Education Week

Don’t 86 the Six-Seven: Those Annoying Kid Trends Actually Have a Purpose

The “six-seven” shrug—so viral that it has been tapped as the 2025 Word of the Year by Dictionary.com—is the latest of the ...

SYNE wins UNICEF StartUp Lab AI Hackathon for inclusive learning

The UNICEF StartUp Lab, in collaboration with KOICA, MEST Africa, GCB Bank PLC, and DevCongress, has announced TEAM SYNE as ...

Cambridge Dictionary names 'parasocial' as word of the year. What it means and how to use it

The dictionary described the term as referring to a sense of personal closeness that someone feels towards a public figure ...
Crookwell Gazette

1950s academic term rockets into popularity, becomes 2025 word of the year

A 70-year-old academic term has been crowned Word of the Year for 2025, after surging back into mainstream use as more of our ...
NBC New York

You won't believe Dictionary.com's Word of the Year—but your kids will

Dictionary.com’s word of the year will leave you feeling, well…67. The online dictionary announced Oct. 29 that 2025’s Word of the Year title has been claimed by “67”—pronounced six-seven as opposed ...
NBC DFW

You won't believe Dictionary.com's Word of the Year—but your kids will

The online dictionary announced Oct. 29 that 2025’s Word of the Year title has been claimed by “67”—pronounced six-seven as opposed to sixty-seven — the word (or phrase) few have been able to escape ...
The Washington Post

I tried to protect my kids from the internet. Here’s what happened.

Tech companies should be responsible for verifying the ages of their users. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best ...
manilatimes

Lingokids raises $120M in funding to expand its position as the #1 interactive app for kids

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lingokids, the #1 interactive app for kids aged 2-8 and trusted by more than 185 million families worldwide, has successfully secured $120 million USD ...
The Bookseller

Puffin scoops Simon Squibb’s interactive workbook children’s debut

Puffin has acquired What’s Your Dream? The Workbook, an interactive non-fiction title and children’s debut from viral entrepreneur, Simon Squibb. Puffin publisher Fenella Bates acquired world ...
The Washington Post

The children lost in the Texas floods, remembered by their loved ones

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. They were just getting started yet bursting with dreams when the water ...