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The Algebra Problem: How Middle School Math Became a National β€˜Flashpoint’

22 May 2024 at 11:35
Top students can benefit greatly by being offered the subject early. But many districts offer few Black and Latino eighth graders a chance to study it.

Β© Andrew Mangum for The New York Times

How to make algebra more equitable is a puzzle districts across the country have struggled to solve.

EU Investigates Facebook and Instagram Over Addictive Effects on Children

16 May 2024 at 14:13
The American tech giant’s platforms, Facebook and Instagram, may β€œexploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors,” the European Commission said.

Β© Olivier Matthys/EPA, via Shutterstock

β€œWe are sparing no effort to protect our children,” Thierry Breton, the European Union’s internal markets commissioner, said in a statement.

Milton Diamond, Sexologist and Advocate for Intersex Babies, Dies at 90

8 May 2024 at 14:19
He pushed back against doctors who recommended surgery on infants born with ambiguous genitalia, arguing for acceptance of diversity.

Β© Molly Romanov

Milton Diamond in 2010. He rewrote the guidelines on raising intersex children, arguing that surgery should not be a requirement.

Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.

4 May 2024 at 15:30
New research finds that the death rate among Black youths soared by 37 percent, and among Native American youths by 22 percent, between 2014 and 2020, compared with less than 5 percent for white youths.

Β© Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press

Flowers for Karon Blake, 13, who was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., in January 2023. Gun-related deaths were two to four times higher among Black and Native American youth than among white youth.
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