Dogs may not have anything to eat, but students could feel less stress if more schools reconsider their homework assignment policies.
Why it matters: Conversations about the value of homework in education have simmered for years, but students' mental health struggles and artificial intelligence have pushed it to the forefront.
Former Freedom Caucus Chair Scott Perry's (R-Pa.) support for a strict anti-abortion measure is coming back to haunt him in a new Democratic ad, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Democrats' fight to retake the House has homed in on reproductive rights and singled out lawmakers like Perry with long anti-abortion records.
Many first-year college students from different states, backgrounds and majors have one thing in common: stressed-out parents struggling with the separation.
Why it matters: Parents have grown more involved in, and more anxious about, their kids' lives. That's changing the experience of going to college — and growing up.
Why it matters: Vocational programs immerse students as early as the ninth grade in local health systems, hoping to create a career path for a new generation of pharmacists, lab techs, and nurses right out of high school.
The U.S. spends more on health care than almost anywhere else. But increasingly patients are getting less in return, and enduring long waits to get not as much face-time with their clinician.
Why it matters: Shrinkflation is hitting a sector that accounts for almost one-fifth of the economy, eroding the doctor-patient relationship and leaving many turning to urgent care clinics or telehealth services.
