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Nov 14, 2024 | 
allaccess.collegeboard.org | Eric Johnson
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are already impacting the job landscape, and that is creating a sense of anxiety for students and educators trying to cultivate durable skills for the working world.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
allaccess.collegeboard.org | Eric Johnson
In classrooms across the country, teachers are figuring out how the boom in artificial intelligence will help or hinder their role of boosting human intelligence. “We’re facing it on the front lines,” said Lisa Boyd, who teaches AP English and AP Capstone courses at Luella High School in Henry County, Georgia. “Students are navigating things, trying out new things, oftentimes using AI in ways that maybe are not the most positive for enhancing their learning.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
allaccess.collegeboard.org | Eric Johnson
Anton Treuer has no patience for well-meaning advocates who want to help Native students “get through the gates and gaps” created by schools and universities that weren’t designed to serve them. He’s aiming for a deeper kind of reform, one that puts Native knowledge and culture at the center of student life. “We are not here for someone else’s racial comfort,” he told more than 300 attendees at College Board’s Native American Student Advocacy Institute conference. “We are here for the kids.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
medium.com | Eric Johnson
I thought I'd start writing about topics that are somewhat confusing for me. This helps me process the information better. As they say, most people learn best by teaching. My thoughts are: if I treat these blog posts as if I were teaching someone these concepts, it would help them stick. In many programming languages, a "null" character is used to signify the end of a string.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
albertleatribune.com | Eric Johnson
Police release more information about Monday standoff in Austin Published 5:13 pm Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Law enforcement state at the scene of a stand-off, just minutes after a resolution that secured the release of a seven-year-old girl and the arrest of an adult male Monday morning in northwest Austin. Eric Johnson/[email protected] Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
albertleatribune.com | Eric Johnson
Riverland input sessions part of a bigger process toward a strategic plan Published 10:52 am Thursday, June 27, 2024 Those taking part in Tuesday morning’s input session at Riverland Community College work in break-out groups. Eric Johnson/[email protected] Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
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May 23, 2024 | 
albertleatribune.com | Eric Johnson
Company that owns area radio stations lays off on-air personalities, part of sweeping move Published 1:45 pm Thursday, May 23, 2024 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Alpha Media, the company that owns Austin’s KAUS-1480 and 99.9 Quick Country and Albert Lea’s KATE-1450 and 94.9 The Breeze, conducted a mass layoff of on-air personalities on Tuesday this week impacting the region that includes Austin and possibly Albert Lea.
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May 22, 2024 | 
metrosiliconvalley.com | Eric Johnson
Jan Sramek, who has raised nearly $1 billion toward his dream of building a new city on the California Delta between San Francisco and Sacramento, swears that he believes in democracy. Sramek expressed his views in response to a grilling by Kara Swisher (“Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist”) and the business author Scott Galloway on their podcast, Pivot.
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May 11, 2024 | 
albertleatribune.com | Eric Johnson
Riverland graduation: Students demonstrate stories of hope and resilience Published 10:02 am Saturday, May 11, 2024 AUSTIN — Friday night’s 83rd Riverland Community College commencement held a number of powerful moments, but among the more powerful moment’s was President Dr. Kat Linaker’s demonstration of the graduate’s achievements. Going down a list, Linaker asked students to stand when they met the criteria requested by RCC’s first-year president in a list of questions.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
albertleatribune.com | Eric Johnson
Dignitaries tout bipartisan cooperation at groundbreaking for I-90 bridge project Published 5:10 pm Thursday, April 25, 2024 AUSTIN — In September of 2022, Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith were in Austin touting the securement of $25 million in federal dollars for the bridge replacement project currently underway in Austin. Thursday morning, the two senators, who were instrumental in securing that money, along with Gov.
