Poverty, the brain, depression, and test scores
A look at poverty among US students reveals a spike in the number of states where more than half of the students are living in poverty. What does it mean?
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Teaching the Common Core with pumpkins
An article in the <em>Beacon-News</em> prompts us to look at how teachers in the early elementary grades might incorporate pumpkins into the lessons under the Common Core.
Sign up computer science classes for an 'hour of code'
Be a part of history and join what could be 10 million novice programmers everywhere up for an hour of computer programming during the week of Dec 9-15.
Nobel winners in medicine were federally funded
The Nobel Prize in Medicine went to three US researchers, who discovered, with federal funds, some basic principles about how cells communicate with each other by making and releasing chemicals.
Sun poll on new gun law has some bias
A poll about Maryland's new gun law conducted on the Baltimore Sun's website was not represented as scientific, but the massive response teaches us something about bias.
A controversy over evolution once again stirs in Texas
Creationism once again rears its ugly head, this time (also, again) in Texas. The state board would like textbook publishers to include material about intelligent design in biology textbooks.
Grand Theft Auto V is released, leads to spree
With the recent release of one of the most violent video games on the market and a hit-and-run/kidnapping spree in Alabama, we look at the connection between video games and teen violence.
E = mc2 first published 108 years ago
Albert Einstein's famous equation was first published on this day, 108 years ago, and Google was launched on this day in 1998. Coincidence?
Schools to give end-of-course test in middle of course
Should scheduling conflicts cause by exams that will be field tested for the Common Core supersede a high school exit exam at one Maryland middle school?
Parents wonder about Common Core in kindergarten
Parents want some answers about what the Common Core is and how it is playing out in their schools with their children. Sometimes, there are no answers yet, but give teachers a chance.