By Antha Williams, Head of Environmental Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies As urban populations around the world continue to grow, the impacts of air pollution on our health are becoming more and more clear. Cities are now home to the majority of the … Continue reading Monitoring and Combating Air Pollution in Paris
There’s a growing understanding that drawing is much more than an art form: it’s a powerful tool for learning. We often think of drawing as something that takes innate talent, but this kind of thinking stems from our misclassification of … Continue reading Drawing isn’t just an art
Why we owe it to ourselves to spend quiet time alone every day By not giving ourselves the minutes — or hours — free of devices and distractions, we risk losing our ability to know who we are and what’s … Continue reading Quiet time alone
Proud to be a Featured Instructable since 1/10/18. Please Vote for us and give us a Like! Kickstarter campaign was a super success! Open DSKY Kickstarter Many components, kits and devices now available via Backerkit. https://opendsky.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders While this is certainly … Continue reading Open Apollo Guidance Computer DSKY
The meaning of a debate about the cost of higher education In many ways the flood of bold, progressive policy proposals coursing across America’s political landscape began in 2015, when Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, put a plan to … Continue reading The cost of higher education
Theories about how animals became multicellular are shifting as researchers find greater complexity in our single-celled ancestors. From one came many. Some 700 million years ago, a single cell gave rise to the first animal, a multicellular organism that would … Continue reading The Origin of Cell Types in the First Animals
In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids. by NATALIE WEXLER At first glance, the classroom I was visiting at a high-poverty school in Washington, D.C., seemed like a model … Continue reading Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong
Teaching with comics facilitates improved comprehension and social-emotional competencies. By Ryan Chapman Comics and graphic novels are powerful forms of expression that can be an important part of every English language arts (ELA) teacher’s arsenal. They can serve as literary bridges to enhance not … Continue reading Pairing Novels with Comics, building empathy and understanding
This summer, don’t forget to look up at the sky in the middle of the night: the Andromeda galaxy will be shining brightly. And for a good reason since this galaxy’s apparent diameter will be larger than the Full Moon! … Continue reading A Cosmic Event That Only Happens Once Every 150 Million Years: August, The Andromeda Galaxy Will Move Closer To Earth
A unanimous vote by higher education leaders Tuesday means that tuition at the University of Texas at Austin will be effectively free for students whose annual household income less than $65,000. This move will also unlock dollars to offer tuition … Continue reading University of Texas at Austin will be effectively free for students whose annual household income less than $65,000.
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