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Photo: Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, founded in 1916, has delivered its 1,000th electric school bus to a school system in Georgia. High Point, NC-based Thomas Built Buses is a Daimler Truck North America subsidiary. The company announced today that it’s delivered its 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus to Meriwether County School System, Georgia, as part of a larger order. The Saf-T-Liner C2 has 244 kWh standard battery capacity and 295 peak horsepower. It features…

Twin fixed-effects coefficients of math grades on parental support (low-SES: ISCED 1-4, 5B; high-SES: ISCED 5A, 6). Credit: European Sociological Review (2024). DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcae010 The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has researched parents' support behavior in relation to school grades. The study shows that low-income families support their children equally regardless of grades, while parents from…

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who is known for chartbusters like ‘Shape of You’, ‘Perfect’, ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and others, is in Mumbai. The singer visited a school in Mumbai and spent time with his young fans, as he played songs for them and sang along with them. The singer-songwriter is set to perform in Mumbai on March 16. On Tuesday, Ed Sheeran took to his Instagram and shared a video of his school visit. The singer wrote in the caption: “Visited a school in Mumbai this…

Ed Sheeran’s presence in India thrilled fans as he made a surprise appearance on Tuesday, sharing a video on Instagram Reels from his visit to a school in Mumbai. The singer-songwriter engaged with students, singing songs for them during his classroom interaction. He is scheduled to perform in Mumbai for the last stop of his +–=÷× Tour (Mathematics) on March 16, concluding his Asia and Europe Tour for 2024. Sharing the video the singer captioned the video, “Visited a school in Mumbai this morning and…

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes:— “What did you get on your test?”— “Did you get the field trip form signed?”— “Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinner tonight?”Clement has a plea for parents: Stop texting your kids at school.Parents are distressingly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media. But teachers say parents might not realize how much…

Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in his economics and government classes:— “What did you get on your test?” — “Did you get the field trip form signed?” — “Do you want chicken or hamburgers for dinner tonight?”Clement has a plea for parents: Stop texting your kids at school.Parents are distressingly aware of the distractions and the mental health issues associated with smartphones and social media. But teachers say parents might not realize how…

American investment bank Goldman Sachs has set up a facility in India to train both engineers and non-engineers in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to explore the usage of the technology in its businesses.Since 2006, Goldman Sachs has invested more than $7 billion in India. Starting off as a support function, the Indian operations have now become the second largest for Goldman Sachs globally.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product…

Number of SEE student applicants and participants per program year. Credit: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1057/s41599-024-02797-w An Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)-led study has unveiled important insights and actionable protocols into providing equitable STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experiences for high school students from historically marginalized communities.…

In the British teen dramedy Boarders, five Black students of great intelligence, but modest means, are given scholarships to the elite private school St. Gilbert’s. Their presence has little to do with altruism, and a lot to do with the school’s PR problem, after a rich white student posts a video of himself and his friends harassing an unhoused man. Gus (played by Daniel Lawrence Taylor, who also created the series) runs the charity that helped select the five lucky kids, and while all of them are aware of the real…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Virginia professors Dewey Cornell and Jennifer Maeng have created a toolkit that school districts may use to help keep schools safe from threats, including gun violence. Published by the National Center for School Safety at the University of Michigan, the kit provides guidance to schools for implementing…