Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education...
Gabriela Marcu, University of Michigan
School districts are failing to accurately report when their most vulnerable students are being physically restrained or secluded. That’s according...
Will they ever wake up? New study on consciousness after brain injury shows ‘maybe’
Katharina M. Busl, University of Florida and Carolina B. Maciel, University of Florida
Acute brain injury can result in significant damage and loss of consciousness,...
What is personalized learning and why is it so controversial? 5 questions answered
Penny Bishop, University of Vermont
Editor’s note: The term “personalized learning” is becoming more common. Indeed, 39 states mention personalized learning in their school improvement...
23% of young black women now identify as bisexual
Tristan Bridges, University of California, Santa Barbara and Mignon R. Moore, Barnard College
Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart...
Every dog has its day, but it’s not the Fourth of July
Christine Calder, Mississippi State University
The Fourth of July can be a miserable day for dogs. The fireworks make scaredy-cats out of many canines.
That’s because...
Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies
Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine
An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how...
Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental health
John Affleck, Pennsylvania State University
The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa taking questions after...
Sequencing the genome of newborns in the US: Are we ready?
Tom Diacovo, University of Pittsburgh and Gerard Vockley, University of Pittsburgh
Twenty-four to 48 hours after birth, every newborn in the U.S. will have a...
