library, which fittingly led him to a nearly two-decade career as an English teacher. As an educator, he became a union leader. That led to another long tenure, this time as president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, where he…
Two decades ago, Texas made history as the first state to grant in-state tuition to undocumented students. Now, it has taken that opportunity away — upending thousands of young lives and, advocates warn, potentially influencing other states to restrict higher education access for immigrants. The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint against Texas in June…
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Growing up as a sci-fi geek, the promise of humanity’s future among the stars was bolstered by artificial intelligence. In “Star Trek,” the ship’s omnipresent computer was a font of knowledge, advice, and could even make a cup of…
Lately, Angela Reyes’ oldest daughter talks her ear off. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘I need you to quiet down!’” Reyes laughed. But when the now-12-year-old was a kindergartener, her speech was largely unintelligible. Reyes credited school-based speech therapy for her daughter’s progress and that of her three sons. Reyes and her four children are among the…
The second film acquired by Eli Roth’s The Horror Section is a low-budget, found footage nightmare that has taken horror festivals by storm. “Dream Eater,” co-written and co-directed by Jay Drakulic, Mallory Drumm and Alex Lee Williams and starring Williams and Drumm, is set to debut theatrically on Oct. 24. Per the official logline, “The…
Samsung is looking to reap the rewards of their own new smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7. The tech giant released a new foldable Android smartphone, which is available at Samsung, T-Mobile, AT&T, Walmart and Amazon. We had a chance to test the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and found it to have an…
Dylan Field took Figma public in one of the wildest IPOs in recent memory. He insists the real story is the rise of design itself. Powered by WPeMatico
Hosted in 2025 by New Mexico’s Santa Fe International Film Festival, the annual impact list Screenwriters to Watch, which identifies notable up-and-coming film screenwriters, is seeking submissions for 2025. Past honorees include Nora Garrett (“After the Hunt”), Julian Breece (“Rustin”), Marcus Gardley (“The Color Purple”), Justin Kuritzkes (“Challengers”), Samuel D. Hunter (“The Whale”), Stefani Robinson…
Abubakar Salim’s game Dead Take explores scandals, exploitation, and AI-fueled media manipulation. Powered by WPeMatico
