Culture

Teachers Report Increasing Abuse at the Hands of Students 0
- Culture
- April 23, 2019
Teachers have always had a hard job. It takes a dedicated person to prepare lessons, manage a classroom full of children, and deal with unhappy parents. But the role of teacher has become even more difficult — even dangerous — in recent years. One quarter of teachers report being the objects of student violence and
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How Artificial Intelligence Systems Could Threaten Democracy 0
- Culture
- April 23, 2019
U.S. technology giant Microsoft has teamed up with a Chinese military university to develop artificial intelligence systems that could potentially enhance government surveillance and censorship capabilities. Two U.S. senators publicly condemned the partnership, but what the National Defense Technology University of China wants from Microsoft isn’t the only concern. As my research shows, the advent
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The Value of a Self-Directed Summer for Kids 0
- Culture
- April 23, 2019
It’s all over the news these days. Kids are stressed-out, not playing, and, most worrisome, experiencing sharp increases in depression and suicide. Last month, a new paper published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology revealed that adolescent mental health has deteriorated over the last decade, with soaring depression rates for young people ages 14 to
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The Rights Glut 0
- Culture
- April 22, 2019
When someone talks about having “rights,” what do they mean? I was asked recently whether I thought same-sex parents had the “right” to adopt. I said that I didn’t think anyone had a “right” to adopt. We decide who should adopt on the basis of what is good for the child being adopted, not
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Research Reveals Teenagers Actually Love the Bard 0
- Culture
- April 22, 2019
When you think of inner-city teenagers, what springs to mind? For many, it’s hoodies, video games — and probably hating Shakespeare. But my research proves that this stereotype is far from the truth. Shakespeare holds a contested place in the English national curriculum as the only compulsory writer to be studied between the ages of
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Larger Schools May Be Driving Teen Suicide Rates Higher 0
- Culture
- April 19, 2019
Recent headlines have been screaming out a familiar story: teen suicide rates are increasing. Suicide was the second leading cause of death for teens in 2016, and the teen suicide rate jumped 70 percent over the previous ten years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are many reasons one could find
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