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College professors share the secret of how to catch ChatGPT in term papers

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Research on 600,000 college students shows that studying philosophy makes them better thinkers

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A student’s brilliant homework answer outsmarted her teacher's ridiculously sexist question

When asked to name a "Hospital Lady," this 8-year-old's one-word answer challenged a deeply ingrained gender stereotype.

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Student brilliantly shuts down sexist homework question, stunning her teacher

8-year-old exposes problematic homework question with one brilliant answer.

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Virginian 12-year-old wins honor after saving his family from a fiery blaze

“The bottom line, he saved his family’s life.”

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Teen sent home over 'modest' outfit that a teacher found uncomfortable

Her father’s video defending her sparked widespread outrage and support.

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Culture

Teacher stunned as student brilliantly shuts down sexist homework question

8-year-old exposes problematic homework question with one brilliant answer.

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Culture

At Belgium's annual seagull screeching competition, the birds are the squawk of the town

Birds of a feather flock together *and* get top billing.

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Culture

Why school smartphone bans fail our kids and limit their education

Countries applying smartphone bans at school aren’t addressing the true problems.

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Science

3D printing is helping blind students “feel” art, history, and other school subjects

"It's a bit of a sense of joy when you can see a child really grasp a concept."

Teacher asked to pay for students' school trip has the best comeback
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Teacher asked to pay for students' school trip has the best comeback

The school teacher decided to execute a neat and ingenious plan when they were forced to pay for all the students on the trip.

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A teacher's viral extra credit questions lure students into a phenomenal prank

This teacher is pretty awesome.

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A student's brilliant homework response outsmarted a teacher's ridiculously sexist question.

This 8-year-old proved she was far more enlightened than her teacher with this clever response.

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You've been threading needles wrong your whole life.

No more going cross-eyed!

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The critical need for ecoliteracy during Earth Month and beyond

Without ecoliteracy, tree-growing initiatives can easily be misconstrued as a panacea and distract from other important work to conserve our environment.

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Teenage girl shamed for her ‘distracting’ outfit fights back in a very funny way.

“[Because] she has a figure she was told she had to change.”

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Gay teacher fabulously shuts down homophobic mom who pulled her kids from his class.

A drama teacher had the best response to the mom who stopped her kids from taking classes with him after discovering he was gay.

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