Sep 28, 2021
According to the U.S. Department of Education, since the start of the pandemic, more than 1.5 million students have left traditional public schooling.
Many parents are realizing, some for the first time, that students aren’t learning what their parents thought they were learning. As one former college professor...
Sep 27, 2021
According to Wired magazine, “Eighteen months of using front-facing cameras has distorted our self-image.” It’s what health experts are calling “Zoom Dysmorphia.” We’re spending so much time looking at ourselves through cameras, it’s crushing our self-esteem.
Doctors have seen this effect for a long...
Sep 24, 2021
Recently, Chinese authorities announced that minors can only play video games for three hours a week, and not on school days.
Of course, this kind of thing would never happen in the West, for all kinds of reasons, not least of which is our worship of individual autonomy. We can’t even pass real restrictions on...
Sep 23, 2021
While some studies conclude that “students made little or no progress while learning from home,” the effects of school shutdowns vary depending on additional factors: socio-economic status, the type of distance learning, and especially the involvement of parents.
Though it’s mostly bad news, there is a marked...
Sep 22, 2021
According to Dr. Eric Voth in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “There exists clear medical evidence of increased psychiatric difficulties with marijuana use, including violence, psychosis, schizophrenia, manic episodes, worsening depression and suicide.”
These effects are particularly harmful for...