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Half of Students Now Get A’s, but Actual Achievement Is Declining
Your child’s report card may be sending the wrong signal. Grades and GPAs increasingly reflect institutional incentives rather than academic achievement. Hannah Frankman Hood The Epoch Times (epochtimes.com) Commentary As recently as 1995, a child’s straight-A report card meant something specific. Still relatively rare, the feat indicated that a child had worked hard and was…
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California’s schools are emptying out. Experts say it’s only going to get worse.
Researchers say shrinking classrooms are a sign of something much larger By Madilynne Medina, News Reporter The first sign was the empty desks that slowly started to appear. Then there were fewer kindergartners in San Francisco. Shrinking graduating classes in San Jose. An Oakland elementary school that lost so many students it was forced to close. Across California, signs like these have proliferated as…
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Digital Despair: How Social Media Fuels Teen Anxiety and Overmedication
More teens are experiencing anxiety and depression, taking medication, and struggling with the fallout of drugs—problems that can carry into adulthood. Sofia never really felt like she fit in as a preteen, so she turned to a place where she could get lost and go numb. She sat scrolling on her smartphone, hour after hour,…
