For first time, L.A. schools have free SAT day for all juniors

The Los Angeles school district has focused in recent years on boosting high-school graduation rates and sending more students to college. This month, it has taken a big step by having all juniors take the Scholastic Aptitude Test on a school day, for free. It’s not lost on district officials that... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The best Amazon device bundle sales ahead of Prime Day

It's no secret that Amazon devices are some of the best things to buy on Prime Day. Amazon usually discounts most of its gadgets to record-low prices for the two-day shopping event, but Prime members can take advantage of great sales now. In addition to bringing devices like the Echo Dot and the... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-07-09 13:30:14 UTC ]
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Book Riot’s YA Book Deals of the Day: July 9, 2022

The best YA book deals of the day, sponsored by Kyra Leigh. `Kyra Leigh`https://www.getunderlined.com/books/669986/it-will-end-like-this-by-kyra-leigh/`https://bookriot.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/iweltcov-198x300.jpeg.optimal.jpeg` Continue reading at Book Riot

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The Apple TV 4K drops to $150, plus the best early Prime Day deals you can get

With Amazon Prime Day only a few days away, the early deals are in full swing. Prime members can pick up things like Echo Dots, Kindles, Fire TV devices and more for less right now, while anyone can pick up the latest Apple TV 4K for one of the best prices we've seen. Roku has also discounted... Continue reading at Engadget

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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Habib, Kaplan, Zevin, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Conner Habib, Isabel Kaplan, Gabrielle Zevin, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2022-07-05 09:59:03 UTC ]
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Book Riot’s YA Book Deals of the Day: July 2, 2022

The best YA book deals of the day, sponsored by Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta. `Godslayers by Zoe Hana... Continue reading at Book Riot

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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for June 30, 2022

Today's edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by HarperCollins Children's Books.`HarperCollins Children's... Continue reading at Book Riot

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Best Prime Day tablet deals 2022: Early deals on Kindle Fire and more

Amazon sells more stuff than any other company on the planet. And one of the things that it sells the most of is tablets, specifically its own-brand Fire tablets. So when Amazon’s yearly celebration of unbound consumerism commences, you can bet there will be plenty of Prime Day deals on... Continue reading at PC World

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São Paulo’s Professional Days: Language Challenges

Ahead of the São Paulo International Book Fair, publishers explore key market hurdles for the Portuguese-language world. The post São Paulo’s Professional Days: Language Challenges appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Revisiting Justice Stephen Breyer’s Curious (and Strangely Timed) Defense of the Court

In a book published last year, Breyer depicted the Supreme Court as an apolitical institution that sticks to its guiding principles. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Walter, Bazawule, Bourne, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Jess Walter, Blitz Bazawule, our own Michael Bourne, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2022-06-28 09:59:36 UTC ]
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A year on from Apple Daily’s closure, what’s left of Hong Kong’s free press?

With the newspaper’s founder and senior editors jailed, other pro-democracy media outlets shut and 1,000 journalists out of work, can press freedom survive in the territory?Read more: ‘My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city’: life after Hong Kong’s Apple... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Patrick Radden Keefe Has One Big Rule for His Reading Time

“My iPhone must be dead, or secured in a lockbox of some sort,” says the journalist and author, whose latest book is the true-crime collection “Rogues.” Continue reading at The New York Times

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Patrick Radden Keefe Has One Big Rule for His Reading Time

“My iPhone must be dead, or secured in a lockbox of some sort,” says the journalist and author, whose latest book is the true-crime collection “Rogues.” Continue reading at The New York Times

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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Moshfegh, Hogeland, Gallagher, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Ottessa Moshfegh, Anna Hogeland, Leigh N. Gallagher, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading at The Millions

[ The Millions | 2022-06-21 09:59:37 UTC ]
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Book Riot’s YA Book Deals of the Day: June 18, 2022

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Amazon Prime Day 2022: Everything you need to know about Amazon’s shopping event

Life is picking back up old rhythms: Prime Day, Amazon’s summer shopping event, is returning to its usual mid-July period. This eighth blowout of nonstop deals will start at midnight Pacific Time on July 12 and end on July 13, and Amazon has already promised some juicy freebies as part of the... Continue reading at PC World

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As Digital Comics Surge, Comics Plus Takes Off in Schools and Libraries

The digital comics service has been reborn under "mission-driven" upstart LibraryPass. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Barbara Pym’s humor and stoicism are a welcome tonic for our times

Pym’s novels — witty tales of domestic life in British villages — have been compared to the works of Jane Austen. I see a link to Joyce, too. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Tuesday New Release Day: Starring Brooks, Newman, Taddeo, and More

Here’s a quick look at some notable books—new titles from Geraldine Brooks, Sandra Newman, Lisa Taddeo, and more—that are publishing this week. Want to learn more about upcoming titles? Then go read our most recent book preview. Want to help The Millions keep churning out great books... Continue reading at The Millions

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