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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Economic Importance of Teaching Coding to Teens
“If employers don’t help nurture this group of students coming through school now, they’re not going to have future employees.”
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Damian Dovarganes/AP Why U.S. Colleges Should Welcome Undocumented Immigrants
Large numbers of them are pursuing fields that could greatly stimulate the country's economy.
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SVT/YouTube Do Dancing Genitalia Belong on a Children's TV Show?
In Sweden, the answer is "maybe."
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oddmenout/Flickr How the Recession Hurt Black College Grads More Than Their Peers
The gap in unemployment rates between African Americans and whites is even worse now than it was in 2007.
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Tyrone Siu/Reuters Where Teens Have the Most Homework
An international ranking, from 14 hours a week in China to three in Finland
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USAG- Humphreys/Flickr U.S. Schools Are Saying Goodbye to Foreign Languages
Such instruction is in rapid decline despite the proven benefits of bilingualism.
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Kevin Hutchinson/Flickr Where Should Teachers Go?
The best and worst places to teach in America
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Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters The Global Geography of Internet Addiction
In a new study, Brazilians were the most likely to report spending every waking hour on the web, with Nigerians and South Africans not far behind.
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The Municipality of Tromso/Flickr The Northern Lights Are Hiding in Norway's New Passport
Are these the world's coolest travel documents?
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TradingCardsNPS/Flickr Modern-Day Segregation in Public Schools
The Department of Education has branded "tracking"—designating students for separate educational paths based on their academic performance—as a modern day form of segregation.
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Ted S. Warren/AP What Happens to Test Scores When Teachers Are Paid $125,000 a Year?
A charter school in a low-income Manhattan neighborhood tries an experiment—with mixed results.
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Edgard Garrido/Reuters The World's Second-Richest Man Thinks Everybody Should Work Less
His proposal: 11 hours a day, three days a week
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Food Network When Cooking Became Competition
Over the past 15 years, The Food Network has made big profits by turning the kitchen into an ever-more-stressful place.
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Amazon Pop Culture's Transgender Moment: Why Online TV Is Leading the Way
Business smarts and broader social change have encouraged Netflix and Amazon to offer complex portrayals of long-marginalized people.
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HBO A More Immersive Documentary, Thanks to Google
HBO's Terror at the Mall goes light on presenting background info, on the assumption that viewers are going to look up the facts anyways.
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Vox Efx/Flickr The Only Food Poor Americans Can Afford Is Making Them Unhealthy
To make their budgets stretch further, many people in poverty turn to expired, damaged, or processed items.
