Delaying School Start Times Causes Alarm
Efforts to adjust school start times face logistical and political obstacles concerning after-school activities, transportation schedules and sporting events.
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A Day in the Life of a Sleepy Student
They'll have better attendance, wreck fewer cars and be more agreeable. All we have to do is let high school students sleep in.
Rude Awakening for the DREAM Act
The proposed DREAM Act’s effort to allow the foreign-born children of parents who entered the U.S. illegally fights the headwinds of the immigration debate.
Me Generation Actually the Us Generation
Although tough times certainly contribute, there are hints the younger generation's commitment to public service is genuine.
Testing College Applicants’ Wisdom, Common Sense
What good is a high SAT score if you make a mess of your life? For a possible answer, peer into Robert Sternberg's book, "College Admissions for the 21st Century."
Great Expectations Create the Best Teen Scholars
There's a lot of ways parents can help their teenagers achieve, but research suggests the most effective way is expecting them to try their best.
Smartest Girls Find Gender Gap in Math, Science
At the highest levels of academic ability among seventh-grade students, boys still outnumber girls by more than 3-to-1 in math and science, a study finds.
‘Courts and Kids’ Argues for Equal School Funding
State courts should stand firm on equal school funding and make sure legislators and governors show kids the money, a law scholar writes.
UCLA’s New School of Thought
A collaboration between UCLA and the Los Angeles school district aims for the kind of bilingual excellence that's common in Europe.
Can Busing Desegregate Schools Legally?
Perhaps. A Minneapolis experiment offers voluntary busing of minority schoolchildren as a way to deal with segregated schools.