EDUCATION: Illegal Religion continues in Public Schools

Battling Anew Over the Place of Religion in Public Schools

The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood

VIEWED superficially, the part of youth that the psychologist Jean Piaget called middle childhood looks tame and uneventful, a quiet patch of road on the otherwise hairpin highway to adulthood.

PSYCHOLOGY: Bullying a Cross-Cultural Phenomenon

The Origins of Bullying | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network:

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COMPUTING: IBM gets closer to making a computer into a brain

By moving from the clock driven model of current computing, to one more like the synapse based  human brain, IBM is moving toward  far more "intelligent," computing.

EDUCATION: Classroom Analytics new tool for college success

The use of granular data regarding student performance is enhancing the college learning experience.

NEUROSCIENCE: Seeking, wanting mechanisms linked to neurotransmitters

An explanation of the Seeking and Wanting mechanisms as linked to Dopamine vs, opioids. Important implications for Education

EDUCATION: The failure of standardized testing

A successful adult with demonstrated problem solving ability fails a reading/math test given to 10th graders.

EDUCATION: OpEd Where the schools fall short

The writer has finally put to words what everyone already knows -- kids are hugely unprepared for college requiring major remediation

MEDICINE: Back from Brain Dead

Ambien and other meds can sometimes move vegetative patients to improved levels of consciousness.

UNEMPLOYMENT: Few return to desirable jobs

Only 7% have returned to jobs offering compensation and benefits equal to or better than those they previously held.

POLITICS: OpEd -- Gail Collins: Pardoning Romney's Flip-Flopping?

Taking a humorous look at the Flopper-in-Chief, as performed by this uptight Mormon Robot