Writing prompts: Tipping a restaurant server
We encourage students to write about this topic on the New York Times Learning Network blog: Should we eliminate tipping?
Academics
Mistakes are better teachers than perfection
Maybe we learn more from our mistakes than we learn from getting things right from the beginning, new research suggests.
Should you take selfies in a ballot booth?
A law in N.H. seeks to protect people from having to prove they voted a certain way, but it may ban speech that should be protected.
Neb. looks to make math standards deeper
Nebraska could adopt new standards for math instruction next month, and we hope whatever standards they adopt serve students well.
Man arrested for sexual assault of 14-year-old girl
A man from an affluent suburb of Chicago has been charged with setting up a gang rape of a 14-year-old Chicago girl.
Irrationality proof gave rise to rational thinking
The Greeks developed the Pythagorean Theorem. That led to a proof that the square root of 2 is irrational and much more.
Hackers breach an adultery website
Hackers broke into a website that invites married people to cheat on their spouses, exposing personal information about thousands of stupid users.
Obituary: John Henry Holland, computer scientist
A pioneer in the field of computer science, whose work was applied to economics, evolution, and psychology, has died.
Mich. parent can carry handgun into school
A circuit court in Michigan is allowing a licensed owner of a handgun to carry it into an elementary school.
Disciplined N.J. student was not a bully
N.J. parents sued a school for labeling their son as a bully when all he did was identify a girl who had lice.