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An Entrepreneur contributor argues that attending business school remains a personal choice rather than a requirement for founders, noting that only about 6% of entrepreneurs held an MBA in 2023, though that figure is up 45% since 2010. The writer, who never attended business school, says the degree's main advantage is a built-in network of classmates, faculty and alumni rather than technical knowledge.
The short story 'The Bursar' depicts a school administrator giving a mother named Cerise a tour of a facility where children are kept in sleep-like cubicles and educated entirely through virtual environments rather than physical classrooms. The Bursar presents this as an upgrade over traditional schooling, citing reduced disease spread and consistently updated virtual facilities as key benefits.
Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 ranking for 2026 spotlights children's enrichment franchises, a category spanning art, music and STEM education. School of Rock, founded in 1998 and franchising since 2005, ranked #154 overall with 449 units and 32.8% unit growth over three years, requiring an initial investment of $378,050 to $756,100. A newer entrant founded in 1999 and franchising since 2020 ranked #380 with 57 units, showing 418.2% growth over three years and a lower initial investment range of $149,268 to $294,110.
In a Modern CEO newsletter column, Stephanie Mehta cites a former Harvard Business School dean who has studied chief executives for three decades and concludes the fundamentals of the job have stayed largely the same. The newsletter also touches on how talent agent Ari Emanuel's leadership style differs from typical corporate CEOs.
Educational and library groups submitted comments to the FCC opposing a proposal from Chairman Brendan Carr to potentially limit or sunset E-Rate, the $2 billion annual program that subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries. Carr, who led a 2-1 vote in June to open the rulemaking, has argued the program expanded beyond its original purpose and criticized schools for increasing student screen time. The American Library Association contends the FCC lacks authority to end the congressionally mandated program and lacks expertise to regulate screen time.
Schools, libraries, and education associations flooded the FCC with comments opposing a proposal from Chairman Brendan Carr to potentially sunset E-Rate, the $2 billion annual program that subsidizes internet connectivity for schools and libraries. The National Association of Elementary School Principals and the American Library Association were among groups urging the FCC to preserve the program, which Carr has criticized for enabling excessive student screen time. The FCC already cut E-Rate funding last year for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus internet service.
The NHTSA has started inspecting a defect petition filed in late September that claims about 1,000 Tesla Model Y Robotaxis and Cybercabs exceeded posted speed limits in active school zones. The petition cites four incidents—one formal complaint and three social media reports—along with three video links, but reports no crashes, injuries, or deaths. NHTSA now has 120 days to review the claims and decide whether to open a formal investigation.
A Wharton School survey of over 1,000 business leaders found no consensus on who should be blamed when AI systems make consequential mistakes. Roughly a quarter pointed to the employee operating the tool, another quarter to that employee's manager, and a similar share to the company's risk team, while about 10% blamed the AI vendor and 10% were unsure. The study also cited an incident where a faulty AI-driven email bot sent false refund and cancellation notices to more than 18,000 customers at a major U.S. retailer within six hours.
A Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center survey of over 5,400 Americans found 53 percent of men claimed familiarity with two fictional AI figures, Susan Milner and Craig Dalton, compared with 40 percent of women. The same survey found men use AI more often and answer factual questions about it correctly slightly more often, but largely because women are more likely to say they don't know an answer rather than guess wrong.
Federal regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are evaluating a petition requesting a formal investigation into reports that Tesla's driverless robotaxis sped through school zones. The petition cites alleged violations of posted speed limits in areas meant to protect children.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Office of Defects Investigation received a petition on September 23, 2026, requesting a probe into Tesla's roughly 1,000 Robotaxis, including the Model Y and Cybercab, for allegedly exceeding posted speed limits in active school zones while their Automated Driving System is engaged. The Cybercab is already facing a separate investigation over its lack of side mirrors, pedals, and a steering wheel, and Tesla's Full Self-Driving system is under scrutiny for other traffic violations like running red lights and driving on the wrong side of the road.
In a first-person account, Kid Pix creator Craig Hickman explains how he settled on the name 'Kid Pix,' favoring three-letter words that echoed his family's naming pattern and worked well visually and phonetically. He describes testing the software directly on his son and preschoolers to refine its interface, and notes that Broderbund later tried unsuccessfully to rename the product before a hired naming consultant advised against changing it.