Science Education & Policy
- STEM Diversity Problem Due To University Diversity Problem
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The U.S. won't change the predominately white-male face of its science and technology workforce until higher education addresses the attitudes, behaviors and structural practices that undermine minority students' access and success at college, a ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 12:40pm
- When It Comes To Learning, Kids Do Think Better On Their Feet
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Since 2006, some schools have been giving up desks in the belief that sedentary education is doing a disservice to children. Another study adds to that debate. The Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health finds students with standing de ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 4:30pm
- End The Summer Break Literacy Slide By Letting Kids Pick Their Summer Books
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Those "Diary Of A Wimpy Kid" books are not "The Good Earth", they are not going to win Pulitzer Prizes, but they are a lot better for kids in the summer than staying glued to YouTube videos. And for most kids, that is going to be the c ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2015 - 2:51pm
- Health Food Stores Recommend Body-Shaping Supplements To Minors, Despite Being Illegal In 49 States
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Health food stores often regard science and evidence-based medicine as the tools of profiteering and greed so it is ironic that they continue to sell dietary supplements to children. Some even recommend them, despite clear warning labels that read "f ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 26 2015 - 9:45am
- What Business Discipline To Major In?
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You may find these remarks cynical. You may find them helpful. Strategy ...
Article - Fred Phillips - Apr 29 2015 - 11:27am
- 98 Percent Want To Know If Genetic Data Contains A Serious Preventable Or Treatable Disease
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A survey of nearly 7,000 people found that 98 percent want to to know if their genetic data contains indicators of a serious preventable or treatable disease. The study comes after the Government's announcement that Genomics England will sequence 100 ...
Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 6:19pm
- 5 Ways To Keep Marijuana Out Of The Hands Of Kids
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As the realities of legalized marijuana take hold in four states and the District of Columbia, legislators and regulators could learn a lot from the successes (and failures) of the tobacco and alcohol industries in keeping their harmful products out of th ...
Article - News Staff - May 9 2015 - 9:30am
- Environmental Studies Courses Need More Diversity Of Thought
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Even before Jacqueline Ho enrolled in her first environmental studies course at college, her thinking about climate change had been shaped during her years growing up in Singapore reading books by the environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben. At co ...
Article - The Conversation - May 4 2015 - 5:50pm
- How Exceptional Teachers Use Creativity In The Classroom
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The U.S. educational system clearly produces some of the best minds in the world. America leads in science output and in adult science literacy, yet when it comes to standardized tests, the United States has always been in the middle of the pack and that ...
Article - Hank Campbell - May 5 2015 - 12:56pm
- A Call For Changes To Daycare Mandatory Nap Rules
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A new study examined the relationship between mandatory nap times in daycare and children's night-time sleep duration concurrently and then 12 months later and found children who were exposed to more than 60 minutes mandatory sleep at childcare slept ...
Article - News Staff - May 11 2015 - 11:56am
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