Student, Car Loans Surge Most In Three Years
By Tyler Durden While the total increase in US consumer credit in August was hardly a major outlier, rising by $17.9BN, below last month’s $23.05BN…
Education
Verizon Gives 5G to Under-Resourced Students Despite Company’s 2014 Warning to Shareholders About Future Lawsuits
By B.N. Frank Verizon and their supporters are bragging again about their generous efforts to “break down the digital divide” for under-resourced American students. Now…
School Districts Use “Gaggle” To Monitor Students’ Free Speech And Social Media Posts
By MassPrivateI Today, I give you a frightening story about free speech censorship and watchlists just in time for the countdown to Halloween. A recent…
American Families Are Rejecting Hi-Tech School Curriculums and Their Zombifying Effect
By B.N. Frank For many years, Silicon Valley parents (aka tech inventors) have been sending their kids to private low-tech schools and limiting their use…
Schools Ditch Fondleslabs for Paper Books
By corbettreport Welcome back to #NewWorldNextWeek – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in…
5 Tips on How to Pay Off That Student Loan Before You’re 30
By Chloe Anagnos College isn’t the best option for everyone. Some will do just as well if not better by learning their craft through apprenticeships…
Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down
By Academy of Ideas In this video we examine how public schools and the mainstream media have contributed to the growth of a passive citizenry,…
Kids Preferred Books to Screens So School Bans iPads and Brings Back Textbooks
By B.N. Frank More research and more experts warn that excessive screen use isn’t good for kids AND for a variety of reasons (see 1,…
Actress Felicity Huffman, First Parent Sentenced In College Admissions Scandal, Gets 14 Days In Prison
By Tyler Durden Following reports that she might avoid jail time, actress Felicity Huffman has been sentenced to 14 days in prison at a federal…
College-Bound Students Should Consider Buying Gold Instead
By Mike Gleason Meanwhile, millions of young people who don’t necessarily have any funds to invest in financial markets face the dim prospect of negative…
Colorado Teen Suspended From School After Target Practice With Mom
By Sean Walton A Colorado teen has been told he cannot return to school until authorities hold a “threat assessment hearing” after he went target…
CA High School Becomes Largest American Public School to Ban Phones and Kids Dig It
By B.N. Frank Reports about phone bans in schools in the U.S. and around the world aren’t new, and many of the comments posted with…
CNN Article Says Intel Agencies Are Recruiting Teens In High School
By Aaron Kesel A recent article in CNN tells the tale of teens whose friends think they are spying on their phone conversations because they…
Dad Sued for Slander Because He Criticized The Education System — And Other Absurd Weekly News
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week….