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  • Should I Learn To Be Ok With Being Single? After All, Women Seem to Be Perfectly Content That Way

      Howdy Doc, I’m a late 20s feller who’s been trying to bow out of the dating game. My most recent relationship ended about a year ago when I reali...
  • Q&A: David Kaiser on Freeman Dyson, the relentless freethinker

    In the early 2000s, David Kaiser first visited famed physicist Freeman Dyson at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. By the e...
  • Test Scores in US Show 'Historic' Drop Following COVID

    Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Nearly four in 10 eighth graders failed to...
  • The nation’s report card shows the resounding effects of COVID-19

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  • 5 Roadblocks That Make Division Word Problems Harder

    If you’re like most teachers, you probably dread when it’s time to assign division word problems. They always seem to be so hard! But don’t worry –...
  • A message from the CEO: how Duolingo can support the U.K.

    Later this month I will travel to London to meet policymakers, educators, and technologists to debate how edtech can help drive the U.K.’s growth a...
  • Learning Self-Motivation

    The other day I was doing math with my son and noticed that my daughter was practicing violin outside. The weather was nice and sunny, but I wanted...
  • 5 social-emotional skills for parents

    There's no simple way to sum up a parent's job, but one phrase comes to mind: Swiss Army knife. Ready to problem-solve any situation, many parent...
  • Tales From The Box Office: Why Silent Hill Failed Where Resident Evil Succeeded

    (Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can l...
  • The 8 Best Learning Towers

    From helping prep dinner to doing science experiments and more — kids need a safe spot to focus on the task at hand without teetering on a chair or...
  • Say Cheese! A Wedding Photographer Finds the Perfect Shot for Her ADHD and Dyscalculia [Video]

    By Understood When you have ADHD and dyscalculia, you need lots of tricks for keeping up while running a business. Taking advantage of her smartpho...
  • How to Deal With Peer Pressure

    If you feel pressured by people to do things you're uncomfortable doing, there are lots of ways to respond. Be prepared to deal with peer pressure...