Leadership lessons to learn from Steve Jobs(Photo: @benbabunga/ X) In 2007, Steve Jobs needed scratch-resistant glass for the first iPhone. He did not just place an order. He challenged Corning CEO Wendell Weeks to produce enough Gorilla Glass to meet Apple’s demand. Weeks told him the company could not scale production in time.In a recent…
Texas Education Agency to take over Fort Worth schools after low student performance The Texas Education Agency will remove the elected Fort Worth Independent School District board and appoint a state-run board of managers, Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday, according to the Texas Tribune. The takeover is the second-largest in Texas history.The move comes after…
Boardrooms across corporate America are witnessing a silent transformation. Artificial intelligence, once limited to automating data-heavy tasks, has now become a key player in one of the most sensitive areas of professional life: How employees are paid. Salary hikes, bonuses, and performance reviews are increasingly being shaped not by managerial discretion but by machine logic…
Harvard’s Class of 2029 sees fewer Black and Hispanic students The share of Black and Hispanic students in Harvard College’s freshman class has fallen for a second straight year, according to data obtained by The Harvard Crimson. The decline comes as universities across the United States continue to adjust to the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision…
Massachusetts’ adoption of artificial intelligence to score statewide standardized tests has revealed technical vulnerabilities, affecting approximately 1,400 student essays, NBC Boston reports. The error, discovered over the summer, prompted the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to rescore the affected essays and notify the relevant school districts. Teacher scrutiny uncovers the problem The…
The University of Virginia (UV.) reached an agreement with the Trump administration on Wednesday, halting a federal investigation that had loomed over the public institution. The deal, announced by the United States Department of Justice, marked the first time a public university had entered into such an arrangement, amid the administration’s broader campaign to influence…
US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon for Changpeng Zhao, the Chinese-born Canadian founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to a White House official. The announcement, made on Thursday, marks the latest in a series of clemency actions by the president towards figures in the cryptocurrency sector and other convicted individuals. In a…
Since its inception in 2016, Turning Point USA’s (TPUSA) Professor Watchlist has sought to expose college professors who, the organisation claims, discriminate against conservative students or promote leftist ideologies in the classroom. The list, which has grown from fewer than 200 names to over 300 professors from more than 100 institutions, has recently returned to…
More than 60,000 school teachers across New Zealand joined nurses, doctors and public-service staff on 23 October 2025 in what is described as a ‘mega strike’, reports The Guardian. The walkout, which also involved 40,000 nurses and 15,000 public-service employees, reflected the growing frustration of teachers who say their pay packets and working conditions have…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced that the registration process for the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) University Grants Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) December 2025 will conclude tomorrow, Friday, October 24, 2025. Candidates who wish to appear for the CSIR UGC NET December session can submit their applications online through…
