Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UC San Francisco study published in Pediatrics.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2022
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Both girls and boys are subjected to digital sexual harassment from schoolmates in the form of unwanted nude images and sexual videos. A new thesis shows that young people often lack strategies to protect themselves, and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2022
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Learning how to code changed Baratang Miya's life.
Education
Feb 24, 2022
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Sexual harassment in secondary schools is pervasive: two in three teens (64.7 percent) surveyed in Scotland reported visual and verbal harassment, and one in three (34.3 percent) reported personally invasive behaviors, in ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2022
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In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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For more than a decade we've been deeply immersed in a love affair with social media. And the thought of ending things can be painful. But like any relationship, if social media is no longer making you happy—and if curating ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2022
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Interviews with teachers at the forefront of international efforts to improve girls' education reveal that many have taken on humanitarian roles, as well as working as educators, during the COVID-19 crisis.
Education
Feb 4, 2022
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More than 4 out of 10 families living in communities across the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) of Ethiopia ran out of food during 2021 because of severe drought exacerbated by high inflation, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 3, 2022
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Being a Black female might involve navigating two extremes: too little attention when you're older, and too much of the wrong kind of attention when you're young.
Social Sciences
Jan 27, 2022
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Shown four images of hypothetical peers—a boy playing with cars and trucks, a girl playing with cars and trucks, a boy playing with a Barbie and dollhouse, and a girl playing with a Barbie and dollhouse—children from ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2022
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