For everyone whose relationship with mathematics is distant or broken, Jo Boaler, a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE), has ideas for repairing it. She particularly wants young people to feel comfortable ...
Mathematics
May 21, 2024
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Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or those who are hard of hearing need extra accessibility measures ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 2024
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Nearly seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, the court's declared goal of integrated education is still not yet achieved.
Social Sciences
May 20, 2024
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The naysayers said the maddening multicolored cube that Erno Rubik invented 50 years ago would not survive the 1980s.
Other
May 20, 2024
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Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decision that desegregated public schools, stands in the collective national memory as a turning point in America's fight for racial justice. But as the U.S. observes its 70th ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2024
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The UK government has released new plans for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in primary and secondary schools in England. This would see age parameters introduced for key issues in sex education, with no education ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2024
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Medical research is increasingly informed by recognition of diversity's key role in addressing health equity. But when it comes to medical education, there's a group that has remained not just underrepresented but also under-researched: ...
Education
May 16, 2024
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84
Human relationships are inherently shaped by power dynamics, yet quantifying their impact has remained a scientific challenge.
Social Sciences
May 16, 2024
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84
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce published a report from a scoping study titled "The Demand and Supply of Therapists for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities," ...
Education
May 15, 2024
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Having more education has long been linked to better individual health. But those benefits are also contagious, say the co-authors of a new working paper.
Social Sciences
May 14, 2024
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