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Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution

Article URL: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/social-sciences/is-the-constitution-broken Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46686607 Points: 6 # Comments: 2...

2dHacker NewsPoliticsImpact

Student-loan borrowers behind on payments are getting a major break, the US education secretary says

Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for defaulted student-loan borrowers are on pause. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for d...

6dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Nigeria reopens some schools in the north despite kidnap threats

Schools across parts ​of northern Nigeria started reopening on January 12, after months of closure triggered ⁠by the abduction of hundreds of students in November 2025. The move follows a circular fro...

Jan 13France 24education

Show HN: I modeled personal success as a control system with Bayesian priors

I am a student and co-founder of an accessibility startup. Balancing product development with exams broke my workflow, so I looked for a debugger. Mathematica Successūs is my attempt to model the "Sel...

Jan 15Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Student-loan borrowers behind on payments now have more time to figure out a plan — and protect their tax refunds

Some student-loan borrowers are at risk of having their tax refunds seized this year. Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The Education Department temporarily paused seizure of ta...

4dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

The number of foreign students enrolling in US universities has dropped for the first time in 3 years

The number of foreign students enrolling in US universities has declined Eduard Figueres/Getty Images Graduate international student enrollment in US colleges fell by 5.9% in fall 2025. The drop comes...

Jan 15Business InsidereducationImpact

Junior Developers in the Age of AI

Article URL: https://thoughtfuleng.substack.com/p/junior-developers-in-the-age-of-ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46617456 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...

Jan 14Hacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

Article URL: https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46688954 Points: 3 # Comments: 0...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

40% of Kids Can't Read and Teachers Are Quitting [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTugyu2F0pc Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46677685 Points: 4 # Comments: 0...

3dHacker NewseducationImpact

THE puts University of Hong Kong seventh for education as East Asia climbs rankings

Hong Kong’s oldest university has been ranked seventh in the latest global league table for education, and has placed among the top 20 for medical and health. Renowned British publication Times Higher...

1dSouth China Morning PosteducationImpact

A 73-year-old teaches other seniors to overcome their fears and embrace tech. She says they learn better from peers.

TJTJ Courtesy of Anne Goldberg Anne Goldberg has been tech-savvy since operating early computer models in the 1980s. 40 years on, she is using her knowledge to teach seniors how to use iPhones and oth...

5dBusiness InsidersocietyImpact

Google co-founder reveals that "many" of the new hires do not have a degree

Article URL: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/google-cofounder-reveals-tons-recent-231500103.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695747 Points: 9 # Comments: 2...

2dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says humanities jobs are doomed in the age of AI: 'Hopefully you have some other skill'

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, said vocational skills will be in high demand in the AI era. Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Alex Karp, the CEO and cofounder of Palantir, doesn't have a technical ...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Plunging US Birth Rate Leaves Too Many Colleges with Too Few Kids

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-college-enrollment-cliff/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46654728 Points: 20 # Comments: 7...

5dHacker NewseducationImpact

Student-loan forgiveness for public servants is at risk under Trump's plan to ax cheaper monthly payments, Democratic lawmakers say

Sen. Jeff Merkley raised concerns about ending the SAVE student-loan repayment plan. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A group of Democratic lawmakers raised concerns with Trump's proposed settlement to e...

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Vanderbilt University plans new campus in San Francisco

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/vanderbilt-san-francisco-cca-california-college-arts-expansion-lurie-8b6528b0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46611017 Points: 5 #...

Jan 14Hacker NewseducationImpact

A Song for My Land: Children highlight pesticide use in Argentina

A teacher and his students in rural Argentina use music to raise the alarm about the dangers of pesticide spraying....

4hAl Jazeeraenvironment

She was a first-generation college grad. Now, she has $55,000 in student loans and is postponing having kids.

Eryn Bostwick, 37, is delaying having kids because of her student loan debt. Courtesy of Eryn Bostwick Eryn Bostwick, 37, is postponing having kids due to her student-loan debt. As a first-generation ...

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Google Gemini's free test prep is the latest nail in the coffin for SAT tutors

Google Gemini hopes to help students study for the SAT with AI. Alex Brandon/AP Google released new SAT practice exams in Gemini, with questions reviewed by the Princeton Review. It's yet another AI e...

2hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown

Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...

Jan 13South China Morning PosteducationImpact
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