Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be ... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible — it's also dangerous to children's health.
Read more ...When one of Liz Kleinrock's fourth grade students made a cringeworthy comment about race, rather than change the subject, she chose to turn the moment into a teachable one — and start a conversation.
Read more ...Olympia Della Flora: Can Small Classroom Tweaks Help Kids Better Cope With Emotions? News
After months of struggling with one particularly challenging elementary school student, principal Olympia Della Flora realized it was the classroom setting that needed to change ... not the child.
Read more ...Far Right Makes Gains In 2 German State Elections As Centrists Hang Onto Power News
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won big in this month's Brandenburg and Saxony state elections. A recent poll shows the AfD more popular than ever throughout Germany.
Read more ...New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio Ends 2020 Presidential Bid News
The mayor of America's largest city was one of the last major candidates to enter the race, but his progressive pitch never caught on in the crowded field.
Read more ...Some 'Podunk' Town In The Middle Of Nowhere News
"Podunk" is supposed to be bleak and isolated. But there are a few things that people who use the term might not know. For one, it really exists. For another, its history predates the United States.
Read more ...Colt Suspends Manufacture Of Controversial AR-15 For Civilian Market News
The gun-maker says it will concentrate instead on fulfilling contracts from the military and law enforcement for the semi-automatic weapon that has come for many to be associated with mass shootings.
Read more ...'It Gets To You.' Extremism Researchers Confront The Unseen Toll Of Their Work News
Day after day, researchers are immersed in the propaganda of ISIS and neo-Nazi factions. But there's almost no discussion of the mental toll of examining the world's most dangerous extremists.
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