Roommates can underestimate each other’s stress
College is a time of stress for many, but if your dorm roommate can be more tuned in to your stress levels, maybe she or he can help.
Academics
A student from S.C. writes to Stoneman Douglas
Students from across the nation are responding to the shooting in Fla. last week. Love, laws, and acceptance are called for.
A message to Trump on Presidents’ Day
The <em>New York Times</em> has published an op-ed written by a student at Stoneman Douglas H.S. It's a message about gun safety.
Defining ‘transgender’ under law is still muddy
The use of "sex" in Title IX, which enforces anti-discrimination laws against students, is tricky in transgender bathroom cases.
Trump wants major cuts to federal education funding
The president sent a budget proposal to Congress that would increase military spending & the deficit but cut education programs.
In the great outdoors, students learn science better
Outdoor instruction with exploration built in has yielded results that beat learning in a classroom, new research out of Norway suggests.
Companies often fire workers for social media posts
Public schools play by different rules than companies do when it comes to the hiring and firing of employees. Be careful.
Dim light can make animals dumb
The neurons in the brain make fewer connections in dim light, but they recover quickly after bright light returns.
Is coal clean? The president says it is.
Coal's not as clean as Pres. Trump tried to convince us it was, but we're making progress in cutting some pollutants from coal.
Dow Jones down after a bad week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, shortly after remarkable growth in January and last year, has fallen; some say it's just a correction.