Admission Fairness Girls constitute two-thirds of the top 10 percent of their school classes and apply to college at a higher rate than boys. A college that receives more (and more qualified) female applicants than male but desires a “balanced” student body has to...
Why Is Finland the Happiest Country in the World Frank Martela, Finnish psychologist and philosopher, says that it is no accident that his homeland has for six years now been ranked the happiest country in the world. He cites three factors and four that make Finland a...
Forget About Censorship New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristoff says forget about censorship, pornography, and indoctrination. The central problem in American education is simply that too many kids aren’t getting the education they need. Only 32 percent of...
Strength Training When you think of exercising for weight loss, what do you picture? Running? Cycling? Something that gets your heart beating hard and your body sweating heavily. Aerobic exercise has traditionally been associated with slimming down, while weight or...
Teenager doing your taxes Would you let a teenager file your taxes? That’s not a riddle, but a reality at Rancho Cucamonga High School in the Southern California city of the same name. There, a group of students trained in tax filing and led by accounting teacher...
