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Why is Tracking Students a Problem? (Part 1 in a series)

Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

Three experiences in my life stand out in my personal pathway to discouraging schools from tracking students into different levels of classes (such as “honors” vs. “regular”). I had the opportunity several years ago to support a curriculum review process at a mid-sized Wisconsin school district.

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Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

Futurum

Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes? Published: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US, accounting for around one in every five deaths. However, some groups in society are at higher risk than others. At the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in the US, Dr Yamnia I.

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Talking to Students Can Help Boost Reading Skills

CSTEM

Females scored 6 points less on average than males, and students who were eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) had an average score that was 28 points lower than that of students who were not eligible. They aren’t getting the same practice with oral language skills because they aren’t asking for it.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

Futurum

Nowadays, it encompasses artificial intelligence (AI), the brain-computer interface, synthetic biology, and even social and ethical analysis. Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging.

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Can we engineer bacteria to regenerate tissues?

Futurum

Over about two billion years, the genomes and biologies of the two prokaryotic species became interdependent and were optimised to live harmoniously together. He has established this new scientific field of endosymbiont engineering for human health in the hope of improving health outcomes for patients with damaged and diseased tissues.

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Using agrobiology to ensure sustainable food production

Futurum

Published: Dr Valeria Faggioli and Dr Mayra Osorio are working on separate projects under the sustainable food production branch of the CABANA programme, which aims to accelerate the implementation of data-driven biology to overcome a range of environmental challenges in Latin America. FIELD OR RESEARCH: Biology. THE NEXT STEPS.

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

Futurum

At times like these, the thought of having to go to school or work can seem impossible. ME/CFS is a serious, long-term illness that can change a person’s life completely, leaving them unable to do things that most of us take for granted, including going to school or work, taking a walk, or even getting out of bed.

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