Insects are an inexpensive and effective way to teach children about science. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision via Getty Images Plus Insects are everywhere – in backyards, balconies
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Why children are smarter about Halloween candy than you think
Children can use preferences for leverage. PeopleImages/E+ via Getty Images The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Children
Colleges are eliminating sports teams – and runners and golfers are paying more of a price than football or basketball players
Over 5,000 student-athletes were directly affected by a recent wave of shutdowns of intercollegiate sports teams. Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images North Carolina Central
Colleges confront their links to slavery and wrestle with how to atone for past sins
Students at Georgetown University protest in 2019, demanding the school make amends for its history with reparations. Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images
How Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change
Jubilee singers at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee, pose for promotional photograph, circa 1871. William L. Clements Library Frederick Douglass is perhaps best known as
5 ways parents can help kids avoid gender stereotypes
Parents and caregivers can shop all the aisles of toy and clothing stores to show children that gendered norms are arbitrary and can be crossed.
Can you outsmart a troll (by thinking like one)? – Claire Wardle
Explore the strategies employed by trolls and learn how disinformation campaigns are launched— and how to stop them. — Your town is holding a mayoral
Going forth with standardized tests may cause more problems than it solves
Despite the many ways that COVID-19 has disrupted schools, the U.S. Department of Education will not give states a pass on giving standardized tests to
How To Read Those Graphs You See In The News Everyday
3 questions to ask yourself next time you see a graph, chart or map White House Coronavirus Task Force members reference a misleading chart in
Why Teaching HOPE Is Important
Science untangles the elusive power and influence of hope in our lives Traditional dancers celebrate Hari Raya, the end of Ramadan. Photo by Aniq Danial
