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Amazon sued over Alexa child recordings in US

In another worrying trend by one of the large tech companies, there has been a recent legal suit against Amazon for keeping track of children’s voice prints and using this data to build up vast amounts of de . . .

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SAT 'Adversity Score': a sincere effort to address diversity or PR stunt?

The SAT has always correlated more strongly with a student’s socioeconomic status than any other metrics that it purports to test, like intelligence, aptitude, and reasoning ability. This proposed “adv . . .

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Academy withdraws pupils from A-level exams over poor mocks

This article from the BBC highlights a problem faced not only by students in prestigious schools in the UK but also many of the top schools in Hong Kong. Many fee-paying schools sell themselves to parents on . . .

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Who you gonna call?

A recent survey held in the UK among university students has found that two-thirds want their parents or a designated trusted adult called in the event of a mental health crisis. This comes in light of the increa . . .

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Employers say give 16-year-olds more choice

The Confederation of British Industry has recently suggested that sixteen-year-olds in England should not be restricted to a choice of A-levels or T-levels. The new Technical Levels, or T-levels as they will be k . . .

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Could US-China trade war be solved by a 10-year-old playing a game online?

If the trading relationship between China and the United States had been formed by children, could a win-win situation have emerged instead of the present dispute between the two? A new online trading simulation . . .

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Memorization is important to critical thinking

Despite popular belief that memorization is useless for critical analysis, recent studies have shown that having information stored in your memory is what enables one to think critically. Some scientists believe t . . .

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Classroom Zen

A growing trend in international schools in Hong Kong is promoting “mindfulness” to strengthen mental health, in an effort to combat the adverse effects of the ultra-competitive environment for student . . .

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