Questions tagged [school]
an institution for educating children.
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Does mixed-sex education increase violence in schools?
TSA-Alerie reports [French] that a poster on a conference at the National Library of Algeria has a controversial claim:
La mixité sexuelle à l’école est la cause numéro un de la violence scolaire
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Are there benefits to holding a child back a year before starting kindergarten?
My wife and I are having a bit of a debate (I won't reveal which side I'm on!). Our situation is perfect for this question, as we have two daughters: one was born Sept. 15th, and the other on Aug. ...
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Is Miss America Organization the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women?
The official website for Miss America Organization claims:
The Miss America Organization is one of the nation's leading
achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship
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Is the gender gap in male dominated areas possible to overcome by a simple self-esteem exercise?
15-minute writing exercise closes the gender gap in university-level physics
According to the article the gender gap in an otherwise very male dominated field, is easy to overcome, all that is needed ...
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Did some US schools implement a 'COVID Shuffle' to move students every 12-14 minutes to avoid registering contacts?
In September/October 2020, there were news stories that claimed that school administrators were trying to "game" the contact-tracing rules (which required registering 15 minutes close ...
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Is this Singapore school letter about exams real?
This is doing the rounds on Facebook:
A school principal in Singapore sent this letter to the parents before the exams
Dear Parents
The exams of your children are to start soon. I know you are all ...
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Do members of Skull and Bones at Yale University wrestle naked in mud?
Skull and Bones is a secret society at Yale University.
The New York Times claimed that:
Initiates wrestle naked in a mud pile.
Is that part of a longstanding ritual of Skull and Bones members?
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