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Some question decision not to lock down, or at least alert, campus after so-called lovers dispute.
By Lynn Harris
April 18, 2007
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A lengthy weekend feature looks at the challenges of girlhood through the eyes of a few affluent teens.
By Page Rockwell
April 2, 2007
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Seattle after-school program temporarily bans the bumpy plastic building blocks of capitalist meritocracy.
By Lynn Harris
April 2, 2007
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Nigerian schoolgirls pressured for sex.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
March 26, 2007
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In the crazy, mixed-up lexicon of modern parenting, learning about table manners is "fun" but playing cops and robbers is "good for you." What's next?
By Dashka Slater
March 26, 2007
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Critics of her sanctuary for South African girls be damned -- the media mogul's generosity is beyond reproach. But her PR gaffes around the school's opening revealed the scars of her own impoverished past.
By Rebecca Traister
January 13, 2007
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Critics slam the media titan for building a $40 million school for girls in South Africa.
By Carol Lloyd
January 5, 2007
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The author of a new book about transgender teenagers in Los Angeles talks straight about hormone smuggling, life on the street, and the rise of America's first trans-rapper.
By Nona Willis-Aronowitz
January 5, 2007
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Does denying campus antichoice groups funding help protect women's rights, or discriminate against unpopular views?
By Carol Lloyd
December 7, 2006
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A Colorado University sophomore keeps the ACLU in business.
By Chris Colin
November 10, 2006
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A new online program hopes to prevent eating disorders among undergrads. But do Internet-based interventions stand a chance?
By Page Rockwell
November 1, 2006
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The Department of Education retools Title IX, allowing more same-sex ed.
By Marisa Meltzer
October 25, 2006
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A study finds that students' belief in their own abilities seriously skews their scores.
By Carol Lloyd
October 19, 2006
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It's swell if college professors can fill in where many school districts fail, but shouldn't students know this stuff before they start having sex?
By Catherine Price
October 11, 2006
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The New York Times captures our hearts with a love letter to extra poundage.
By Page Rockwell
October 6, 2006
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Women with more education and earning power report greater sexual fulfillment.
By Carol Lloyd
October 5, 2006
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Author Jeremy Iversen went undercover as a high school student. The experience taught him about text messaging and steroids -- and the failures of U.S. education policy.
By David Kent Randall
October 3, 2006
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Free condoms are becoming a staple of college life, but the testosterone-driven marketing tactics may overlook some students' needs.
By Adrienne So
September 26, 2006
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The most scabrous critique of Bush's education policy isn't coming from a think tank or newspaper but from the grittiest drama on television, "The Wire."
By James Hynes
September 20, 2006
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Randolph-Macon decides to admit men, and the Washington Post wonders who's next.
By Page Rockwell
September 18, 2006
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BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.
By David Brin
September 14, 2006
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The Washington Monthly undertakes its own college rankings, and women's colleges kick butt.
By Page Rockwell
September 11, 2006
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Is the New York Times biased against the accused lacrosse players?
By Page Rockwell
August 31, 2006
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The author of a new book about gifted children talks about the big business of "enrichment" and the joys of just being average.
By Sarah Karnasiewicz
August 31, 2006
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A new study suggests boys learn better from men and girls learn better from women. Not surprisingly, some disagree.
By Page Rockwell
August 28, 2006