Schools were more racially integrated three decades ago than they are today. UCLA Professor Pedro Noguera tells us how our diminishing investment in urban public schools is failing kids.
Woolly Mammoths might just roam Siberia once more. Author Maura O’Connor explores the great lengths conservationists are willing to go to save the environment and preserve its wildlife.
Reducing homelessness doesn't mean opening up more shelters and soup kitchens. Becky Kanis Margiotta explains why avoiding traditional barriers to housing and get people into permanent homes first is the way to go.
Students learn better when they’re interested in what they’re learning. That idea is at the center of a way of learning pioneered more than 100 years ago by one rule-breaking woman. Read More...
It used to be much harder for the homeless to get permanent housing. But a new push to house the homeless before treating addiction or mental health issues is changing that. We explore why "Housing First" policies might just end homelessness in America. Read More...
Education used to provide a crucial opportunity to close the achievement gap between poor and rich kids. Why doesn’t it work now? UCLA professor Pedro Noguera explains the holes that need to be filled to fixed education. Read More...
It used to be really hard to hold onto what we’ve written or said. But now huge hard drives and the cloud can store all of the things we want (or don’t want) to remember. Read More...
Author Maura O’Connor describes the extraordinary lengths conservationists are willing to go to in order to save species that are going extinct. Read More...
1. Spending your days volunteering might be a waste of time. Princeton philosopher Peter Singer tells us about "effective altruism."
2. Algorithms can discriminate just like people. Seeta Pena Gangadharan of the London School of Economics explains how relying too much on math can be a bad thing.
3. You don’t know your best friend as well as you think. Nicholas Epley, author of “Mindwise,” looks at why we misunderstand even those closest to us.
Think you know your friends and colleagues? Think again. University of Chicago Professor Nicholas Epley looks at the science behind why we misunderstand everyone. Read More...
It might seem like math doesn’t discriminate, but Seeta Peña Gangadharan explains how the algorithms that companies use can strengthen the biases that are already present in society. Read More...
