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Letter: Put the phone down
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (259+ words) My family just left our house after a wonderful Christmas party. Kids, grandkids and guests all had a great time. I'm sitting in my office decompressing and watching some local news. A guy comes on the screen saying that you…...
Donate to Sportsmen's Fund Send A Kid to Camp, get an Arizona tax credit
15+ hour, 59+ min ago (335+ words) The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active-military families can attend overnight summer camp at little or no cost to their families. Since 1947, the Sportsmen's Fund has helped pay for more than 44,000 children…...
Moms' 'mental load' is pushing them to the brink, new survey shows
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (1558+ words) The holiday season often brings a flood of toys into homes, but research suggests that having fewer toys isn't just a sanity-saver for parents; it's also beneficial for kids. Professor Metz, an occupational therapy expert, discovered that fewer toys lead…...
Why Harvard reinstated standardized tests for admission | Andrew Cline
3+ week, 2+ day ago (586+ words) A new study from a team at Sick Kids and St. Michael's Hospital, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that kids who spent more time on screens before age eight scored lower on standardized tests. When the…...
Cheating beyond ChatGPT: Agentic browsers present risks to universities
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (875+ words) AI chatbots have proliferated in school settings since the launch of ChatGPT. But OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, just released a new AI tool that may make combating AI-generated assignments with AI detection more difficult. In online posts, students use…...
Tucson's undocumented families balance fear with continuing to live life
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1813+ words) For 4-year-old Mateo, the world has become a bit smaller since President Donald Trump took office, according to his father Antonio, a 31-year-old Tucson home painter who is undocumented. Though he works long hours, Antonio spends much of his free…...
Russia faces a shrinking and aging population, tries restrictive laws to combat it
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1258+ words) Russia is now run through a state-sponsored system of fear and punishment where dissent is erased and civic space is dismantled," said Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, briefing correspondents following the…...
Federal shutdown threatens nutrition aid for Arizona moms, kids
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1155+ words) Two-year-old Gia was 13 days old when doctors diagnosed her with Hirschsprung's disease, a condition that affects the large intestine. She needed specialized formula. But as the girl's mom, Esparanza, recalled, her husband's sales job barely covered rent. So when they…...
Local opinion: The numbers that really matter: A new model for student success
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (626+ words) At the university, the success of our students is, and must always be, our North Star. Every decision we make and every program we design is driven by a shared purpose: How do we help every single student thrive? For…...
The Cork Tucson Fun Chili Cook-Off raises $31,000 to send kids to camp
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (489+ words) The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen's Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona can attend summer camp on scholarships funded by Star readers. We send local kids to weeklong YMCA, Scouting America (formerly…...