A high-need school district's superpower: Keeping its teachers

A Times Union analysis of high-need school districts found that teacher turnover can play a pivotal role in student success.
Seattle Times

Seattle program gives students a taste of A/V production career

SEATAC — The rumble of the light rail arrives in waves at The Roadhouse, a low hiss and metallic rush that slips through the open doors beneath the Angle Lake Station platform. Inside, the venue feels ...
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This One Ohio Restaurant Is So Good People Drive Hours To Get There

When a restaurant makes people willingly sit in traffic for two hours, you know something extraordinary is happening in that ...
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...
The New York Times

A.I. Bots Told Scientists How to Make Biological Weapons

Scientists shared transcripts with The Times in which chatbots described how to assemble deadly pathogens and unleash them in public spaces. Credit...Vanessa Saba Supported by By Gabriel J.X. Dance ...
Seattle Times

Here’s how much Microsoft’s buyout program will cost

Microsoft’s workforce will shrink in the next year, likely driven by the company’s recently announced voluntary retirement program. Those buyouts, which will be formally offered in about a week, will ...
KHON2

Sen. Richards looks to bring ‘farm-to-table’ program to DOE schools

HONOLULU (KHON2) — State Senator Tim Richards joined Wake Up 2Day live on Thursday morning as the legislative session nears its end to talk about what the state is working on to help Hawaii’s farmers, ...
Los Angeles Times

BMG and Concord merge to create music’s fourth-largest company

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Major music companies BMG and Concord, which represent artists like Tina Turner and Jelly Roll, said they are ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Road to independence: U of S students create cars to get children moving

SCRANTON — University of Scranton students Jayden Chang and Samantha Zaic stopped inside a workshop at Leahy Hall on Thursday morning to make some adjustments on miniature toy cars created for local ...
The New York Times

Democrats Add 8 Candidates to House Battlefield Program for Midterms

The party’s congressional campaign arm is promoting more contenders to take down at-risk Republicans — and is taking sides in some competitive primaries. By Tim Balk and Shane Goldmacher Democratic ...
Times Union

NY Creates, Micron start workforce training program for chip workers

Participants in the 16-month, Capital Region-based program get guaranteed job interview for a technician job at Micron site in U.S. Robert Geer, vice president for education and workforce development ...