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Why We Should Stop Grading Students on a Curve
The New York Times: Ask people what’s wrong in American higher education, and you’ll hear about grade inflation. At Harvard a few years ago, a professor complained that the most common grade was an A-.
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‘Belonging’ can help keep talented female students in STEM classes
National Science Foundation: Many women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) have faced a common experience at some point during their college days — they walked into a classroom and found that they
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Research On Tulsa’s Head Start Program Finds Lasting Gains
NPR: In 1998 Oklahoma became one of only two states to offer universal preschool, and it’s been one of the most closely watched experiments in the country. Today, the vast majority of these programs are
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How Noise Pollution Impairs Learning
The Atlantic: One July afternoon in 1972, a team of psychologists took sound meters into the Bridge Apartments, a cluster of four high-rise buildings straddling Interstate 95 in Manhattan. Because of the towers’ proximity to
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The Right Way to Bribe Your Kids to Read
The New York Times: My children need to read this summer. They’re in the middle of a long vacation from school, and I want them to enjoy it — but I also want them to
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The Parenting Trap
The word “parenting” did not enter the popular lexicon until the 1950s, and when it did, said APS Fellow Alison Gopnik, it added fuel to a goal-centered perspective of how children should be raised that
