by Beth Holmes | Sep 5, 2022 | News, Other, Teacher Issues
Federally funded studies must be free and accessible to the public, the White House has decided. What happens to scientific research conducted with federal funding is dictated by White House policy, and has been for decades. Until now, federally funded researchers...
by Sarah Green | Mar 14, 2018 | Student Issues
School is exhausting. We all know it. Whether you’re in middle school, high school, college, or a graduate program, school is a never-ending intellectual effort. And whether it’s trying to do two hours of homework every night after soccer practice, cramming for a test...
by Sarah Green | Nov 15, 2017 | News, Student Issues
The going theory today is that for our current economy to be at its healthiest, about three in five adults need to hold a postsecondary credential; which is to say, a degree or a vocational certification. Whether or not that’s a good thing or a blight of modern hiring...
by Sarah Green | Mar 8, 2017 | News, Student Issues
A pair of studies from Brown University has investigated how video game players develop their skills, and that could have a benefit for students and teachers. The study looked at two very different games, the shooter Halo: Reach, and the strategy game StarCraft 2....
by Sarah Green | Feb 1, 2017 | News, Student Issues
In the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden), it is generally accepted that girls are better readers than boys, which is borne out by a lot of testing. Tests administered to students at the ages of 10, 15, and 16-24 bear this out, with the gap...