Education

Education

“I think that it won't matter. All the things that used to matter are still things that are going to matter in the future,” he told Singapore's Channel NewsAsia Monday.

The Iranian government has been gradually expanding access to an expensive internet service available to certain professionals and business owners. But it won't fully restore the internet until the war ends, and there's no clear sign of when that will happen.

Niagara Catholic District School Board's director of education is moving to the much larger Toronto District School Board, which the province had stripped of much of its powers last year due to what it called financial problems at that board. The Niagara Catholic board said on Friday that education director Camillo Cipriano has resigned after six years. His last day will be June 5. The Toronto public board also announced on Friday that Cipriano has been appointed as the board's new chief executive officer, starting June 8.

Parents and guardians of children beginning school next September are encouraged to visit their local library branch to collect a free book bag packed with reading materials and resources designed to help children prepare for starting school.

Each year, Cornell's University Relations division recognizes one or more graduating seniors who has shown exceptional leadership, innovation and engagement with and service to the greater Ithaca community during their time at Cornell.

At first glance, identical twins Adriana and Alyssa Lyons look like Barbie dolls come to life, with sun-kissed tans, bright blue eyes, blond hair and matching smiles. But behind the picture perfect symmetry lies something even more remarkable: relentless discipline.

The Cork students from across the county brought home awards from all three categories at the national finals in Mullingar, on May 7. Teams from the Patrician Academy in Mallow took home the second prize in the Senior Category as well as the Sales and Marketing prize in the Intermediate Category. Students Rory O'Leary, Bill Palmer, Conor O'Leary and Ben Norton made up the Senior Category runners-up team while Dylan Walsh represented the Mallow school in the Intermediate Category.

Harvard-Westlake's boys' tennis team accomplished something on Friday few have done: topple Irvine University. The Wolverines ended University's four-year run as tennis champions with a 10-8 win at the Southern Section Division 1 championships. University is a 16-time champion.

When I glanced at his screen, equations were nowhere to be seen. He was controlling a monster in the midst of battle, casting magic spells to outduel an opposing player. "That's not your math homework!" I told him. But it was. His fifth-grade-math teacher had told her students to spend time on Prodigy, a site that looks and feels like a video game.