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More Middle Initials Make You Seem Smarter
On May 7th, 2014 with 44 comments
Angry Jesus writes:In light of two recent studies, expecting parents might...
Prestigious Colleges Won't Make You Happier
On May 10th, 2014 with 12 comments
Angry Jesus writes:Gallup and Purdue University conducted a poll intended to...
Ask Soylent: Signs of an Impending Firing?
On May 13th, 2014 with 60 comments
Anonymous Coward writes:I currently work at a very small startup with about 8...
Should Kids Be Taught to Code?
On May 14th, 2014 with 69 comments
Thexalon writes:The New York Times is running a Room for Debate on whether all...
Interactive Virtual Human Simulations
On May 16th, 2014 with 2 comments
lhsi writes: https://peerj.com/articles/372/ Interactive virtual human (IVH)...
Colleges Consider "Trigger Warnings" in Curriculum
On May 19th, 2014 with 55 comments
Ethanol-fueled writes: Raw Story summarizes a New York Times report that...
What's Lost as Handwriting Fades
On June 4th, 2014 with 77 comments
scruffybeard writes:The NY Times asks does handwriting matter? The Common...
Seattle Approves $15 Minimum Wage
On June 5th, 2014 with 98 comments
Hugh Pickens writes:The NYT reports that in a unanimous vote, the Seattle City...
Number Word Use in Toddlerhood is Associated with Number Recall Performance at Age Seven
On June 7th, 2014 with 9 comments
lhsi writes:Research into vocabulary acquisition in early childhood has found...
How to Get Girls Into Coding
On June 7th, 2014 with 100 comments
AnonTechie writes:A huge nationwide push is underway, funded by the nonprofit...
New Teaching Approach Touted for Engineering Education
On June 11th, 2014 with 14 comments
AnonTechie writes:Purdue University researchers who developed a new approach...
School Cancels Reading Program Rather Than Promote "Hacker Culture"
On June 12th, 2014 with 31 comments
taylorvich writes:Ars Technica reports:After the Booker T. Washington Public...
New Zealand School Tries Recess With No Rules
On June 13th, 2014 with 35 comments
Anonymous Coward writes:In contrast to the modern trend of helicopter parenting...
Is Always On Tech Destroying Our Ability To Read?
On June 15th, 2014 with 45 comments
Appalbarry writes:Tim Gray, writing in the New York Reviews of Books, has a...
Nanodegrees: A Smart Way to Skip College in Pursuit of a Tech Job
On June 20th, 2014 with 10 comments
Hugh Pickens writes:Eduardo Porter writes at the NYT that AT&T and...
Federal Crackdown On For-Profit Colleges Claims Its First Victory
On June 25th, 2014 with 19 comments
gewg_ writes:Corinthian Colleges, with about 75,000 students in the US and...
US Should Re-Evaluate Definition of Skilled Workers in Immigration Policy
On June 27th, 2014 with 15 comments
AnonTechie writes:From news.rice.edu:New immigration research from Rice...
The Vision Report Aims To Improve Mathematical And Scientific Knowledge
On July 1st, 2014 with 7 comments
lhsi writes:A report ("Vision for science and mathematics education" PDF) by...
Talking to Young Children helps their Language Development
On July 2nd, 2014 with 37 comments
lhsi writes:Research into language development of young children shows that...
Retirement Savings and Health Improvement Behaviors are Highly Correlated
On July 2nd, 2014 with 18 comments
lhsi writes: A study has found that there is a correlation between someone...
Written Text Perceived as More Trustworthy
On July 3rd, 2014 with 15 comments
lhsi writes:A number of studies (abstract) looked at how children perceive the...
"Evolution = Satan" in High School Biology
On July 4th, 2014 with 68 comments
McGruber writes:The young journalists at The Southerner, the student newspaper...
Amazon Sues Ex-Employee Who Went to Work for Google Cloud:
On July 4th, 2014 with 3 comments
AnonTechie writes:Last week, Amazon sued Zoltan Szabadi, who worked for Amazon...
Study shows that Sprinters Falsify the Deliberate Practice Model of Expertise
On July 5th, 2014 with 20 comments
lhsi writes:The deliberate practice model (DPM) of expertise holds that talent...
Don't Learn to Code; Learn to Think
On July 5th, 2014 with 44 comments
AnonTechie writes:It seems like everyone is trying to learn to code: Code.org...
Lessons Warn Children Against Sexting
On July 8th, 2014 with 27 comments
cafebabe writes:The Daily Mail reports that children in the UK may receive...
Survey Finds Math and Science Grads Earn More
On July 17th, 2014 with 24 comments
AnonTechie writes:What you study - math and science are a plus - seems to...
Business Should Embrace "Boomerang Employees"
On July 20th, 2014 with 6 comments
cafebabe writes: ScienceDaily reports that:The phenomenon of 'boomerang...
Sanctity of Copying: Imprisoned Pirate Bay Co-Founder Demands Kopimist Priest
On July 27th, 2014 with 32 comments
cafebabe writes: RT reports that:The incarcerated co-founder of torrent...
If You're Always Working, You're Never Working Well
On August 3rd, 2014 with 29 comments
ticho writes:An interesting writeup on Harvard Business Publishing blog by...
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