We think robots will work for us? Think again. It might be more likely we’ll be working for the robot. Among all the job takeovers robots will make in the next 15 years (by 2025 robots will take over nearly half of all U.S. jobs) get ready to have them as our supervisors. Because it’s already ... Read more...
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06/12/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News,
Space: The Final Frontier,
Technology,
World News
Amid all the negative coverage of the Solyndra solar bankruptcy in the past two weeks, three other tidbits might have escaped your notice. But I think they bear highlighting here, because solar technology continues to be an incredibly viable renewable energy option for the United States — not ... Read more...
There is a well-established correlation between years of schooling and labor market success. However, it stands to reason that it is not just years of education that affect future earnings. The curriculum-the kinds of courses a student takes-certainly must have an effect. For example, it seems rea... Read more...
Free parenting classes are to be trialled for all parents with children aged five and under in three areas of England, children's minister Sarah Teather has said. They are intended for parents even if they are not struggling with raising children, she said. About 50,000 parents... Read more...
Mumia Abu Jamal - Why Jobs Bill Ain't Enough When Pres. Barack H. Obama made his speech before a joint session of Congress on his jobs bill, he spoke with an intensity that has seemed to be missing since inauguration day, 2009. The reason is simple: the worsening economy, joined with the gnawin... Read more...
Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out US universities are reportedly using endowment funds to make deals that may force thousands from their land in Africa. Photograph: Boston Globe via Getty Images Harvard and ot... Read more...
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19/08/2011,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Do The Knowledge,
Edu-tainment,
Giving Back,
News
Black Star Project, a Chicago-based organization that launched the Million Father March, which encourages fathers to escort their children to school on the first day of class, now wants fathers to make an additional commitment to their children's education. "We are asking fathers and other si... Read more...
Jesse Jackson, a United States House of Representatives member from Illinois, has gone and flip-flopped his position regarding the iPad. In March, he stated that the United States Federal Government should provide an iPad to every student because “…[it] will fundamentally alter how we educat... Read more...
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09/06/2010,
by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Edu-tainment,
News,
Politics As Usual,
World News
A proposed $23 billion bailout of America’s educational system fell short of the support needed to save hundreds of teacher jobs. House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey, (D-WI) cancelled last Thursday’s committee meeting after realizing they would not be able to muster the... Read more...