‘Shoot the puck!’ — or, actually, don’t? NHL power plays booming by being selective and going low

The most dependable way to score on the power play is off a slot-line pass below the faceoff dots. A goalie simply cannot ...
TribLIVE.com

Pittsburgh Public Schools enrollment continues to shrink

Student enrollment at Pittsburgh Public Schools this fall declined 2% over last fall, and 23 of the district’s schools enroll less than 250 students, according to data released this week by the school ...
TechCrunch

Instagram’s new ‘Your Algorithm’ tool gives you more control over the Reels you see

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...
inforum

North Dakota schools hope to embrace the best of AI, shun the worst

Davies High School students fill the halls while heading from one career day session to the next on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, at Davies High School in Fargo. The students get to explore a wide variety of ...
Ars Technica

Syntax hacking: Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass AI safety rules

Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence ...
Reason

Chicago Is the Latest Example of How Public School Spending Doesn't Prioritize Students

Public school districts have a responsibility to educate students, safeguard taxpayer money, and provide families with opportunities for success. However, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has become a ...
Penn Live

Pittsburgh Public Schools and Pa.’s largest cyber charter school clash over lawsuit

Pittsburgh Public Schools and three smaller districts accused Pa.’s largest cyber charter school, Commonwealth Charter Academy, of failing to provide an adequate education to its students, in a ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
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Pittsburgh Public Schools’ proposal that would close multiple schools fails in 6-3 vote

A proposal to reconfigure the Pittsburgh Public Schools District has failed. ‘I’m Going to Sue’: Graham Threatens Major Lawsuit Why Erin Andrews’s Comments About Her Sports Career Are Going Viral on ...
WPXI

PPS responds to parents, students rallying against possible school closures ahead of vote

PITTSBURGH — Parents and students made their final pitch to Pittsburgh Public School board members at a rally Monday night, urging members to vote ‘no’ on the ‘Future-Ready Facilities Plan’ which ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Schools should learn from Indian River’s example

When Indian River County set our bold Moonshot Goal — 90% of students reading on grade level by the end of third grade — we knew it would take more than business as usual for us to have a chance. We ...