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Unsettling Statistics about America's Youth
Harper’s Index
Harper’s Index, a collection of statistics that has run in Harper’s Magazine since 1984. There’s something both spare and illuminating about each one.
There is much to be considered from these most recent facts.
The collected facts amount to a kind of poetry, as these three stanzas from the May 2026 issue suggest:
Percentage of Americans who say that, as children, they knew a compassionate, nonjudgmental adult:
35
Percentage of these Americans who say that their mother was such a person:
50
That their father was:
5
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Portion of 16-year-old American boys who have gambled in the past year
: 1/2
Of 11-year-old American boys who have
: 1/3Percentage of American males aged 16 to 24 who are neither employed, in school, nor in job training
: 12Average number of hours per day that such a male spends sleeping
: 10Of waking hours per day that he spends alone
: 8Portion of American mothers who say that children should start using AI “as early as possible.”
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Mentors.net - a Professional Development Resource
Mentors.net was founded in 1995 as a professional development resource for school administrators leading new teacher induction programs. It soon evolved into a destination where both new and student teachers could reflect on their teaching experiences. Now, nearly thirty years later, Mentors.net has taken on a new direction—serving as a platform for beginning teachers, preservice educators, and
other professionals to share their insights and experiences from the early years of teaching, with a focus on integrating artificial intelligence. We invite you to contribute by sharing your experiences in the form of a journal article, story, reflection, or timely tips, especially on how you incorporate AI into your teaching
practice. Submissions may range from a 500-word personal reflection to a 2,000-word article with formal citations.
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