Is the ’cultural edge’ just a paper tiger?
Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld discuss ’tiger parenting’ and if certain ethnic groups have an advantage
Education
Canadian students have more math class, lower test scores
More class time is pointless if the curriculum isn’t up to par
The real reason so many teens are ditching Facebook
Plus why young people see value in Snapchat, WhatsApp and Instagram
Parents should talk more about post-high school plans
Don’t help with homework and forget the PTA: Keith Robinson is challenging the way we think about parental involvement as the key to a child’s success in school
An anti-bully intervention gone awry
A teenager’s talk of harming her bully got her two weeks in custody and months of house arrest. Nine years later, she’s suing for $4 million.
Average entering grade now 85%
Marks needed to get into university keep going up
Adding up the ways we’re falling behind in education
A new study shows Canadians may be handy with computers, but we’re terrible at math
The low-tech solution to high-tech cyberbullying
(Hint: Turn off your computer)
Why there is no such thing as a safe teen driver
... and what parents must do before they hand over the keys
Christina Hoff Sommers on public schools and the ’war against boys’
A conversation with the feminism critic