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The Impact of Brain Damage on Education: An Interview with...
As an optometrist-scientist and Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Lotfi…
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How to Get the Most Out of Reading to Children
For years we’ve known about the literacy gap between children of differing socio-economic backgrounds. We’ve…
The Power of the Pen: A Simple Exercise that Can...
In 1988 psychologist James Pennebaker1 and his colleagues conducted a study with somewhat of a…
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Math is for Babies: You’re Never too Young to Start...
When I was teaching math, I worked with many students like Olivia. She was a…
Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation...
Tony Wagner, a life-long educator and the author of Creating Innovators and The Global Achievement…
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Ostracism Hurts: Why being ignored can be just as painful...
Stories of bullying and harassment in schools have become all too familiar. But there is…
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Duly Noted: The Difference Between Laptops and Pen & Paper
In April of 2014, Pam Mueller and Dan Oppenheimer struck psychology gold with their cleverly…
3 Strategies for Giving Yourself a Smarter Pep Talk
“I am a lean, mean, mathing machine.” In college, I’d repeat this phrase to myself,…
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Studying Mindfulness: An Interview with a Scientist on the Frontlines...
Dr. Sara Lazar began a yoga and mindfulness practice after a sports injury in the…
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Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and...
“We should simply try to make the world as happy as possible” (P.333). That this…
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