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- 1Five Takeaways From Yale Experts at Climate Week NYC▼Five Takeaways From YSE Experts at Climate Week NYC
Yale School of the Environment has published five key takeaways from its experts' participation in Climate Week NYC, the annual gathering of governments, businesses and advocates held alongside the UN General Assembly. The summary distills what environmental scholars consider the most important developments and remaining challenges from this year's climate discussions in New York.
- 2Berkeley undergrads launch tash, a trading card investment platform▼Undergrad team launches tash, an investment platform for trading cards
A team of undergraduate students at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business has launched tash, a startup that lets users invest in trading cards as an asset class. The venture treats collectible cards like a financial market, and it is drawing attention as part of a broader wave of student-founded startups bringing alternative assets to retail investors.
- 3Scholastic's Third Quarter Tested by Book Fairs and Education Headwinds▼SCHL Q3 Deep Dive: Book Fairs, Franchise Activity, and Education Headwinds Shape Results
Scholastic's fiscal third quarter results are drawing attention, with analysts pointing to its book fair business, franchise-related activity, and broader pressures on education spending as the key factors shaping performance. The children's publisher is navigating a challenging school market, and commentary is focused on how resilient its core book fair revenue remains amid tightening school budgets.
- 4Parents say school apps are overwhelming them●MORNING BUSINESS REPORT: Parents say they're overwhelmed with school-based apps
A morning business report highlights growing parental frustration with the number of school-based apps families are expected to use. Parents say juggling multiple platforms for grades, communications, payments and attendance has become overwhelming, raising questions for schools and app providers about consolidation and usability.
- 5College Football Profits Off Players, Then Lectures Them●College football gets rich off its players. Then we all lecture them about their behavior https://www.nytimes.com/athlet
A New York Times piece argues that college football programs and the NCAA earn enormous revenue from players while publicly scolding those same athletes over their conduct. The article points to schools including Oregon, USC and Texas, framing the criticism of player behavior as hypocritical given how much money universities make from their labor. Readers are debating whether the sport's moral lectures about athletes can survive its profit-driven business model.