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5 Things Schools Can Do To Promote News Literacy
When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book, schools must go deeper with how they teach the subject if they want to help…
No Link To Lower IQs In Children Of Mothers Who Have Taken Newer Forms Of Epilepsy Drugs
Two newer epilepsy drugs may not harm the thinking skills or IQs of school-aged children whose mothers took them while pregnant - but an older drug is linked to cognitive problems in children,…
Nibiru Bullshit Tester - How To Check If They Know Anything About Astronomy
Nibiru easily ranks as the pseudoscience doomsday scenario I get most questions about.
Distance Learning Doesn't Teach People To Think
The modern research university was designed to produce new knowledge and to pass that knowledge on to students. North American universities over the last 100 years have been exceptionally good at…