Education

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  • Virginia Tech: "Domestic" not dangerous?

    Some question decision not to lock down, or at least alert, campus after so-called lovers dispute.
  • Girls of the Times

    A lengthy weekend feature looks at the challenges of girlhood through the eyes of a few affluent teens.
  • The lords of Legotown

    Seattle after-school program temporarily bans the bumpy plastic building blocks of capitalist meritocracy.
  • Sixth grade final exam: Sleeping with teacher?

    Nigerian schoolgirls pressured for sex.
  • It's all fun and games

    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?
  • What Oprah can't forget

    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.
  • Piling on Oprah

    Critics slam the media titan for building a $40 million school for girls in South Africa.
  • It's a trans world

    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.
  • Hating the haters

    Does denying campus antichoice groups funding help protect women's rights, or discriminate against unpopular views?
  • Have you heard my rape joke?

    A Colorado University sophomore keeps the ACLU in business.
  • "Student Bodies," student selves

    A new online program hopes to prevent eating disorders among undergrads. But do Internet-based interventions stand a chance?
  • Turning back the clock on single-sex education

    The Department of Education retools Title IX, allowing more same-sex ed.
  • Math gap mythologies

    A study finds that students' belief in their own abilities seriously skews their scores.
  • Getting sex ed too late

    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?
  • Loving the "freshman 15"

    The New York Times captures our hearts with a love letter to extra poundage.
  • The socioeconomics of orgasm

    Women with more education and earning power report greater sexual fulfillment.
  • Big man on campus

    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.
  • Condoms on campus

    Free condoms are becoming a staple of college life, but the testosterone-driven marketing tactics may overlook some students' needs.
  • Educational TV

    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."
  • Closing the doors on single-sex education?

    Randolph-Macon decides to admit men, and the Washington Post wonders who's next.
  • Why Johnny can't code

    BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.
  • Women's colleges: Good for America!

    The Washington Monthly undertakes its own college rankings, and women's colleges kick butt.
  • Guilt vs. innocence in the Duke case

    Is the New York Times biased against the accused lacrosse players?
  • The hothouse effect

    The author of a new book about gifted children talks about the big business of "enrichment" and the joys of just being average.
  • Teaching gender

    A new study suggests boys learn better from men and girls learn better from women. Not surprisingly, some disagree.
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