The damaging messages of proms
Spring may be graduation season, but the most coveted rite of passage for many teenage girls is the prom.
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Spring may be graduation season, but the most coveted rite of passage for many teenage girls is the prom.
Children are again to be subject to a rigorous examination in grammar. But why does it make adults so cross when other adults break the rules?
Five Pennsylvania state-owned universities now allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus after lawyers in the governor's office and state department of higher education advised that a blanket ban on weapons was vulnerable to legal challenge.
The American Association of University Professors on Friday reiterated its opposition to academic boycotts, such as the push by some pro-Palestinian academics to have their colleagues stay away from Israel or Israeli institutions.
New research shows that humans have been transforming the earth and its ecosystems for millenniums — far longer than previously believed.
The US government has demanded designs for a 3D-printed gun be taken offline.
British Education Minister Michael Gove criticized the use of the popular "Mr Men" cartoon figures to teach 16-year olds about Adolf Hitler, saying such play-based learning infantilized students and led to a culture of low aspirations.
While Brazil struggles to finish its stadiums in time for the 2014 World Cup, Twitter is already working to cash in on what the U.S. company's head of revenue, Adam Bain, sees as a potentially huge business opportunity.
Behavior change interventions have so far had limited success in motivating wider society into taking positive environmental actions.
The average completion rate for massive open online courses is less than 7 percent, according to data compiled by an Open University doctoral student as part of her own MOOC studies.