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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

The evidence of such connections came from the medical understanding of how human sensory perception affects cognitive calculations. As such, Barrett and Zang (2009) identify three key design principles: Naturalness : Hardwired into our brains, humans have the basic need for light, air, and safety. & Kobbacy, K. Barrett, P.,

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Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

The Hechinger Report

Or students in a human behavior class applying what they’ve learned to encourage cafeteria visitors to waste less food. According to the nonprofit group Second Nature, only about 12 universities are carbon neutral. This is an edition of our climate change and education newsletter. Sign up here. It really comes down to capital.

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Rural universities, already few and far between, are being stripped of majors

The Hechinger Report

The University of Alaska system has scaled back more than 40 academic programs , including earth sciences, geography and environmental resources, sociology, hospitality administration and theater. The Vermont College System was losing $8 million to $12 million a year. million over the next two years; and Iowa State, $11.4

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OPINION: When wealthy parents hold sway in public schools

The Hechinger Report

Another agitated mother worried, “How am I going to tell my 12-year-old?”. Leave this field empty if you're human: Intense parental involvement in schools is not always helpful to children, either. Sheerr Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her friend told her, “We will fight it!”

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Labeling kids with mild disabilities can backfire, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: “There are millions of kids in this country who have ADHD and legitimately need a diagnosis,” said Jayanti Owens, a Brown University sociologist who conducted the data-driven study, “but the question for me is when you have kids for whom it is not a clear-cut ADHD diagnosis.

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How higher education’s own choices left it vulnerable to the pandemic crisis

The Hechinger Report

Left vulnerable when the coronavirus pandemic hit, Missouri Western is now cutting nearly a third of its faculty and at least 98 majors, minors and concentrations , including in English, history, chemistry, biology, philosophy, sociology, political science, computer technology, music and art. Some administrators get other extras.

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After her university closes its achievement gap, chancellor says, “The shocker is, why aren’t we all doing this?”

The Hechinger Report

At UMR, a third of the students are people of color, matching the composition of K-12 students in Minnesota. He was working with his anatomy and physiology professor to brainstorm an illustration of what happens when human cells are exposed to the chemical warfare agent Sarin gas. Its share of Pell students is 39 percent.

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