Why Are School Buses Yellow?
Rural educator Frank Cyr had the vision and pull to force the nation to standardize the color of the ubiquitous vehicle By Bryan...
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The History of the Spelling Be...
Even in the age of autofill, America is still in love with the centuries-old tradition By Rebecca Sealfon – In May, hundreds of...
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Cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks with the founder of the Girls Computing League about the promise of her generation To view the video. Kavya...
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D.C. chef Erik Bruner-Yang interviews Jill-of-all-trades Kaitlyn Hova about her plan to infuse STEM education with open source, 3-D...
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A new Stanford-designed technology pairs Google Glass with a face-identifying AI app that tells wearers what emotions they’re seeing...
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Some researchers believe it could help predict student violence. Others worry about unintended consequences By Randy Rieland –...
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To encourage playful learning, Urban Thinkspace and other projects put miniature playgrounds along the paths kids travel Before, the...
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Artificial intelligence and automation are bringing changes to higher education that will challenge, and may even threaten, in-person...
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An increasing number of institutions are developing programs that make exhibitions more accessible to those with developmental...
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The bravest new face on television is a Muppet that doesn’t say much. But she speaks volumes about life on the spectrum Sesame Street...
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The city housing authority’s designs for a mixed-income community include a once-shuttered high school that could guard against...
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A new documentary captures the sweeping human impact of one of the country’s largest library systems By Ryan P. Smith – The New...
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Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war “Mr. Chairman, I am against all...
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Team Tactile hopes to create an inexpensive and portable device that can raise text right off the page By Maya Wei-Haas – In...
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AI expert Joseph Qualls thinks it will change the way kids learn. But it also raises some big issues. By Randy Rieland For Joseph...
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These traveling libraries used to travel around bringing books to the people By Rose Eveleth – Image: Numismatic Bibliomania...
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Adam Braun is launching MissionU, a program that cuts to the chase and disrupts the higher education industry By Megan Gambino...
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Anthropologist Caleb Everett explores the subject in his new book, Numbers and the Making Of Us By Lorraine Boissoneault – Once...
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The learning disorder may be less a problem with language processing, and more a problem with the brain rewiring itself For a lump of...
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By Megan Gambino – Sarah Cherry Rice has seen too many substitute teachers sitting in the back whiling away class periods...
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