What is not appropriate is being able to theorize, use, specifically, critical race theory,” the bills’ sponsor told The Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

“We do not want teachers to teach their white pupils about white privile

cancel culture are on an ironic quest to cancel the promotion of critical race theory in public forums

school kids are not known for avoiding germs and following every rule.

Children are more likely to get the virus outside of school settings.

Does six feet reduce the threat of infection more than three feet? Most likely. But assessing threats rationally involves weighing trade-offs, and the benefit of doubling the desk distance isn’t worth the cost

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock

Forcing parents into low-wage, often exploitative, jobs by threatening them and their children with poverty may be counted as a success by some policymakers

the carrot that motivates the emerging reader

These elements tell another story, and even kids who haven’t mastered the alphabet can read them

the real wizards of the literary world, do. With remarkable economy, they excel at the twin arts of visual and textual storytelling

Nobody moves on from picture books. At least, nobody should

Students were taught to identify claims in Facebook or Instagram posts and, with a few searches,

But when people search Google, the best results may not always be first, but the good information is usually near the top. Often you see a pattern in the links of a consensus that’s been formed. But deeper into the process, it often gets weirder. It’s important to know when to stop

we should probably just move on

“The goal of disinformation

is to leave it and look elsewhere

Misinformation rides the greased algorithmic rails of powerful social media platforms and travels at velocities and in volumes that make it nearly impossible to stop

Stop overthinking what you see online.

I no longer believe it’s my place to change anyone’s mind

This is a milestone — the most stubborn person I know admits that he’s willing to change his mind

yes — for some people

It requires a genuine desire to understand people's motivations

A single conversation was enough to change behavior over the next 24 months

I’m not crazy about all the murdering.You: Well, nobody’s perfect

and holding up a mirror so they can see their own thoughts more clearly. If they express a desire to change, you guide them toward a plan

the act of resistance fortifies the psychological immune system. Refuting a point of view produces antibodies against future attempts at influence, making people more certain of their own opinions and more ready to rebut alternatives

I vowed never to talk with him about vaccines again.Then came 2020. Fear of the vaccine may be the greatest barrier to stopping Covid-19.

could have been avoided.

80 million interactions, while posts linking to the W.H.O.’s website received 6.2 million interactions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received 6.4 million

Facebook

The license to steal came with a price, binding the executives to the continued patronage of elected officials and regulators as well as the sustained ignorance, or at least learned resignation, of users

Sept. 11 dramatically shifted the focus in Washington from debates over federal privacy legislation to a mania for total information awareness

The machines know, and the systems decide

In an information civilization, societies are defined by questions of knowledge — how it is distributed, the authority that governs its distribution and the power that protects that authority