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...According to Harvard Medical School Assistant Professor Maressa Hecht Orzack, the problem is that “our society is becoming more and more computer dependent not only for information, but for fun and entertainment. This trend is a potential problem affecting all ages, starting with computer games for kids to chats for the unwary or vulnerable adult...
...this doesn’t sound like a problem. Our generation has grown up on the internet, and most of us still manage to lead normal lives. Indeed, the very term “Net Addiction” belies the fact that those coming up with these horrifying categories do not belong to the internet generation. No one who has been near a computer since 1997 still uses the term “Net.” These are people who still say things like “What?...
...years, American students have consistently underperformed on standardized measures of science, math, and reading compared to other developed nations, despite the fact that per pupil funding for education in America is among the highest in the world. Clearly, something in the current system is not working, and the problem may not be with the total amount of resources so much as the way in which they are allocated. Given the high stakes, the most destructive response to the current crisis in education is complacency. Fortunately, The Equity Project makes a strong stand for challenging accepted methods of pedagogy and developing...
...problem with the complexity and stringency of regulations is that “cleaning up” a voting roll can amount to throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Voter purges are already dangerous when spelling mistakes or address changes can accidentally render someone ineligible. Last week, we learned how they could be still more problematic, as county clerks mixed up fields on records, improperly consulted Social Security databases, skirted standard purging procedures, or illegally altered rolls within 90 days of an election. In Louisiana, for instance, approximately half the purges effected in the last five weeks have gone...
...Complicating the picture are the rigorous ID requirements for voter registering by mail, a problem that disproportionately affects college students. If the election office can’t contact the voter issuing a “flagged” application, he is either not added to the rolls (in states like Florida and Iowa) or has to vote by provisional ballot. That’s assuming that the flagged form is even processed before Election Day. When you add a college student’s need to vote absentee, the procedure gets even murkier...