January 8, 2024
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70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated
How school attendance zones are drawn can affect segregation. Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision Collection/Getty Images Erica Frankenberg, Penn ... -
Taylor Swift at Harvard - Why the pop superstar’s work is worthy of study
Last month, Harvard announced that I would be teaching a class next semester called “Taylor Swift and Her World,” an ...December 29, 2023 -
Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later
About 58% of middle schoolers and 73% of high schoolers do not get enough sleep. JackF via iStock / Getty Images Plus Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, ...December 21, 2023 -
Teaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness
Gratitude, kindness and optimistic thinking can help kids feel a bit better. Wipada Wipawin/iStock via Getty Images Plus Kai Zhuang Shum, ...December 21, 2023 -
Research finds women 'turn inward' when they experience ambiguous workplace incidents
That gender discrimination is wrong is beyond argument. But identifying which incidents are cases of it is not always so clear cut. That's why ...December 21, 2023 -
Harvard President Claudine Gay Submits Corrections to Two Articles Amid Allegations of Plagiarism
Harvard President Claudine Gay submitted corrections to two articles published in 2001 and 2017, after the Harvard Corporation acknowledged ...December 15, 2023 -
How cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger became the scents of winter holidays, far from their tropical origins
Nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon and other gingerbread spices. Almaje/iStock via Getty Images Serina DeSalvio, Texas A&M University Regardless of ...December 13, 2023 -
Customizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
One of the advantages of mRNA is its scalability. DrAfter123/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images Angie Hilliker, University of ...December 13, 2023