I learned nothing at one of NYC’s elite high schools
Middle-Class Families Increasingly Look to Community Colleges
Vaccine for fake news
Vaccine for fake news - "News Literacy should be taught like sex and drugs education, to protect individuals and society as a whole."
Independent schools should be leading the way --- what is your school teaching?
Harvard Drops SAT Essay as Requirement
Will U.S. Restrict Visas for Chinese Students?
How to secure an MBA scholarship
Why teen brains need a later school start time
Why teen brains need a later school start time
" Due to the biology of human development, the sleep mechanism in teens does not allow the brain to naturally awaken before about 8 a.m. "
TEENS AND SLEEP
TEENS AND SLEEP
"Biological sleep patterns shift toward later times for both sleeping and waking during adolescence -- meaning it is natural to not be able to fall asleep before 11:00 pm."
DROWSY DRIVING VS. DRUNK DRIVING: HOW SIMILAR ARE THEY?
DROWSY DRIVING VS. DRUNK DRIVING: HOW SIMILAR ARE THEY?
"Drowsy driving is dangerous because sleep deprivation can have similar effects on your body as drinking alcohol. Being awake for 18 hours straight makes you drive like you have a blood alcohol level of .05 (for reference, .08 is considered drunk). If you’ve been awake for a full 24 hours and drive—say, after a night where you just couldn’t fall asleep—it’s like you have a blood alcohol level of .10."