You Can’t Solve the Teacher Shortage by Pretending Anyone Can Do the Job
Teaching is a profession, but it’s being turned into a gig
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First Nations Are Rethinking Education in the Yukon. And It’s Working
The radical new approach includes year-round classes—with breaks for hunting and fishing
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The “Inhuman” Court Case That Helped Sink a Major Law Firm
The twenty-year legal saga involved 18,000 exhibits, 100,000 pages of expert reports, and a judge who needed an emergency bypass surgery
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Ear Candy: How Hearing Protection Became Cool
Club goers, screaming Swifties, and city dwellers are all embracing a life with less noise
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Welcome to University. Good Luck Finding a Place to Live
Students are being forced to choose between brutal commutes and luxury condos they can’t afford
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Schvitzing at the Sauna like a Sucker
Can Othership and other urban bathhouses really cure loneliness?
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Little Quebec Was Built to Escape Winter. Now It’s Melting Away
A French snowbird’s quest to maintain his community in Florida, one motel at a time
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Why Do I Minimize My Pain?
I’ve lived with chronic pain since my twenties. Then I started to question what I believed about my limitations
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The Pope’s Feminism: Progress for Women, Just Not Too Much
As calls for female ordination grow, the Vatican grapples with its limits
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Why Are More Young People Being Diagnosed with Cancer?
Better screening is only a small piece of the puzzle
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