Education advocates concerned about tax reform
Tax reform, with a proposal to eliminate the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, could hurt schools in the long run.
Social Studies
Kids who ‘bounce back’ handle bullying better
Most children are bullied, but it's not inevitable that they'll be adversely affected. Why are some devastated while others are not?
How we might reduce racial bias in kids
The key is to keep reinforcing education efforts for children to see people who look different from them as <em>individuals</em>.
8th graders create “Kids Love Baton Rouge” site
A creative group of 8th graders at a technology magnet school in Louisiana developed a marketing website about their hometown capital.
Teen anxiety more likely with less sleep
If you get less sleep, say because school starts too early in the morning, you're more likely to have anxiety. Are there other causes for teen anxiety?
The president has a great deal for Dreamers
A solution is needed on DACA, but Trump and a mostly bipartisan effort in Congress seem miles apart from each other as the program winds down.
College students slightly less narcissistic today
A new Univ. of IL study suggests college students of the 2010s are actually less, not more, narcissistic than those of the 1990s.
New game may help students plan college costs
Do you know how college loans work or, more importantly, how you'll pay them back after you graduate? It's basic financial literacy.
Beginning June 2018, Saudi women can drive
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decreed that women will be allowed to drive a motor vehicle, beginning next summer.
Sheriff ‘searched’ students, faces sex assault charge
A search that may have been unlawful or unconstitutional at a Ga. h.s. has resulted in the indictment of a sheriff on sexual battery charges.