Do students prefer textbooks or tech?
Does tech improve learning? Or is it just the first step of many? Students and teachers may see the question differently.
Academics
Can you hack Kahoot? Many can and do
Gamification achieves a new level in millions of classroom around the world with Kahoot. That makes it a target.
TX backs expulsion for not standing during pledge
A Texas student who was expelled for not standing during the pledge is suing the school for violating her free speech rights.
As long as we’re going back in time …
A look at the time when the first teachings of Christianity started to be proclaimed tells me the Kavanaugh process was wrong.
Sleep deprivation hinders memory, many critical tasks
Sleep deprivation is detrimental to everything from bakers adding too much salt to cookies to surgeons botching surgeries.
She was credible, brought back memories
I reflect here on Brett Kavanaugh's and Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday.
How the emerald ash borer kills trees
An invasive species has hit ash trees in at least 35 states. The beetle from Asia spreads by hitching a ride on firewood.
U.S. girls read and write better than boys
Girls show better reading and writing ability than boys as early as 4th grade. It gets worse after that.
Student thrown in jail who opposed a school policy
A student was arrested and put in jail for speaking out against a school policy; he was charged with harassment.
Typhoon Mangkhut, Hurricane Florence are deadly
North Carolina and Hong Kong are in tatters in the wake of deadly storms: Florence in the US and Mangkhut in HK.