US to investigate civil rights charges against CPS
The US Dept of Ed will investigate allegations that Chicago school officials violated the civil rights of students at Dyett HS.
Academics
Musical training may help disadvantaged students
We report, again, about ongoing research in how musical training may help disadvantaged students learn language. Use with caution.
Risk-taking teens have amplified brain connections
The brains of teens who are more prone to high-risk behavior reveal a little about the physical mechanisms underlying the behavior.
On the killing of Michael Brown
The killing of an 18-year-old by a police officer in Missouri has touched off protests and a show of military-like force by area police squads.
US looks at predatory (subprime) auto lending
The US will investigate predatory car loans made to people who can't pay them back. Chapter 2 of the mortgage crisis.
NCAA violated antitrust laws
The NCAA can't prohibit athletes from sharing in the revenue their names and images generate for colleges. Amateurism in the NCAA is threatened.
Hopkins long-term study: family & income matter
Our thoughts on groundbreaking research out of Johns Hopkins: family & socioeconomic status play the biggest role in determining kids' future.
Variables defined in an equation to predict happiness
Scientists in London have discovered that happiness depends as much on our expectations as on how things are going.
Bill may kill the Eastern Shore wind farm
A proposed wind farm on Md.'s Eastern Shore could be stopped before it begins if a defense appropriations bill passes as it's now written.
Blogging teacher disparages school & loses in court
A federal judge said negative and crude blog comments by a teacher about other teachers and students were not entitled to free speech protection.