Microsoft showed off a trailer for Crackdown 3 at its E3 2018 event. The trailer was narrated by Terry Crews, who is a popular voice in the gaming community and even otherwise. In this trailer we got to see some cinematic visuals and some gameplay from Crackdown 3, where we saw the protagonist jumping from insanely high buildings and yet landing unharmed. We also saw him driving cars around to perform some crazy stunts, and we also got a look at some of the combat we can expect to see in the game. Crackdown 3 has recently been delayed to 2019,…
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Post-apocalyptic shooter Metro Exodus has a release date. The game will be playable on February 22, 2019 on PS4, Xbox One, and Windows PC. Helmed by 4A Games, the Microsoft Xbox E3 2018 eventshowed off a lengthy gameplay trailer with loads of exotic locales, weapons, and enemies. Metro Exodus was announced at Microsoft’s E3 2017 event. Sequel to the classics, Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light, Metro Exodus has you exploring post-apocalyptic Russia, fending off all sorts of mutants and enemy factions. “Metro Exodus is an epic, story-driven first person shooter from 4A Games that blends deadly combat and stealth with exploration and survival…
The U.S. Education Department has launched an investigation into how the University of Southern California handled sexual harassment complaints against a longtime gynecologist at the student health center, a scandal that forced the school’s president to resign last month. USC has been dealing with fallout from allegations that the doctor, George Tyndall, had abused students as far back as the 1990s by conducting improper pelvic exams and making sexually inappropriate comments to patients during exams. By the end of May USC had received more than 410 complaints against Dr. Tyndall, via telephone and online forms, while at least a dozen…
Most adults couldn’t even explain the basics of how the blockchain works, and Sesame Street is determined to make sure that won’t be a problem for the next generation. The children’s edutainment series has a venture capital firm that has now invested in a company that wants to give kids the building blocks of cryptocurrency. It’s certainly an uncomfortable feeling to realize that one of America’s most prominent non-profit institutions has to muck around in the dirty world of VC funding in order to help educate kids, but that’s the world we live in. Sesame Ventures isn’t designed to pull in revenue for the…
Dozens of protesters with the Poor People’s Campaign demanded increases in public education funding and teacher salaries Monday at the South CarolinaStatehouse. Demonstrators gathered inside the lobby of the Statehouse holding signs that read “End the school-to-prison pipeline” and “Pack em deep, teach em cheap, the SC way.” English teacher Patrick Martin told the nearly 80 protesters that schools are essential parts of the community and need money for counseling and safety along with education. “We need help today to fund all these programs,” the 19-year teaching veteran said. “The ones who get hurt the most will be the students, especially…
An alliance of educators and parents is calling on Manitoba to improve French-language education, offering up a report containing three proposals it says won’t cost the province a dime. Partners for French Education recommends the province establish a bilingual deputy minister of education and reinstate a bilingual assistant deputy minister of education responsible for French education to work with school divisions and teachers. Because those roles previously existed, the group said Monday the province should be able to bring them back without cost by shuffling existing positions. The report also suggests the province create a new administrative structure to oversee…
It is unusual to find a football manager who has yet to kick a ball professionally or an orchestra conductor who has never played a note. But a study of those overseeing the quality of teaching at UK universities has found that they seldom have an academic background in education – with many pro vice-chancellors for education even viewing this kind of expertise as unhelpful to their jobs. According to the paper, titled “Does educational expertise matter for PVCs education? A UK study of PVCs’ educational background and skills”, published in the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, less than one…
University of Tulsa names provost The University of Tulsa has named Janet K. Levit provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. She replaces Roger Blais, who is retiring after more than 40 years at TU. Levit is the first woman to serve as provost of Tulsa’s flagship comprehensive research university. Levit has served as the university’s vice president for strategic initiatives since January 2017. Before that, she served as the first female dean of the TU College of Law, where she continues as a professor. During the past year, she successfully structured and garnered board approval for TU’s five-year…
Rhode Island has awarded about $1.2 million in grants to give more students access to career education programs. The state’s Department of Education says the innovation and equity grants will be used to expand access for historically underserved students. Eight schools will receive about $150,000 each over two years, using existing state funding for career and technical education. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo says this will help ensure every student is exposed to these learning opportunities. The awardees are Chariho Tech, Exeter-West Greenwich High School, Warwick Area Career and Technical Center, Rhode Island Nurses Institute charter school, the MET School, Smithfield…
One of New Zealand’s top secondary school teachers knows first-hand the power education has to change someone’s life. Tarewa Williams is the head of science at One Tree Hill College in Auckland, and recently was awarded the National Excellence in Teaching honour for his contribution to education. “I’ll preach until the cows come home that education for me is the key to opportunity,” says Tarewa. But his path to success may not have happened had it not been for his older brother Noho and the sacrifices he made for his little brother. When Tarewa was 11 years old, Noho raised…