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Kids and school. How children learn, why play matters, and what school was built to do.
School at seven, a break after every lesson, no test that ranks schools, and teachers with master's degrees. What Finland does, and what its falling scores mean.
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Puberty moves the body clock later, and early bells cut teenagers' sleep. When Seattle started an hour later, students slept 34 minutes more.
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In 1998, 42% of Icelandic 15-year-olds had been drunk in the past month. Iceland paid for sport, music and art, and parents agreed on rules. Drinking fell.
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Compulsory schooling began in 1760s Prussia as a tool of royal authority. What that history explains, what it doesn't, and what the evidence says works.
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Climbing high, going fast, play fighting. The research says children who take small risks in play move more, get along better and are no more injured.
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Six in ten Australians were smacked as children. Decades of research find it doesn't improve behaviour and predicts more problems later.
Teen distress rose sharply after 2010, as phones spread. What the research shows, where scientists disagree, and what parents can act on now.
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