Key points: An overwhelming majority of teens (94 percent) want their schools to teach media literacy, although just 39 percent reported having had any such instruction during the 2023-24 school year, according to a study from The News Literacy Project, a nonpartisan education nonprofit. The study reveals the alarming frequency with which American teenagers are … Read more
(I’m republishing my best posts from the first half of the year. You can see the entire list of them here) Only a quarter of federally funded education innovations benefited students, report says is the headline of a Hechinger Report article It documents a federal program financially supporting 172 “innovative” programs, and it wasn’t very … Read more
A recent Pew Research Poll gives former President Donald Trump the lead with veterans nationwide over Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election. The poll, conducted with 876 veteran registered voters, gave Trump or “Leans Trump” 61% of the key demographic’s support. Just 37% of the veterans polled responded that they support Vice … Read more
The composition of Japan’s future government remains uncertain following a voter backlash against Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s ruling coalition, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. This uncertainty has caused the yen currency to drop to a three-month low as investors and analysts brace themselves for days, or possibly … Read more
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is projected to fall short of a single-party majority after a close-run snap election, according to exit polls. The LDP is expected to secure between 153 and 219 lower house seats, as reported by broadcaster NHK. The Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) is anticipated to win between 128 and 191 … Read more
The Ghana parliament’s Speaker has halted proceedings indefinitely due to chaotic scenes in the chamber over a dispute about which party holds the majority. Last week, it was revealed that four MPs had switched parties and would run for different parties in the upcoming general election. Speaker Alban Bagbin then declared their seats vacant, stating … Read more
European Tech Insights recently conducted a study in which they found that the majority of Europeans support the use of artificial intelligence in police and military operations. Over 3,000 people were surveyed, and 75% of them expressed support for AI technologies like facial recognition and biometric data being used for surveillance by law enforcement and … Read more
(Bloomberg) — An election in Canada’s British Columbia province was to close to call on polling day, leaving the left-leaning New Democratic Party’s majority in doubt while support soared for a party that has not ruled the region since before World War II. Most Read from Bloomberg The NDP were leading in 46 ridings, while … Read more
BlackRock’s main entrance building in Manhattan features a marquee that is an iconic symbol of the company. A year ago, Samara Cohen, the chief investment officer for BlackRock’s exchange-traded funds and index investments, believed that there was a high demand for bitcoin. This led to the launch of one of the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded … Read more