Seismic activity seizes Iceland & northern Calif.
Earth's tectonic plates have been busy crashing into each other these past few days; Wine Country in state of emergency.
STEM
Breadth of curriculum linked to race & class size
New research, again, links class size and race to a narrowing of the curriculum. Evidence is building the NCLB has caused some recent harm.
Some find no test score-GDP-productivity correlation
A report from ASCD finds no correlation between test scores and GDP, a result we would welcome if not for shoddy analysis by ASCD.
Kids' neurons shift for math
New research provides some insights into how young children memorize math facts and may lead to other research about recruitment of key brain regions.
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.
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.
Milford Mill kids get a jump start on AP calc
Some kids need extra help when they embark on a journey into Advanced Placement calculus. Boot camps can prepare them for college.