Not so smart no more
IQ scores are falling, at least for Norwegian men, writes Scottie Andrew in Newsweek. For most of the 20th century, IQ scores have risen steadily in developed countries: The “Flynn effect” is...
View Article‘Lofi’ tunes help teens study
? Today’s students don’t like to study in silence. A new kind of internet radio known as “lo-fi hip-hop” or “chillhop” is helping students relax and concentrate, writes Luke Winkie on Vice. The most...
View ArticleWhat it’s like in ‘Eighth Grade’
? I have no desire to remember my eighth-grade self. If the new movie Eighth Grade captures what it’s like to be an insecure 13-year-old, I don’t want to see it. But, for those of you made of tougher...
View ArticleFor teens, texting crowds out books, TV
For today’s teens, “time on digital media has displaced time once spent enjoying a book or watching TV,” concludes Jean Twenge, author of iGen and a San Diego State psychology professor. “Less than 20...
View ArticleDigital readers crave excitment
Digital media is changing reading habits, writes Holly Korbey on Mind/Shift. She cites cognitive scientist Daniel T. Willingham, author of The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How...
View ArticleA not-so-integrated high school
America to Me, now on Starz, explores a suburban Chicago high school where black and white students “find themselves on different tracks, in different classes, with different outcomes,” writes James...
View ArticleTackling ‘culture’— but not tools — of violence
The Trump administration’s school safety commission will examine the “culture of violence,” but not the role of guns, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a Senate committee yesterday. A spokesman...
View ArticleThe Incredibles are back
Incredibles 2 is a winner, writes Tyler O’Neil on PJ Media. The family of superheroes works together to defeat Screenslaver, who “uses hypnotism and the Internet to remove people’s free will and cause...
View ArticleColumbine copycats
The Columbine killers have “inspired” a wave of teen-age boys and young men to attack schools, colleges and other easy targets, reports the New York Times. The copycats are known as “Columbiners.”...
View ArticleWho Controls The Speech?
It’s de rigeur on campus today to control speech, especially that of conservative speakers. It’s odd indeed to hear that access to John Kerry’s recent graduation speech was controlled, until you get...
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