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Earlier this week, when the CDC announced a record low in the teen birth rate, it listed two possible causes: “The impact of strong pregnancy prevention messages” and “increased use of contraception.” The Guttmacher Institute came out with an even stronger message: “The most recent decline in teen births can be linked almost exclusively to improvements in teens’ contraceptive use,” the organization said in a press release, which pointed to another CDC study for evidence.
Abstinence isn’t working
The Stanford Education Experiment Could Change Higher Learning Forever | Wired Science
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Austin Carroll, the effing tweeter.
High school expels student for tweeting f-word | Technically Incorrect
George Mason hosts graphic abortion photo wall - The State of NoVa
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How the prestige game costs students more money for a lower-quality education
The Forgotten Student: Has Higher Education Stiffed Its Most Important Client? - Laura McKenna - Business
Why Civics Class Should Be Sexy - Eric Liu - National
American government may not be a game of thrones.John Cleese's 35-minute lecture on creativity is warm and funny and humane. I find myself disagreeing rather strongly with his central premise, though: Cleese advises giving yourself 30 minutes to sit quietly before being creative, letting all the nagging voices in your head quieten before you try to be creative. I've really found that by having good priority management -- the kinds of to-do lists recommended in Getting Things Done -- means that when distractions arise, I can put them into a queue for later treatment and clear my mind to work.
John Cleese on how to be creative