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EDUCATION

Finland has one of the best education systems in the world and I’m fascinated by how different it is than the American system.

The Joyful Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland via Taught by Finland

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success; Where Sixth-Graders Run Their Own City via The Atlantic

The Failing Grade for Tests via The Atlantic (This is the final installment in their series about school in a perfect world. Read previous entries on calendars, content, homework, teachers, classrooms, and classifications)

How Being a Parent Has Changed Me as a Teacher via Teachers Pay Teachers

John Oliver hysterically savages charter schools — and charter supporters aren’t happy via Washington Post

How can anyone take standardized test scores seriously when stuff like this happens? via Washington Post

Researchers have found a cheap, easy trick that really helps poor kids learn to read via Washington Post

When Kids Sit Alone: Lessons from the viral photo of a college football player eating lunch with a young boy who has autism via The Atlantic

Meet the parents who won’t let their children study literature. via Washington Post

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PARENTING

16 Pieces of the Best Parenting Advice We’ve Ever Heard via Real Simple

Why parents are getting angrier: ‘Children are bored out of their skulls with real life’ via The Guardian

Depressing Study Finds Even 3-Year-Olds Have Body Image Issues via Huffington Post

30 Things That Grandparents Should Never Do via PopSugar

This Playground is the Opposite of Helicopter Parenting via New York Magazine

How Helicopter Parenting Can Cause Binge Drinking via The Atlantic

Amazon is piloting teams with a 30-hour workweek via Washington Post

HEALTH

Many Antibacterial Soaps Are Now Banned: FDA via Time

A decade on, vaccine has halved cervical cancer rate via BBC

Birth Control After Baby: 9 Popular Methods via The Bump

PREGNANCY

8 Surprising Things That Happen After Labor via The Bump

Overweight and Pregnant: Why BMI Matters via Fit Pregnancy

America’s Shocking Maternal Deaths via New York Times

The Internet Still Thinks I’m Pregnant via The New York Times

The Pill, the Condom, and the American Dream via The Atlantic

HUMAN INTEREST

The 12-Year-Old Freshman at Cornell via The Atlantic

How Instagram Opened a Ruthless New Chapter in the Teen Photo Wars via The Atlantic

Photos of the moment these lucky kids get adopted via Diply