Sexual Abuse Prevention Lessons for Kids Aren’t Traumatizing—They’re Helpful
Research shows the lessons likely help and don't hurt, yet fewer American schools use them now than they did in the 1990s.
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How Affluent Private Universities Act as Tax Shelters for the Rich
There's a reason some of the richest institutions in the world are so frequently borrowing money instead of spending from their huge endowments.
Sharing iPads Helps Kindergartners Learn
A new study is the first to examine how the kid-to-computer ratio affects early childhood education.
Fluent in Computer
Many states are considering proposals that would allow students to fill foreign language requirements with computer programming classes. But do the disciplines really confer the same advantages?
Do Bulletproof Whiteboards Protect Children or Traumatize Them?
Hardwire Armor Systems outfitted Delaware’s Colonial School District this year with bulletproof whiteboards capable of absorbing ammunition from handguns, shotguns, or assault rifles. No psychiatric evaluations of the technology and the effect it could have on children were conducted.
Ending the White Man’s Claim on Brilliance
The demography of academic fields, and why women are more likely to participate in areas that are associated with hard work over any kind of luck.
Thirty Under 30: The Top Young Thinkers in Economics, Education, and Political Science
Throughout the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our second-annual list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young people we predict will have an impact on the social, political, and economic issues we make it our mission to cover every day at Pacific Standard.
Demographic Decline in Atlantic Canada: The Relationship Between Population Change and Health Care
Shrinking communities deserve more health care, not less.
Are Ties to a Notorious Institution a Career Killer?
How scandals—even silly ones—affect the lives of individuals associated with the institutions mired in them.