The Straits Times

Three NUS students build AI tool to tackle teachers’ marking load, give quality feedback

SINGAPORE – When senior lecturer Lee Boon Kee first assigned written work to 490 National University of Singapore (NUS) computing students, marking the papers took six weeks. Last semester, the same ...

Medicare will start covering weight-loss drugs on July 1 for the first time. Here’s what you need to know

Millions of Medicare enrollees will gain their first-ever coverage for drugs for weight loss under a temporary pilot program ...
Education Week

Digital Literacy Isn’t a One-Off Lesson. How Teachers Can Build Students’ Skills

The ability to navigate the torrent requires social-emotional skill, not just fact-checking, a researcher says.
The Straits Times

askST: Why is there so much rubbish on the beach in East Coast Park?

SINGAPORE – If you have noticed more trash than usual washing up on the beach in East Coast Park recently, you are not imagining things. Based on official records, Singapore is heading towards the ...
The New York Times

The Learning Network

Heeva Alavi, an Iranian-American, writes about her family’s mixed emotions about the World Cup, while Aariv Shah reflects on the SpaceX I.P.O. By The Learning Network We invited teenagers to create an ...