Wash. school dist. settles racial discrimination suit
3 families in Washington state will receive $450,000 from a school district that allegedly did too little to protect them from racial discrimination.
Academics
Peers or teachers: Who inspires kids more?
When it comes to inspiring students to learn, it turns out teachers in our classrooms aren't quite as important as those students' peers.
Is Trump at war with science?
We wonder, along with many people, why the president seeks to cut funding for basic scientific research in favor of the military.
Algebra 1 PARCC: home price stats
Measures of central tendency and the spread of data, including outliers, will come into play as students take the PARCC test in algebra 1 this spring.
To manage an ecosystem, look at predators & prey
When policymakers decide how to manage wildlife, they look at many factors; sometimes one of those factors is entertainment.
Not being afraid of being wrong helps you be right
A personality that includes a good dose of intellectual humility, or an awareness that one's beliefs may be wrong, can influence decision-making.
Math models can predict dropout rates
As the number of classes students fail goes up, so do the chances they'll drop out, a new mathematical modeling approach has found.
Fracking could be banned in Maryland
Fracking has helped some companies extract oil and gas from the Earth, but it has also left permanent damage to the Earth's crust in its wake.
Video games may help self-regard in some students
Using video games in a positive way can help students who feel bad about a low score on a test or some other failure in life.
EPA head denies humanity’s role in climate change
Despite growing evidence, officials at the US Environmental Protection Agency suggest CO<sub>2</sub> isn't a major contributor to global warming.