An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses

Eclipses are rare, fantastic celestial events. Here’s how educators can help visually impaired students enjoy eclipses alongside their sighted peers.

David Hurd, Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania Western University • conversation
March 22, 2024 ~7 min

School’s out: how climate change is already badly affecting children’s education

Teaching children about the environmental crisis can help fight climate change, but climate change is already negatively affecting children’s education around the globe.

Kelton Minor, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Computational Social and Behavioural Science, Columbia University • conversation
March 21, 2024 ~7 min


Climate comedy works − here’s why, and how it can help lighten up a politically heavy year in 2024

Jokes can be a healing contagion as they expose hypocrisy, spark laughter and open minds.

Beth Osnes, Professor of Theatre and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
Feb. 29, 2024 ~7 min

IQ tests: the danger of reading too much into them – and the crucial cognitive skills they don’t measure

The majority of children who do not take or pass IQ-style entrance exams to private- or grammar schools, will have many qualities not measured on an IQ test. They may also just be late developers.

Lawrence Whalley, Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen • conversation
Feb. 23, 2024 ~9 min

I wrote a play for children about integrating the arts into STEM fields − here's what I learned about encouraging creative, interdisciplinary thinking

Is it a STEM education or a STEAM education? Integrating arts into science programming and vice versa can pique kids’ curiosity − a play touring Michigan aims to do just that.

Rob Roznowski, Professor of Acting, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 12, 2024 ~8 min

Emergency medicine residencies more likely to go unfilled at for-profit and newly accredited programs

A new study finds more emergency medicine residencies are available, but hundreds of the positions are going unfilled.

Cameron Gettel, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale University • conversation
Jan. 8, 2024 ~7 min

Teens don't know everything − and those who acknowledge that fact are more eager to learn

Being aware of ignorance and fallibility can make people more teachable, and perhaps it could make people feel helpless and disempowered.

Tenelle Porter, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Rowan University • conversation
Dec. 11, 2023 ~10 min

To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature

This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.

Debra J. Rosenthal, Professor of English, John Carroll University • conversation
Oct. 26, 2023 ~5 min


Fortnite’s new in-game Holocaust museum shows us a virtual future for education

It might seem odd but it’s not the first museum in a video game or metaverse.

Jennifer Challenor, Lecturer of Games Art, Staffordshire University • conversation
Oct. 12, 2023 ~8 min

From pests to pollutants, keeping schools healthy and clean is no simple task

For students to learn in a safe, healthy environment, school administrators must deal with a myriad of potential environmental contaminants, from allergens to cockroaches.

Janet Hurley, Extension Program Specialist, Texas A&M University • conversation
Sept. 29, 2023 ~8 min

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