A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school’s Gaggle software was watching
Round-the-clock surveillance of students’ accounts raises tricky privacy concerns. And do they really help keep kids safe? Read more
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Round-the-clock surveillance of students’ accounts raises tricky privacy concerns. And do they really help keep kids safe? Read more
Report on speech policies for students studying abroad speaks to tensions in balancing student rights and student safety overseas. Read more
The mantra of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, has become increasingly dominant in higher education, but two professors have created an alternative to DEI called “Merit, Fairness and Equality,” or “MFE. Read more
I doubt Mark Zuckerberg reads the comments people leave on his Facebook posts. Read more
Last year, Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton and his wife Anne Case, both emeritus professors at Princeton University, published “Deaths of Despair,” a much-acclaimed book that delved into why the mortality rate among non-Hispanic white Americans without a college degree has been rising, undoing a century of progress. Read more
The stickers feature a popular video game character/meme accompanied by text that reads 'CHINA KINDA SUS.' Read more
As National Youth Justice Action Month is marked in October, the Biden administration is again voicing allegations of racial disparity in juvenile misconduct prosecution, with a September 30 proclamation decrying such bias. Read more
First they got tenure at Colby College. Then they each got $100,000, no strings attached. Could the Haynesville Project be the new donation paradigm? Read more
A headteacher and her father have been sentenced for the second time for running an illegal unregistered school in south London following a crackdown by the schools watchdog Ofsted. Read more
Seeds from genetically modified barley plants are being used in a process which creates lab-grown meat. Read more