Peter Dreier – E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed…
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Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need – here are three ways teachers can do better
Mildred Boveda – Associate Professor of Special Education, Penn State When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that…
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The ‘hot hand’ is a real basketball phenomenon – but only some players have the ability to go on these basket-making streaks
Konstantinos Pelechrinis – Associate Professor of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh Wayne Winston- Professor of Decision and Information Systems, Indiana University March Madness is here, and basketball fans are…
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Students with disabilities are not getting help to address lost opportunities
John McKenna – Associate Professor of Special Education, UMass Lowell Even before the pandemic hit, 98% of U.S. school districts said they didn’t have enough special education teachers to serve all the…
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Meghan Owenz – Assistant Teaching Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, Penn State Nearly three-quarters of parents are concerned that their kids’ use of mobile devices may be harmful to them or to family…
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Disasters can wipe out affordable housing for years unless communities plan ahead – the loss hurts the entire local economy
Shannon Van Zandt – Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the final weeks of 2021 left thousands of people…
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Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low
Anna Nagurney – Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s…
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What you eat can reprogram your genes – an expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics
Monica Dus – Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that…
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Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness
Toni Sturdivant – Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A&M University-Commerc When Mattel announced in January 2022 that it was releasing a new Barbie doll to honor Ida B. Wells –…