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“I am sorry to interrupt your morning classes. As you can see, it’s snowing heavily outside. I have also been told there are very strong winds. These make for dangerous driving conditions. So ( Read more... )

A recent study reports that one in three college students coasts through school.  As Chad Orzel notes, this is news? In a thoughtful piece he points out that this has always been the case--and it's not worth getting all worked up about it.

The New York Times reports that an international standardized test showed Shanghai students ahead of all other students in the world, in the core subjects of science, reading and math.

The article points out that Shanghai is not representative of all of China, but still, the results are important since the United States ranks 23rd in science, 17th ( Read more... )