Results show just how hard it is for the government to compensate for poor learning environments at home
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How to Build Willpower for the Weak
The second in a series of columns on failing your way to success, by the creator of “Dilbert”
Don’t Just Talk. Listen to Your Baby Too
New campaigns to increase the number of words young children hear should focus on real conversations too
How Los Angeles Can Become Water Independent
Repairing leaks, capturing rainwater, and wastewater recycling could end L.A.’s dependence on distant water sources
Professor: I Banned Laptops from the Lecture Hall
Students were not only distracted by their screens, but they no longer knew what was the most important thing to write down from lectures
The Key To Learning: Knowing How Learning Works
Kids need to about the skills of learning in order to use them
Wendy Davis: Filibusters Do Not a Candidate Make
Davis will have to figure out where she stands on issues before her opponents define her
Newt Gingrich to House Republicans: “Don’t Cave!”
The former Speaker of the House tells Republicans that giving in will make things worse
The World’s Emerging Democracies Don’t Like Us Either
Suspicions of American intentions in Brazil and elsewhere run deep after revelations about NSA data-gathering in those countries
What Pope Francis Thinks About Women in the Church
Will he give them real leadership roles or just continue to placate them by idealizing their gender?
How Washington Caved to Wall Street
In TIME’s recent cover story “How Wall Street Won,” Rana Foroohar gave an excellent appraisal of the last five years since Lehman collapsed. While her analysis hit at five of the major shortfalls in our “reformed” financial sector, there was even more she could have pointed to: Five years after the crisis, why have we not even begun …
Will You Still Love Me When I’m 164?
Google’s plan to extend our life span will change love, work, and just about every aspect of society
Mass Shootings Are on the Rise—and Falling
When it comes to sheer numbers, our rate for mass shootings is not what’s really troubling