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Parents, Consider Underachieving
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (517+ words) I see you, parents who have been killing it this school year. You were there for the Halloween parade, the Valentine's Day craft session, the inexplicable request to come to class for your child's half-birthday. You made sure said child…...
I sent my son to Australia alone when he was 13 so he'd be more independent. Now that he's an adult, I get advice fr
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (621+ words) As a mom, I've made a few what-was-I-thinking parenting decisions. The first, and perhaps the most consequential, was choosing to send my oldest son to work on a banana plantation in Australia for 10 weeks the summer prior to his freshman…...
When my kids got their first phones at 10, I made them sign a physical contract. They're teenagers now, and it's sti
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (732+ words) When my oldest daughter turned 10, many of her friends were already getting phones. At the time, I was working as a middle school teacher, and I had a front-row seat to what constant screen time was doing to my students....
Students are asking the wrong questions about advanced degrees
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (646+ words) Arthur C. Evans, Washington The writer is a psychologist and the CEO of the American Psychological Association. A new study based on graduate students at Texas public universities excluded from its "output earnings" those who earned Ph Ds. This is a…...
Ditching Digital Junk Food for a Healthier Mind
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1082+ words) Re "Stop Filling Your Mind With Digital Doritos," by Cal Newport (Opinion guest essay, March 29): As the Australian psychologist who coined the term "digital nutrition" in 2013 to move the conversation around our digital consumption habits beyond crude measures of screen…...
The 25 countries with the shortest populations, ranked
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (1287+ words) Worldwide, there's about a 20-centimeter, or 7. 8-inch, difference in the average height of a child between the tallest and shortest countries, per a 2020 study reported in The Lancet. In the Netherlands " ranked as having the tallest population of any country…...
Trump administration to end civil rights settlements for trans students
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (672+ words) The Trump administration is ending civil rights settlements that aimed to protect transgender students from discrimination, the Education Department announced Monday, the latest effort by the agency to solidify its view that federal law barring sex discrimination does not extend…...
Trump administration terminates agreements to protect transgender students in several schools
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (215+ words) WASHINGTON'The Education Department said Monday it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students. Under the Biden and Obama administrations, the department interpreted Title IX,…...
A shameful ICE detention of a soldier's wife
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (396+ words) The Trump administration has prioritized quantity over quality in its mass deportation campaign, diverting attention from apprehending hardened criminals to removing people who positively contribute to American society. The case of Annie Ramos is worth looking at closely because it…...
Trump Administration to Pull Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (907+ words) The Trump administration on Monday will terminate multiple civil rights settlements aimed at ensuring transgender students" rights to equal opportunity to an education, forcing school officials to choose whether to comply with the government"s interpretation of federal anti-discrimination laws…...